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Matt Bugg impresses in disabled worlds

Hobart sailor Matthew Bugg has finished an impressive 12^th overall in a fleet of 55 boats in the 2.4mR class on day one of the IFDS disabled sailing championships at Medemblik, Holland,

This is the first major international regatta for the Australian Sailing Development Squad athlete who became a paraplegic after a snow-boarding accident in Europe but has overcome his injuries to return to competitive sailing.

International 2.4mR class yachts sailing on the Derwent.

Team Whistler close third in British Three Peaks

Tasmanian Three Peaks Race champions, Team Whistler, have finished third overall in the rugged British Three Peaks Race after coming a close second in the final long sailing leg.

It is the best-ever performance by an Australian team in the ‘grandfather’ of three peaks racing as they also were first to finish in two of the sailing legs and a close second in the final long leg to Fort William.

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Pisces works tide for winter win

Conditions were perfect for race two of the RYCT Winter Pennant today with the fleet sailing a pursuit race in a light to moderate north-westerly breeze on the Derwent.

Pisces, skippered by Graeme McKibben, took the gun with slick crew work, picking the shifts and correctly working the tide to give them victory in Division 1 from Michael Denney’s Wild West and the fast-finishing Farr 40 Voodoo Chile, skippered by Lloyd Clark.

Team Whistler leading British Three Peaks

Tasmania’s Team Whistler tonight (Sunday, Australian eastern time) was leading the 23 yacht fleet after winning the first sailing and mountain running legs of the British Three Peaks Race up the western coastline of Wales, England and Scotland.

Sailing a chartered British yacht, Lightning Reflex, the Tasmanian Three Peaks Race champions won the first sailing leg, from Barmouth to Caernarfon in Wales, with the runners maintaining the overall lead on the rugged cross country run and steep climb to the top of Mount Snowdon and back in darkness.

RYCT's Team Whistler takes on UK Three Peaks

The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania’s successful Team Whistler tomorrow will endeavour to become the first Australian combination of sailors and endurance runners to win both the Tasmanian and the British Three Peaks Races in the one year.

The rugged British event, from Barmouth in Wales to Fort William in Scotland is over a similar distance of sailing and running to the Tasmanian event, but the total ascent of the three highest peaks in the British Isles is considerably higher.

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Sailing Courses 2010

The Royal Yacht Club Sailing Academy will be running Sailing Courses in September. If you are interested in learning to sail or furthering your knowledge please complete the attached form and return it to the office or email to Richard Scarr, Sailing Manager at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Introduction to Sailing

This course will introduce you to sailing. Accredited and experienced instructors will guide you through theoretical and practical sailing sessions on the fleet of Elliott 5.9 keelboats. You will join Yachting Australia’s On Board programme and will receive a Yachting Australia Introductory Certificate upon satisfactory completion of the course.

Introduction to Elliott 5.9’s

The Elliott 5.9 is now extensively used throughout Australia for training, fleet, match and teams racing regattas.With the addition of the fleet in Tasmania at the RYCT there are now fleets in every State. The Elliott 5.9 is the ideal training and racing keel boat as the rigs are simple and there is ample cockpit space to enable for crews up to 4 persons. Spinnakers are also carried to enable training in all aspects of sailing.

Practical and Twilight sessions (placement on RYCT members yachts for race experience)

Sailing Courses 2010 Form

Young crew wins Tasmanian Match Racing

Teenage sailor Elliott Noye and his young crew from the RYCT outsailed two of Tasmania’s most experienced yachting teams to win their way to victory in the finals of the Tasmanian match racing championship over the weekend of 12-13 June.

The win gives them the opportunity to represent the State in the Australian Match Racing Championship which the RYCT will host on the River Derwent in late November.

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Youth versus experience in match racing