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Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge

The Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge covers 1,170 nautical miles of the Tasman Sea, sailed alone. No crew, no rest, no one to spell you at the helm. One of the most demanding offshore yacht races in the world, and every skipper who reaches the start line has already won something.

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2026 Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge: prize-giving at SouthportSolo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge

2026 Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge: prize-giving at Southport

Fifteen boats started. Eleven finished. Four retired, and nearly every one of them was in the room anyway....
14 June 2026
Malcolm Dickson: Solo Trans-Tasman’s oldest finisher bookends career with handicap win at 79Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge

Malcolm Dickson: Solo Trans-Tasman’s oldest finisher bookends career with handicap win at 79

At 79, Malcolm Dickson bookends a Solo Trans-Tasman career with a second handicap win.
13 June 2026
Kevin Le Poidevin’s Solo Trans-Tasman: The 0 mistake and everything that followedSolo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge

Kevin Le Poidevin’s Solo Trans-Tasman: The $150 mistake and everything that followed

Doug Esterman in his Cavalier 39 Fair Winds crossed the finish line at Southport today, the last of...
12 June 2026
Doug Esterman and Fair Seasons: Last to finish the 2026 Solo Trans-Tasman — and first in heartSolo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge

Doug Esterman and Fair Seasons: Last to finish the 2026 Solo Trans-Tasman — and first in heart

On the evening of 31 May, less than 48 hours into the 2026 Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge, Doug...
11 June 2026
From customs officers to Southport, Peter Nobbs and Smoko finish the Solo Trans-Tasman ChallengeSolo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge

From customs officers to Southport, Peter Nobbs and Smoko finish the Solo Trans-Tasman Challenge

The customs officers were waiting for Peter Nobbs fifty miles outside New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone. He had...
10 June 2026
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LIVE: The 2026 Solo Trans Tasman Yacht Challenge (part 2)Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge

LIVE: The 2026 Solo Trans Tasman Yacht Challenge (part 2)

  Solo Trans-Tasman Challenge 2026 Live Tracker Full coverage at boatingnz.co.nz/sttc Tracker: Yellow Brick Race record: The race...
10 June 2026
Peter Bourke and Diablo: the little kauri boat has finished the 2026 Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht ChallengeSolo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge

Peter Bourke and Diablo: the little kauri boat has finished the 2026 Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge

This morning at 07:00am NZST (10 June 2026), Peter Bourke crossed the finish line at Southport aboard his...
10 June 2026
Terry Dunn sailed a borrowed boat 1,362 miles across the Tasman. His 2026 Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht challenge done.Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge

Terry Dunn sailed a borrowed boat 1,362 miles across the Tasman. His 2026 Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht challenge done.

After over nine days at sea, Terry Dunn crossed the finish line at Southport in the dark at...
9 June 2026
Solo Trans-Tasman 2026: Catnip 90 minutes from the finish lineSolo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge

Solo Trans-Tasman 2026: Catnip 90 minutes from the finish line

Six boats are home. Four have retired. Five are still sailing. And as I write, Geoff Thorn’s Beneteau...
8 June 2026
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