Articles by downundersail

Well it has only been one week since the largest fleet of WASZPs ever assembled descended on Malcesine Lake Garda for the 2019 WASZP European Championships. The fleet of 100 Entries enjoyed five days of […]

What an event! The 2019 WASZP European Championship had it all, with 100 boats competing from 18 nations it was an event of scale not seen in the three-year history of the WASZP. This class […]

Well the wait is officially over! The WASZP European Championships started with a bang! 90 boats competed in the inaugural European Slalom Championship. While Slalom has been around for a long time, the WASZP format […]

Whitsunday sailor Rupert King is the 100th entrant to the 2019 Airlie Beach Race Week, with his performance cruiser Overdrive. Deciding he was “over” driving, the former truck driver built the Richard Edlin-designed 10.6 metre trimaran […]

Melbourne’s Sandringham Yacht Club is preparing for some big celebrations tonight as members mark the 10-year anniversary of the existing clubhouse. The current clubhouse was completed back in 2009 due to rising member numbers, and […]

Entries across all classes and divisions are shaping up well for Airlie Beach Race Week Festival of Sailing as the organiser, Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC), announced the winner of the early entries prize draw which […]

One of Australia’s biggest junior sailing events will head to the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria (RYCV) this summer as the 2020 Gill Optimist Australian and Open Championships descend on Williamstown from 2-9 January next […]

It has been an amazing journey for the MACH2, one of the leading brands of the Moth dinghy. In 2008 Australian designer Andrew McDougall sat on a rock after the Weymouth Moth Worlds looking for […]

It started nearly four years ago pre-SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW), and its quickly becoming an institution with competitors, whose first questions to Townsville Yacht Club (TYC) organisers include, “Is Cape Upstart on again?” […]

Whatever direction the wind is blowing on Tuesday, August 13, Northerlies will be the flavour of the month for sailors competing in Airlie Beach Race Week. Renowned locally as one of the Whitsundays’ premier venues […]