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It began on Sydney Harbour at 1 pm on Boxing Day (26 December 2023), before heading south for 628 nautical miles (1,163 km) through the Tasman Sea, Bass Strait, Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania. A fleet of 103 boats contested the race and 85 finished.
Sailing is a popular sport and recreational activity in Australia with its varied coastline and often warm climate. Australian Sailing is the peak body in charge of sailing as recognised by the International Sailing Federation [1] In 2017-18 there were over 80,000 registered sailors and over 16,000 events held across the country.
Australian Sailing is recognised by World Sailing as the governing body for the sport of sailing in Australia. It formed in 1950 as the Australian Yachting Federation at a meeting at the Royal St. Kilda Yacht Club. [1] It is responsible for the administration, promotion and development of sailing in Australia.
Thus, a yacht with SRS 1.30 needs to sail at least 30% faster than a yacht with SRS 1.00 to win over it. Trimarans of the type open OMRA 60, designed for racing only, have SRS values above 3.0. The system was revised in 2011 and onwards, and is now primarily based on a secret calculation formula that should reflect the performance of each yacht.
The Portsmouth Yardstick (PY) or Portsmouth handicap scheme is a term used for a number of related systems of empirical handicapping used primarily in small sailboat racing. The handicap is applied to the time taken to sail any course, and the handicaps can be used with widely differing types of sailboats.
49er skiffs in a race 49ers at the Extreme Sailing Series in Boston harbor preparing to race, 4th of July, 2011. The 49er made its first Olympic appearance at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and has continued to grow in popularity ever since. With a Portsmouth yardstick Handicap of 740 the 49er is the fastest two person one-design monohull dinghy.
27 December 2023 – 3 January 2024 IWCA World Championships Perth: Windsurfing: Fleet Course Male Slalom Male Fleet Distance Male Free Style Male Combined Male Fleet Fleet Female Slalom Female Fleet Female Free Style Female Combined Female
Blair is the author of the book Facing Fear, published in 2021 by Australian Geographic, which details the story of her first attempt at sailing solo around Antarctica. [2] [19] Blair was a contestant on the first season of Million Dollar Island, which aired in 2023 on Channel Seven in Australia, hosted by Ant Middleton. [20]