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Skiffs on Geographe Bay 2026 - Bravo CourseJust another day on Geographe Bay! This time supervising racing on the 'Bravo...
02/03/2026

Skiffs on Geographe Bay 2026 - Bravo Course

Just another day on Geographe Bay! This time supervising racing on the 'Bravo' course, looking after the Open Skiffs, RS Aeros, Sabres and Sharks! Managed to sneak in a few photos, but I was a bit busy for most of the weekend - for more photos please see my amazing colleagues pages at Osprey Imagery and Kraken Images.

Racing kicked off on Saturday, just after midday, with the race officer (yours truly) determined to get in a gaggle of races in an increasingly spirited southwest breeze! The Open Skiffs lead the charge and, with gusts of over 20 knots, showed off their skills in the flat water created by the offshore zephyr.

Not to be outdone, the RS Aeros and Sabre/ Sharks joined the fun (their first time at the regatta - welcome!!) with Billie M. in her RS Aero 5 soon mixing it up with her young friends in the lead Open Skiffs (despite giving them a 3 minute head start) and delivering a masterclass in high wind racing that was thrilling to behold!!

The race management team managed to tire out both fleets with 5 races locked in before 4 pm and all the fleets safely on the beach rehydrating soon after!

Our athletes awoke on Sunday morning to a very different set of conditions - a light easterly breeze that quickly gave way to a 5-10 knot northerly, kicking up a light chop but allowing the race team to sneak in the final 2 races of the series before lunch.

Just for fun, the Bravo course reconvened just off the beach in front of the club after lunch for a 'Slalom Series'. With the race course less than 100m off the beach, racing soon drew a crowd! The Open Skiffs set off in flights of 6 boats, tacking to a top mark then sliding back downwind and gybing through a set of marks to a finish.

Sadly the Sabre sailors (who were itching to have a crack at the new format) didn't get a chance to run the course, as a poorly timed transition from a 'Cape Northerly' to a south-westerly Seabreeze required a course reset but in reality (as the breeze refused to make up its mind in terms of wind direction) forced racing to be abandoned and bought the regatta to a close.

Miles B. emerged as the 2026 Open Skiff Slalom Champion of Geographe Bay after 4 action packed races - well done Miles!!

Overall Podium Results for the regatta:
Open Skiff Gold
1st - Harriet M. on Atom-Bic Bomb (8 pts)
2nd - Leila B. on Picklebic (9 pts)
3rd - Isabelle H. on Nemo (12 pts)

Open Skiff Silver
1st - Lucy S. on Bictory (7 pts)
2nd - Charlie W. on Skiffariffic (8 pts)
3rd - Ophie B. on Bicachu (15 pts)

RS Aero
1st - Billie M. on Gambaero (5 pts)
2nd - Simon McCracken on Three Nines (18 pts)

Shark/ Sabre
1st - Steve Knight on Fly In, Fly Out (12 pts)
2nd - Jim Gregson on Dear Prudence (17 pts)
3rd - Blair Meiklejohn on Hakuna Matata (19 pts)

*Complete results included in the images.

To all the volunteers on Bravo course - a huge thank you!! Especially Tim & Michelle on the start boat, Marnie, Des & Seb on 'Support 99', Alex & Shaun on 'Tupperware Party' and Wade on the 'Black Boat' - you were all amazing! Couldn't do it without you - love the Open Skiff/ Aero parents!

Thank you to GBYC for having us all again and we look forward to doing it all again in 2027!!

Geographe Bay Yacht Club
South of Perth Yacht Club
East Fremantle Yacht Club
Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club
Mandurah Offshore Fishing and Sailing Club
WA Open Skiff Sailing
RS Aero Australia

28/02/2026

Skiffs on Geo Bay 2026 - Race 3 Open Skiff Start.

Geographe Bay Raceweek 2026 - Final Day (Day 5)It’s Friday, so it must be the final day of racing at Geographe Bay Racew...
22/02/2026

Geographe Bay Raceweek 2026 - Final Day (Day 5)

It’s Friday, so it must be the final day of racing at Geographe Bay Raceweek 2026! Our vibrant fleet woke to find all the elements of a great regatta had come together in glorious synchronicity – a 15 knot plus offshore breeze made for champagne sailing conditions whilst our well fed and watered crews were primed to end proceedings on a high note.

Under sunny skies, the various divisions assembled at the end of the Jetty just before the 9 am kick-off time, where Race Officer Dubbo had one last surprise planned: a reaching start to gybe mark near the marina before the fleets launched into one last passage race.

The start boat went into sequence bang on schedule, with the race for the pin end of the start line (and clear air) making quite the spectacle for those lucky enough to be watching. As each division was unleashed on the course, the boats chased each other to the gybe mark. A number of boats put on a show, making the most of the two-sail reach and gaining significant ground on the divisions ahead of them.

Soon after, the gybe mark exploded in a riot of colour as crews pointed their boats at the distant Cape Naturaliste and hoisted their kites – a final speed run to finish the regatta.

After rounding the offshore blue water mark, the fleets then made their way through a series of inshore marks near the clubhouse before a last leg back to the finish.

And just like that, Raceweek 2026 appeared to have come to a close.

But it wasn’t over yet! As crews packed up their boats and filtered back to the clubhouse on the shores of Geographe Bay, a festive atmosphere reined as a fitting end to a fun filled and action-packed regatta.

During presentations winners were crowned, friendships were made and ongoing rivalries ensured that our sailors will return to contest the next edition of Raceweek in 2027.

Congratulations to the Raceweek organisers and Geographe Bay Yacht Club – yet another amazing regatta.

To all the sponsors, volunteers and support crews, thank you for all behind the scenes work that helps make this (and all regattas) such a huge success.

To all involved - fair winds, following seas and safe travels.

See you all again soon!!

Geographe Bay Race Week
Geographe Bay Yacht Club
Royal Perth Yacht Club
Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club
Fremantle Sailing Club
East Fremantle Yacht Club

Geographe Bay Race Week - Day 4Having spent Wednesday’s layday enjoying the gastronomic delights of the Margaret River r...
21/02/2026

Geographe Bay Race Week - Day 4

Having spent Wednesday’s layday enjoying the gastronomic delights of the Margaret River region, the sailors from across the various classes reconvened at Geographe Marina bright and early on Thursday morning. A 2-3 knot easterly breeze had settled in overnight, promising a warm day and potentially a long, slow day on water.

However, help was at hand…

As the race committee boarded the start boat for the journey out to the race area, a mysterious, bearded figure could be seen climbing aboard.

Soon after the Division 1, 2, 3 & 4 boats had revved up their engines and exited marina, forming a conga line behind the Challenger start boat and making a beeline for the end of the Busselton Jetty – then the call came over VHF channel.

“It looks like we a have a north westerly breeze coming in off the Cape.” That mysterious figure (seen earlier) was none other than regatta maestro and famed ‘wind whisperer’ Ron Jensen - and guess what? Ron was right!!

Before the tailenders could arrive in the start area, the highly skilled mark laying team had dropped in a mile long windward-leeward course and our well-caffeinated Race Officer ‘Dubbo’ White, had put Division 1 into sequence! By half past ten all four fleets were off and racing in a gentle 5-8 knot breeze and heading to the top marks.

All was going well until the rising air temperatures began to summon an early seabreeze which then begun fighting the zephyr coming off the Cape – of course, chaos ensued!! Whilst the frontrunners were nearing the bottom gate in a steady nor’ westerly, the breeze across the rest of the course began to peter out. In the interest of everyone’s sanity, a decision was quickly made, and the shortened course flag went up.

Division 1 finished in good time with Divisions 2 (the Super 30s) and 3 (S 97s) also in the mix, but Division 4 had more than a few problems but everyone got back down the course (eventually!) with the Spacey 27s mounting a rear-guard action and elegantly drifting across the finishing line just after 11:30 am, just as two sharp blasts of the start boat horn signalled the raising of the AP.

By this stage of proceedings, all nine divisions had taken to the water and you could literally ‘feel the serenity’ of the Geographe Bay ‘glass off.’ Once again, Ron came to the rescue – “Don’t worry, the north westerly will be back.”

Whilst crews ate a well-earned lunch, hydrated and cooled off in the tranquil waters of the Bay, the breeze began creeping in across the racetrack yet again, with a building 5-10 knot ‘Cape Westerly’ set to fuel yet another amazing afternoon of sailing.

The various fleets began lining up for a start just after 1 pm and were soon gallivanting towards Cape Naturaliste on the afternoons scheduled passage race. Racing took the fleets from a Jetty start out towards Dunsborough before a graceful kite run back to the turning mark in front of the clubhouse and then back through a series of marks along the picturesque Geographe coast and into a finish at the end of the Jetty.

All the fleets finished in good time, helped home to the marina by the seabreeze that came in as scheduled at 4 pm – unbelievable!!!

Sadly, Friday brings Raceweek 2026 to an end but not before one final passage race in the morning and presentation lunch at the Geographe Bay Yacht Club. Stay tuned for more updates and photos.

Geographe Bay Race Week
Geographe Bay Yacht Club
Royal Perth Yacht Club
Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club
Fremantle Sailing Club
East Fremantle Yacht Club

The Art of Geographe Bay Raceweek 2026I know I still haven't put all of Day 4 up - I'm on it! But check this out...This ...
20/02/2026

The Art of Geographe Bay Raceweek 2026

I know I still haven't put all of Day 4 up - I'm on it! But check this out...

This is the bowman of Sagacious IV yesterday morning - perfect light for an 'arty' shot.

20/02/2026

GBRW26 - Day 5

Good morning sailors… for those who just can’t get enough of GBRW, here’s ‘Dirty Deeds’ first kite run from yesterday. Enjoy!

20/02/2026

GBRW 2026 - Day 5, Passage Racing, Division 1 Start

Geographe Bay Raceweek 2026 - Day 4This is an interim post - I've got a tonne of photos from today's racing to go throug...
19/02/2026

Geographe Bay Raceweek 2026 - Day 4

This is an interim post - I've got a tonne of photos from today's racing to go through.

Here are a few early favourites - more to follow.

19/02/2026

A race for bragging rights…

DAY 2 - F18 & NACRA WA STATE TITLE (aka WAXIT 25 2.0) - 16th of November 2025Another exciting day of racing for the Stat...
17/11/2025

DAY 2 - F18 & NACRA WA STATE TITLE (aka WAXIT 25 2.0) - 16th of November 2025

Another exciting day of racing for the State's F18 and Nacra sailors as part of their State titles at Jervoise Bay Sailing Club.

Racing kicked off just after 10 am in a shifty (yes, it looked very dodgy) sou'easterly breeze, which fluctuated from 10 knots to absolutely nothing - one wrong tack and you were out the back door!!

However just after 10:30 am Dr Freo rolled in as a very pleasant, but steadily building 10-15 knot sea breeze. The start team managed to punch out another 2 races before pulling up stumps and calling it a day.

Lots of smiling faces on the lawn and plenty of fun had by all - see you all at F18 Worlds at the end of January 2026 (save the date!).

Big thanks to JBSC for hosting and all the volunteers for making it a successful event.

DAY 1 - F18 & NACRA WA STATE TITLE (aka WAXIT 25 2.0) - 15th of November 2025A big first day on the water for the State'...
15/11/2025

DAY 1 - F18 & NACRA WA STATE TITLE (aka WAXIT 25 2.0) - 15th of November 2025

A big first day on the water for the State's F18 and Nacra sailors for their State titles as part of the WAXIT regatta at Jervoise Bay Sailing Club.

The day started off pleasantly enough with a lively 10-15 knot seabreeze making for some great racing in the crystal clear waters just south of Fremantle. The F18 fleet of more than 15 boats lead the charge, with the mixed Nacras in hot pursuit, putting in a solid pairing of back to back races before the infamous Freo Doctor reminded the crews that summer is only weeks away.

Our intrepid 'cat' fleet soon found themselves along for the ride in more than 20 knots of classic seabreeze, making for an epic third and final race of the day before the crews called it a day and retired to the club for a well deserved drink and late lunch.

A few photos from today and more action tomorrow - racing will be off the Coogee and Woodman Pt Ammo Jetty's from 10 am for anyone wanting to check out the action.

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