Matt Donald and Chris Townsend’s Gweilo has swept the top honours at this year’s Cruising Yacht Club of Australia awards.
Sweeping success
Sea of uncertainty
With no reprieve from restrictions in sight, skippers and owners looking to enter this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race are nervously standing by for further clarification from event organisers.
Outside the comfort zone
A decade on from her record-breaking round-the-world voyage, Jessica Watson talks to Sails about her latest feature film and her enduring love for the ocean.
Remaking history
Reunited with his long-lost family yacht Katwinchar after fifty years, Bill Barry-Cotter lovingly restored her back to glory, winning the Grand Veterans class in the 2019 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
Power and passion
Lucas Chapman has sailing in his blood, and has set his sights firmly on the next edition of The Ocean Race.
Rite of passage
From humble beginnings, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has evolved over the last 75 years into a truly iconic sporting event. The start, on the world’s finest natural harbour, is beamed live around the globe: something no other annual offshore race can boast. Indeed, the undefinable appeal of ocean racing that brings out the best in human nature – resilience, teamwork, courage and dedication – continues: “It just gets into your blood,” says veteran of twenty-three Hobart race starts, Vanessa Dudley.
