News

Chief Three peaks contenders arrive in town
Apr 2012
POSTED on Monday 2nd April 2012 - YACHTe.com.au by Terry Travers
 

Favourites for line honours in both the multihull and monohull divisions of the H&R Block Three Peaks Race in Tasmania have arrived in Beauty Point in readiness for the 2pm start on Good Friday.

Well armed for Three Peaks
Mar 2012

POSTED on Saturday, 24th March 2012 by Peter Campbell    http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2012/03/24/312261_most-popular-stories.html 

Three Peaks Race - Hot competition looming
Mar 2012

POSTED on Wednesday, 21 March 2012  http://www.threepeaks.org.au/

MTA on the crest of a wave with Jessica Watson and Bruce Arms
Mar 2012

POSTED on Wednesday,14th March 2012 -  http://www.etravelblackboard.com/article/129536/mta-on-the-crest-of-a-wave-with-jessica-watson-and-bruce-arms

SOLO Around Australia Challenge - Part TWO
Mar 2012

 Australia Multihull World Power & Sail #113 Mar/Apr 2012 by Bruce Arms

 Well, halfway had come and gone. I expected the second half to be the harder and so it proved to be. And life threatening as well - more on that later.

SOLO Around Australia Challenge - Part ONE
Mar 2012

Australia Multihull World Power & Sail #112 Jan/Feb 2012 by Bruce Arms 

Looking for another challenge after my last Solo Trans Tasman win and finding out that no one had sailed a multihull solo, nonstop and unassisted around Australia, I had an easy decision to make - it just had to be done.

Jessica Watson announces plans to sail in 2012 Three Peaks Race
Jan 2012

POSTED on 18th January 2012 www.threepeaks.org.au

 Jessica Watson, the youngest person to sail solo around the world announced she will be competing in the 2012 H&R Block Three Peaks Race.

Arms puts hand up for Three Peaks Race
Jan 2012

POSTED on 19th October 2010 www.threepeaks.org.au

Queensland sailor Bruce Arms, who set a WSSRC world record for an Australian solo circumnavigation in August aboard his 46’ catamaran 'Big Wave Rider', has been joined by his wife Suzanne as the first official entry in the 2012 Three Peaks Race. 

WSSRC Announces New World Record
Sep 2011

MEDIA RELEASE - 12th September 2011

On September 11th the World Sailing Speed Record Council announced the ratification of a new World Record for Mooloolaba sailor Bruce Arms sailing Big Wave Rider his self-built 14M Robin Chamberlin designed catamaran.(WSSR Newsletter No 203. Around Australia. Bruce Arms 11/09/11).

Solo Aound Australia Record Broken
Aug 2011

MEDIA RELEASE - 25th August 2011

Solo sailor Bruce Arms, in his 14 metre catamaran Big Wave Rider, crossed the finish line at Mooloolaba on the 18th August 2011 at 9:41:06 am AEST setting a new round Australia record.

Bruce, renowned sailor and two-time winner of the Solo Trans-Tasman yacht race, completed his solo, non-stop, and un-assisted sail around Australia in 38 days 21 hours 40 minutes and 42 seconds. This made Bruce the fastest solo sailor around Australia and the first to do so in a Multihull (Catamaran).