CST Composites International 14 World Championship take place from the 28th December 2009 to 11th Jan 2010. 110 boats participating in this event, hosted by the Manly 16 Foot Skiff Club in Sydney Australia.With over 100 teams from 10 nations.The International 14 is 14-foot double-handed racing dinghy. The class originated in England in the early part of the 20th century. It is sailed and raced in many countries around the world and was one of the very first true international racing dinghy classes.
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Dec 09
Dec 09
Rán II
Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia 33º51’46″S 151º13’62″E
Onboard Rán for a test sail in the Sydney Harbour, before the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 2009.
Rán is the sea goddess in the Norse mythology. Rán II is a 72 foot Judel Vrolijk designed racing yacht built by Green Marine in 2009.
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Dec 09
Dec 09
Sydney Opera House
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 33º51’87″S 151º12’47″E
Sydney Opera House, Location: Sydney, Australia
Date: 1957 to 1973
Building Type: opera house
Construction System: tile-clad concrete and precast concrete
Climate: temperate
Context: urban waterfront
Style: Expressionist Modern
Notes: Great stairway, family of forms in spherical section roofs, pure curving shapes that across the harbor in great heroic harmony
Source: www.archiplanet.org 
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Dec 09
Dec 09
Onboard Alfa Romeo
Tasman Sea, New South Wales, Australia 33º50’85″S 151º24’46″E
Onboard Alfa Romeo during a test sail in Sydney, Australia in preparation for the Rolex Sydney to Hobart 2009.
‘Alfa Romeo’, the second yacht built by New Zealand skipper and owner, Neville Crichton, to carry the name of the Italian car maker, was penned by leading American yacht designers, Reichel/Pugh and built in Sydney by McConaghy Boats.
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Nov 09
Nov 09
Moth Mach 2
Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia 33º51’06″S 151º15’59″E
Scott Babbage in a training session on his Moth Mach 2 in Sydney Harbour, Single-handed sailing dinghy with hydro-foils.
McConaghy Boats understand strong, light and fast and in no time at all McConaghy partnered with McDougall and began to build the next generation of foiling moths. Drawing upon the two names McDougall / McConaghy and acknowledging the name of the 2nd moth ever built by founder John McConaghy, they formed Mach 2 Boats Pty Ltd.
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Oct 09
Oct 09
Onboard living Doll – Flinders Islet Race
Tasman Sea 34º27’35″S 150º55’57″E
Onboard Living Doll, Farr 55, built by Cookson Boats for Melbourne yachtsman Michael Hiatt competing in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) dramatic 92 nautical-miles Flinders Islet Race that started off Point Piper on Sydney Harbour, where a yacht, Shock Wave, sponsored by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, crashed into rocks off Flinders Islet and ran aground at about 3am. Two yachts competing in the race, Syd Fischer’s Ragamuffin and Bob Steel’s Quest, both from the CYCA in Sydney, went to the aid of the PriceWaterhouseCoopers crew. Two other yachts in the vicinity at the time of the incident, Geoff Ross’ Yendys, also from the CYCA, and Michael Hiatt’s Living Doll from Melbourne also stood by to give assistance.
Experienced sailors Sally Gordon, 47, of Darling Point, and Andrew Short, 48, of The Spit, were pulled unconscious from the water but couldn’t be revived.
My deepest and heartfelt condolences goes out to the families that have lost their loved ones.
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Sep 09
Sep 09
Sydney Sand Storm
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 33º51’63″S 151º12’50″E
Apocalyptic vision of Sydney, shrouded in red dust blown in by winds from the deserts of the outback.
Sydneysiders woke to a red dawn this morning as a thick dust storm caused havoc with transport and raised health fears.
The size of the dust cloud surprised weather experts, who say it has covered half of NSW.
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Sep 09
Sep 09
Vanuatu
Port Vila, Efate island, Vanuatu 17º44’38″S 168º18’73″E
PARADISE #10
Port Vila local market at night, Vanuatu.
Port Vila is the capital and largest city of Vanuatu. Situated on the south coast of the island of Efate, in Shefa Province.Port Vila is the economic and commercial centre of Vanuatu .The population is around 38,000; predominately Melanesian, with small Polynesian, Asian, Australian and European populations, namely French and British.
Bislama is spoken by everyone as the day-to-day language. In addition, English and French are also widespread. Other Indigenous languages are also spoken in the city.
