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NEWS! 20 July 2010 Now available - the Australian Sharpie Sailing Association
(ASSA) Official Log Book. 17 July 2010 Juniors go for cash at the Black Rock Nationals! The Executive of the ASSA have decided to sponsor the Australian Sharpie Junior Championship with cash prizes as encouragement for juniors to attend the upcoming Nationals at Black Rock Yacht Club in Victoria. They will be First $500, Second $250 and third $100. It also hopes that State Associations endeavour to support their juniors to attend the Championship with financial support. 68th SHARPIE NATIONALS AT BLACK ROCK, VICTORIA 27th December 2010 to 6th January 2011 Black Rock Yacht Club will host the 68th Sharpie Nationals. NOR and Entry Form now available. Bookmark this website! 12 May 2010 Check out the new WA sharpie blog.spot - it seems over in the west they are counting down to the Black Rock Nationals and drooling over a revamped SA mold ... read more. 10 May 2010 NSW Sharpies on facebook. Visit the group pages and start up a discussion, upload your photos and more. as at 27 April 2010 Smoke wins the NSW State Titles for 2010 by a point from Mr Freeze! The final round of the series was held on Bateman's Bay over the ANZAC long weekend in conditions that ranged from threatening thunderstorms, rain, and strong winds lightening off to a near drifter on the Saturday, then a big swell and up to 20 knots for the final day's racing - but again easing after a storm front delayed the start of racing on the Sunday. With 6 of the 9 race series to count, Michael Forster had it all wrapped up with 5 wins in the bag by Saturday afternoon. He finished the series on 7 points, after dropping a 2nd and two 3rds. Todd Curry had four wins throughout the series and finished on 8 points. Third place was decided on countback with Rick Shortridge bringing Proud Aussie through on equal 21 points with Ian Richardson's Maniac. More details of the series are available here. 2010 NSW State Titles Final Scratch Results
Road Kill sailed in the CHS last week and did the Sharpies proud. Ian Richardson's regular crew (Dylan Zanin and Alex Marzano) teamed up with Nicholas Marzano (whose dad owns the boat). They ended up 6th overall on yardstick out of 138 boats ! Ian has put some pics up on the PKSC website gallery from www.miboat.com who was filming there. There were many people hanging round the Sharpie in the rigging area during the week asking lots of questions - including apparently a few ex-Sharpie sailors.
67th Sharpie Nationals, Derwent River, Hobart TASMANIA as at 7 January 2010 ... Blur wins 67th Sharpie Nationals! Mal Higgins, Sam Sanderson and Andrew Chisholm break the Hoodoo of the Derwent and, for the second consecutive year, take out the national championship title (SA893). Fellow South Australians Jason Heritage and Dave Higgins brought Bread Run (SA920) and All Scoobed Out (SA909) home in second and third, respectively. Final results here Jane Austin's photos on Flicker as at 29 December 2009 ... Sandy Bay Sailing Club turns on the hospitality for the 67th Nationals ... photos from the Invitation races here.
as at 24 November 2009 ... ACT Dinghy Titles - LBG turns it on with the forecast moderate nor'easter arriving as light air, westerlies, easterlies, a bit in from the south and then some strong stuff to round it off .... read more .... more pics SHARPIES FOR SALE - boats from WA, SA, VIC and NSW listed on the Boats4sale page ...
Welcome to the Official NSW Sharpie
Association Website! 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 Tara Ducker
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