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The Australia SailGP Team is led by driver Tom Slingsby, who also serves as the team's chief executive officer. [3] [4] [6] Natasha Bryant and Nina Curtis currently share the role of strategist and are part of the Women's Pathway Programme. Wing trimmer Kyle Langford joined the team ahead of the inaugural season in 2019.
James Frederick is a solo sailor and sailing vlogger best known for sailing his 1965 Alberg 30 Triteia as part of his YouTube channel Sailing Triteia. [2] [3] [4] Frederick was raised in New Mexico and dropped out of school at the age of 16. [2]
Jessica Watson OAM (born 18 May 1993) is an Australian sailor who was awarded the Order of Australia Medal after attempting a solo circumnavigation [1] at the age of 16. . Although she circled the planet, she did it in a narrow range of latitudes that resulted in her voyage falling short of the distance criterion of 21,600 nautical miles (40,000 km) for a circumnavigation – the equivalent of ...
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.
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.
January 14–15, 2023 New Zealand: 9 Sydney KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix | Sydney February 18, 2023 [c] France [d] 10 Christchurch, New Zealand ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix | Christchurch March 18–19, 2023 Canada 11 San Francisco, US Mubadala SailGP Season 3 Grand Final | San Francisco May 6–7, 2023 Australia: Citations: [6] [7]
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.
2022 – Won Australian Sailing Male Sailor of the Year Award In December 2013 Slingsby was a crew member aboard racing supermaxi yacht Perpetual Loyal in the 2013 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race , with his other celebrity crew members, Karl Stefanovic , Larry Emdur , Phil Waugh , Jude Bolton and Guillaume Brahimi .