Former Manly 16ft skiff sailing champion Joe Turner thought he had his day all mapped out when he woke Saturday morning. Breakfast at his cousin’s place – the Clancys – was to be followed [...]
The initial signs didn’t look great when Heidi Bates and Orlando Sadlik first joined forces on Harken ahead of Manly’s 2023/24 13ft season. The teenage pair spent just as much time in [...]
They’ve won Olympic gold medals, national 16ft titles and state championships. Now Nathan Wilmot and Malcolm Page can add another honour to the list – Manly 16ft Skiff Club Champions. The [...]
Heidi Bates may have to adjust her season goals as the first-year skipper continues to make huge inroads in the 13s fleet. After cutting her teeth in the Optimists dingy class before graduating [...]
It was a victory 15 years in the making – celebrated with a spicy rum and ginger ale after attending to parenthood duties. Manly’s Daniel “Ruffy” Turner is finally a NSW 16ft [...]
Dave O’Connor admits he’s still not completely over the national title he “lost” in extraordinary circumstances almost a year ago. In fact, he reckons there’s a [...]
It takes a lot for Mal Page to pull out of a race. But after being crook for over a week and losing seven kilos and a number of days off work, the Olympic gold medallist started ringing around [...]
James Hopkins can remember a time when Manly’s 13ft fleet could be counted on one hand, with a finger or two to spare. Even though the class has been around since the early 2000s, numbers [...]
It took six years for the Port Jackson 16ft Championship to be revived – and only two hours for the fleet to be reminded just how brutal a race it can be. The famous event was first held just [...]
Asked why he thought it had taken longer than expected to gel as a team so far this season, Moonen Yachts skipper Daniel Turner replied: “It took a bit of time for us to stop sailing like [...]
