The Mannering Park Amateur Sailing Club Phil Johnston Memorial 14ft Catamaran Regatta 2023 will be conducted on the waters of Southern Lake Macquarie over the Weekend, 19th – 20th October 2024. Owners and charterers of eligible boats are invited to enter the regatta on the conditions of this Notice of Race. The races are organised…
Category Archives: NSW
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Aug
Aug
Welcome to the first official Hobie 14 Coaching Camp. Current World Champ and President of the NSWHCA, Paddy Butler, is the one of the newest qualified Sailing Coaches with Australian Sailing. With the 24/25 sailing season in it’s early days, and Wildcat Regatta the following, what better time to freshen up our skills with some…
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Jun
Jun
All of a sudden there were yells, yahoos and smiles as the skippers and crews either hung out or hooked-up on the trapezes. World champion Hobie 16 skipper, Brett Dryland of Sydney, Australia showed almost 80 other Hobie catamaran skippers why he is the best. The second lake Jindabyne Hobie Cat saga also attracted the…
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Jun
Jun
The Wildcat Regatta is back and it’s more WILD than ever! The NSWHCA’s man on the ground Mr. Michael ‘The Director’ Taylor is working hell for leather with the Great Lakes Sailing Club who are all well and truly underway with the organisation of the fabled Wild Cat Regatta, taking place once again over the…
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May
May
Last weekend, I was lucky enough to represent Australian Sailing’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Group at the NSW/ACT Sailing Summit, held at Canberra Yacht Club. My expectations were absolutely blown away about what I learned from Australian Sailing, in which the ANHCA is an affiliated Class. I had the opportunity to meet and yarn…
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Apr
Apr
Day 1 History has been made as 9 x Hobie 18s have hit the water at the annual event for the first time. Mannering Park legends, Sam & Emily, took out the first two heats, narrowly beating seasoned team Noah & Hayley. With the forecast slowly building day by day, the Cats are set to…
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Apr
Apr
What an absolute sensational season of sailing we have had! Round 1 of our State Championships went down in spectacular fashion in Kurnell. Despite the dreary weather, we had an awesome turn out of 24 x Hobie Cats with a number of interstate travellers making the trip to Botany Bay. Round 2 hosted a record…
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Mar
Mar
‘bitta breeze, bitta flat water, what could ya ask for?’ Round 2 of the NSW Hobie Cat State Championships was held at Toukley Sailing Club in Darkinjung Country over the weekend of the 10th & 11th of February. The splendidly flat waters of Tuggerah Lake hosted a grand total of 31 x Hobie 14s and…
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Feb
Feb
‘life in technicolour’ Welcome to Tanilba Bay Amateur Sailing Club. Where the sun shines brightly through the graceful gum trees, onto the pristine rigging/camping lawn situated on the pristine shores of Port Stephens. With two days of solid nor’ east sea-breezes forecasted for bottom-half of the mid-north coast, the 40-plus strong fleet of off-the-beach catamarans…
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Nov
Nov
Flat water sea-breezes locked, loaded and ready to go! The NSW Hobie Cat Association, in conjunction with Toukley Sailing Club, are proud to release the Notice of Race and offical open entries for the 23-24 NSW Hobie 14, Hobie 16 Women & Youth State Championships, to be held during the second weekend of February. NSW…