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49ers - Sail Sydney © Beau Outteridge Sail Sydney rounded out with a bang today, with friendly fire forcing an early end to the regatta for Australian Sailing Team (AST) pair Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin. It was their Australian Sailing Squad (ASS) teammate Lucy Copeland and skipper Jake Liddell who did the damage in close quarters before the start of the first Nacra 17 class race today. "It's been pretty intense competition here at Sail Sydney and we've had some tight pre-start match races," said Darmanin after returning ashore. "Unfortunately today Jake and Lucy didn't qu...

Matt Wearn at Sail Sydney © Beau Outteridge / Sail Sydney The Australian Sailing Team are going to have to wait another day for their return to competitive action, as Day One of Sail Sydney was called off after a southerly buster hit Sydney Harbour shortly before racing was scheduled to commence. Sail Sydney will be the first taste of Olympic class racing for many of the athletes since before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the world into lockdown in early 2020. "The athletes have been waiting months for this regatta to start, so even in fresh conditions they were ready to go," said...