Yesterday saw the conclusion of the 2013 Australian Universities Yacht Racing Championships. Very close racing and fluky conditions kept the team's racing hard over the two-day regatta.

James Burman was dominant yesterday with top fleet results from the 5 races. He started consistently and maintained leads where others couldn't. While he kept in close contact with Milly Bennett and her team from Sydney University, they were unable to come back from first day losses. Milly Bennett finished the regatta with a close lead over James to become this year's champion. Milly and her crew sailed well all regatta and their experience in the force 24's and onPittwater paid off in undesirable and shifty wind.

A special mention goes to the UNSW team, who despite sailing with a green crew, sailed to a convincing third place in the last race against world-class sailors, an impressive achievement that should not be overlooked.

The regatta was a great success with all the teams thoroughly enjoying the experience. We wish Milly success in France and hope she can pull off similar results against the world's best at the 2013 Student Yachting World Cup.

We'd also like to thank Harken for sponsoring the event, they supplied generous prizes that were greatly appreciated by the podium teams. A special thank you to the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club and all their race officials, volunteers and staff for helping organise this regatta.

While the competition this year was awesome, the regatta next year is shaping up to be a bigger and better competition with many other teams now showing interest. University Racing Sydney thanks all the teams and race management and is looking forward to delivering many more successful regattas for university students in the future. Stay tuned for the 2014 University Yacht Racing National championships. 











Three universities had a fighting chance to win the title, but Jaidan Steven’s team from University Of Sydney did enough to maintain his overnight lead and win the championship.

James Burman from Macquarie University made the Sydney University team fight hard till the very end. The race area was tricky as wind conditions were light and shifty. All teams kept everyone on the edge of their seats, as racing was extremely close. The race committee did a fantastic job to complete seven races.

University Of Sydney was awarded the prestigious Australian University Sailing Association rolling trophy for the year 2013. The new national champions were also awarded selection to represent Australia at the 2013 Student Yachting World Cup in Pronic, France to be held later in October this year.

Jill Connell – Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club Director-

“Great to see the partnership between University Sailing and RPAYC developing, and I hope this fleet event becomes an important annual event in university sailor and RPAYC calendars”.

We would like to thank all participants, volunteers and officials who made this event possible. Thank you and look forward to seeing you all back next year for 2014 Australian University Yacht Racing Nationals .

Top 3 overall scores after 7 races & 1 discard

1. University Of Sydney Jaidan Stevens 9.0 Pts


2. Macquarie University James Burman 12.0 Pts


3. Newcastle University Murray Jones 15.0 Pts

Organisers - University Racing Sydney


Host Club - Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club


Supporters - Australian University Sport & Australian University Sailing Association


Sponsors – Harken & NSW Maritime

link to result sheet http://rpayc.com.au/results/2012/events/UniFleetracing/SGrp26.htm

Fierce battle and close racing between top four teams. 
What is all the fuss about the 2013 Australian Universities Yacht Racing Championships ?The national champion gets to represent Australia at the 33rd Student Yachting World Cup in Pronic, France from 13th-19th October.http://www.sywoc.org

Overall standing after 3 races - 
1. Jaidan Stevens University of Sydney 6 pts
2. Murray Jones Newcastle University 7 pts
3. Beren Beowulf University of Sydney 8 pts
4. James Burman Macquarie University 9 pts
5. Alexander To University Of New South Wales 15 pts

The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club based in Newport is all set to host Australia’s first Universities fleet racing Nationals. Teams will not only be battling it out for the 2013 Australian title but also win the right to represent Australia at the Student Yachting World Cup in Pornic, France later this year.

The competitors will compete in the RPAYC’s fleet of Force 24 keelboats with racing scheduled over two days thursday and Friday 25/26 July on Pittwater with light 5-10 knot west north west breeze forecast.

Competitors:
1. James Burma, Macquarie University
2. Murray Jones, University of Newcastle
3. Milly Bennett, University of Sydney
4. Beren Beowlf, University of Sydney
5. Alexander To, University of New South Wales

Regatta Preview:
James Burman, 2012 universities NSW Yacht Racing Champion is eager to get on the water and start racing. “I am very proud to be representing Macquarie University at this years University fleet racing nationals and look forward to some close racing”, Burman commented.

His long list of accomplishments include the U16 Radial World Champion in 2005 , 2011 Radial World Men’s Silver and training partner for London 2012 Olympian, Krystal Weir two months before the Games. Burman is currently training with Sean Langman’s trimaran Team Australia sailing team.

Murray Jones representing University of Newcastle will be hoping to add another national title to his name. He was part of the team that lifted the 2012 Australian Match Racing Championship and is currently campaigning to lead his own team for the 2013 NSW and Australian Match Racing Championships.

Milly Bennett from University Of Sydney will have an edge against her rivals as she has learnt her craft sailing as a member from a young age at the host Club, The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club. Internationally ranked 34th in the world, Milly usually is part of an all girls match racing team. For this regatta she will be hoping her crew of boys will get her across the line. Milly Bennett is a seasoned women’s match racing pro.

Beren Beowlf also from University of Sydney is hoping to represent Australia at the student yachting World Cup for the second time in a row. He was part of the team that finished 3rd overall at last years Student yachting World Cup – Offshore.

Alexander To, from the University of New South Wales also took part in last years student yachting World Cup and will use his past experience to hopefully win this years National title and qualify for the 2013 Student Yachting World Cup.

Organisers - University Racing Sydney
Host Club - Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club
Supporters - Australian University Sport
- Australian University Sailing Association
Regatta Sponsors - Harken , NSW Maritime
Results after racing is completed will be published here
Regatta Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmYwfd9XoVk
Regatta Website http://2013regatta.weebly.com/index.html

Harken, the world leader in sailing hardware, has joined University Racing Sydney in bringing the 2013 Australian Universities Yacht Racing Championships to the beautiful waters of Pittwater. Harken Hardware is everywhere, from the Olympic and America's Cup to the Force 24's which will be sailed in the championships. They tirelessly support the sport of sailing and University Racing Sydney is proud to have such a reputable and revered company sponsoring us.

Stay posted for more information and results for the racing this week and good luck to all the competitors.

Entry forms have been sent out to the 6 skippers who will be competing in this years yacht racing championships. Hopefully the Skippers will not copy this performance from the Stena Match cup Sweden:

Today the event was written up on Sail-World

See the article here:
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Australian-University-Yacht-Racing-Nationals-at-RPAYC-+-Video/109757

The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, on Pittwater along with University Racing Sydney will play host to the inaugural 2013 Australian University Yacht Racing Nationals next month from 25th-26th July.

The stakes are even higher compared to previous years, as the winner of this event will win the right to represent Australia at the 33rd Student Yachting World Cup in Pornic France.
In 1992 a team representing Sydney University and Melbourne University that included Tom King (before he won Olympic Gold) won Bronze at the Student Yachting World Cup.

In 2012 a team comprising of students from Sydney University and University of New South Wales skippered by Scott Glen Sydney also won Bronze, but in the offshore category.
2012 New South Wales Champion, James Burman of Macquarie University has already confirmed his participation for this year’s event.
The 2011 World University Games silver medalist is hoping to help Macquarie University win its first University National title.

The event has been given a further boost by being officially sanctioned by the 33rd Student Yachting World Cup, Australian University Sport and Australian University Sailing Association.
The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club has hosted a number of state and national university regattas.
The hosting of the inaugural University Yachting Nationals has marked the fifth year RPAYC has been associated with university sailing making the club the official home of University racing in Australia.

RPAYC and University Racing Sydney promise to deliver a top class event by providing well-maintained RPAYC custom built Force 24 keelboats and professional race management.
In an attempt to remain the top sailing nation among universities, University Racing Sydney host’s regattas in the city to ensure students from Sydney keep dominating at the world university level.
Students from Sydney have won 2 Silver & 2 Bronze medals at the Word University level since 2010.
University Racing Sydney as an organisation wants to keep pushing the envelope to ensure success at the world stage .

We invite all university sailors across Australia to apply for an invitation for the 2013 Australian Universities Yacht Racing Championships. Last date to submit an application for invitation ,30th June .

Regatta Website : http://2013regatta.weebly.com/index.html
2013 Australian Universities Yacht Racing Championships  Video http://youtu.be/gt-OqcjxIy8

Applications for entry forms will close on the 30th June 2013. This means just two and a half weeks to fill in the form. Its very simple, just click the documents tab and fill in the form at the bottom of the page and you are done. This is only for skippers, crew registration is on the entry form.
James Burman from Macquarie University will be participating this year to defend his title from the Force 24 championships from last year. We currently also have three applications from the University of Sydney and two from the University of New South Wales.