Team Hollywood shone at the Festival of Sails 2025, which wrapped today from the Royal Geelong Yacht Club.The regatta was hosted 246 boats, 1100 sailors, 100,000 visitors, and close to twenty divisional champions crowned post racing. “Luck is the king of all wins,” said Raymond Roberts of his win with Team Hollywood in Passage Rating Division 1 on both IRC and AMS. Always a gentleman, Roberts politely recognised the win prior to the final day of racing, which was abandoned...
On the race track, in Passage Rating Division 1, Team Hollywood skippered by Raymond Roberts claimed victory in race 2 to lift themselves into the lead on IRC and AMS. Fargo skippered by Ari Abrahams leads on ORC, with Damien Thomas’ PP1 holding top position in the Super 40’s series. Clockwork’s co-skippers Andrew Lloyd and Mary Ann Harvey still continue their lead on IRC in Passage Rating Division 2. Nigel Jones and Cam Mckenzie’s Ginan near-perfect scorecard means they remain...
One of the largest learn to sail programs in Australia’s history took place as part of the Festival of Sails 2025. More than 500 participants took part in the free “Come & Try Sailing” sessions on 25 January and 26 January, 2025. Unlike traditional “off the beach” dinghies, the Come & Try Sailing sessions took place on RS21 keelboats supplied by Royal Geelong Yacht Club, with trained instructors on board to guide participants through the experience. “We’re ecstatic about the...
Race Results From 25/01/25: After corrected time, Chutzpah are second overall in Passage Rating Division 1 on ORC, AMS and IRC. Just beating them into first place for the Lou Abrahams Memorial Trophy for first overall leaderboard for all classes of handicap in Division 1 is Phoenix 3 skippered by Royal Geelong Yacht Club local, Brenton Carnell. “It’s a little bit too good,” Carnell joked. “I think we did what everybody didn’t do, off the start line, we backed off...
The 182nd Nautica House Festival Of Sails Passage Race from the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria to the Royal Geelong Yacht Club started today, 25 January, under the cannon of the STS Young Endeavour. More than 240 boats and 1100 sailors set off in the oldest continual annual sporting event in the Southern Hemisphere, but it was the 46-time veteran of the race, Bruce Taylor and his team on Chutzpah who won on line honours. At sunrise, hot air balloons...