Welcome to the official site for The Showdown, an exciting sailing regatta, now in its third year, that has established itself as one of Tasmania's biggest and best annual sailing events. Based at the RYCT's Sandy Bay clubhouse in Hobart and sailed on the broad waters of the River Derwent, 'The Showdown' is a three day event (two days for off-the-beach classes) starting with a twilight spinnaker event on the evening of Friday, 4th November.
They didn’t win the major trophies, but Hobart’s fleet of Farr 40s certainly turned on a spectacle of one-design racing on the River Derwent in today's final day of The Showdown regatta.
Voodoo Chile, helmed by Andrew Hunn, got the gun by just one second from POW, skippered by Craig Clifford, in the first...
At the age of 15, Edmund Hargreaves is the ‘senior’ sailor in the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania Dinghy Group’s strong Sabot fleet. Today he showed that experience and skill can combine for victory when he won the Sabot class at the RYCT’s annual spring regatta, The Showdown.
Sailing against a...
Bruce Rose, the three times Australian champion, has showed his class with a comfortable overall victory in the Paper Tiger catamaran class at The Showdown regatta on the River Derwent.
This is the first time the Paper Tigers, which are based at Lauderdale Yacht Club, have competed in The Showdown and their presence,...
Hobart’s River Derwent turned on magnificent sailing today for more than 350 sailors, young and old, sailing in boats that ranged from Optimists to Farr 40s in the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania’s spring regatta, The Showdown.
The Showdown opened with a twilight race for 30 keelboats and sports boats on Friday evening...
Alpha course provided the fastest racing in The Showdown today with the A-class catamarans, Moth foilers, B14 skiffs and sailboards sharing the course.
It also saw a couple of incidents, including a collision between a catamaran and skiff and another between an A class cat and an International Cadet, neither fortunately...
Two one design classes, the Farr 40s keelboats and SB3 sportsboats, will provide a sailing spectacle in this evening’s twilight opening of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania’s annual spring regatta, The Showdown.
The Showdown has attracted more than 135 entries, comprising 106 off-the-beach class...
Enter The Showdown By 21st October to stand the chance of winning an RYCT duffel bag full of either Juicy Isle products (OTB) or a case of beer (Keel Boats).
All registrations received by this date will be entitled to be included in the draw (the keel boat and off the beach sailors have their own draw).
So enter now...
The Showdown 2011, from 4-6 November, promises to be a great weekend of competition on the water and fun and entertainment ashore at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania.
The regatta has significance afloat as an important lead-up to state and national dinghy class championships over the summer, providing big fleet...
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National status for The Showdown 2011
The Showdown 2011, the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania’s annual regatta for off-the-beach classes, sports boats and keelboats, will have a national status this year as part of Yachting Australia’s new Youth Sailing Grand Prix.
The Showdown 2011, to be conducted over the weekend of 4-6 November (...
Craig Heydon, Friday, 12 November 2010
Yachting Australia has announced the creation of the Youth Sailing Grand Prix, a new series developed to help create Australia’s next group of world and Olympic champion sailors.
The Youth Sailing Grand Prix is set to build a strong national competition that encourages youth participation,...
