
	NEWS! as at 24 June 2009 ... Boats for sale - new offering as at 25 May 2009 ... Sails for Sale - check out what's on offer, send in an ad if you've got something someone else might want... 66th Nationals DVD now available - details on the Gallery page as at 10 May 2009 .... 67th SHARPIE NATIONALS UPDATE!! 28th December 2009 - 6th January 2010 - Invitation Races following Measuring on the 28th ... Click here for updated calendar or visit the Sandy Bay Sailing Club The 67th Sharpie Nationals will be hosted by the Sandy Bay Sailing Club in Tasmania. If you are looking for accommodation, this site may help: www.discovertasmania.com. Or perhaps cheap accommodatio at the uni, with a 30 min walk to the yacht club, is more your style. If so, contact clairhoweard@utas.edu.au 2008/09 NSW STATE TITLES SMOKE wins the 2008/09 State Titles, with new Sharpie sailor Ian Richardson and his young crew on Road Kill breathing fresh air into the NSW scene and taking out second. read more at Races and Results > State Titles BLUR WINS THE 66th SHARPIE NATIONALS for 2008/09!! South Australian sharpie Blur from Brighton & Seacliff YC, skippered by Mal Higgins with Sam Sanderson as sheethand and Andrew Chisholm forward hand dominated the 2008/09 Sharpie Nationals ...read more at Races and Results > Nationals Sudden squall during the last heat of the Nationals turned the third work into a two sail reach Photo: M. Tulip SHARPIES FOR SALE - boats from WA, SA, VIC and NSW listed on the Boats4sale page ... Welcome to the Official NSW Sharpie Association Website! Please take some time to travel through the site exploring this wonderful class and its history. It seems that once you start sailing Sharpies you can't give them up and that the tradition of Sharpie Sailing passes down through the family. The NSW fleet proves this by having three generations of Sharpies sailors - Eric Ablett sailed a number of boats from the early 60's, his son Chris and grandson Marc have just completed another Nationals on Lake Illawarra - with Chris still keeping just ahead of his youngster. It doesn't matter what age you are sailing Sharpies is just so much fun, the thrill of chasing the ultimate kite ride never stops and we just keep sailing these exciting sailing machines. The hull shape of these boats has not been altered and only a few minor changes to the rules have been allowed over the years, the most recent of these being the introduction of a larger spinnaker. Carbon fibre is limited to 1.5 sq metres in the boat and only positioned in a certain areas. Alloy spars for the rig are allowed and sail material is pretty much open. There is talk of introducing a larger and roachier mainsail but that is yet to be decided. No matter how old your Sharpie is, provided it is sailed well you can still compete at the top end of the fleet. Some of the current top 10 place getters at nationals are boats that are around 15 years old. Sharpies can be purchased for as little as $1000.00 or a brand new one that will cost you $28,000.00 - but cheque books won't win races! You need sheer determination, practice and some luck. So enjoy what you see and read and come FLY SHARPIE ........................ see you on the water soon. For any further information please contact the NSW Publicity Officer Chris Ablett .