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Nick Vindin

Nick Vindin is a sailing journalist who has competed in three Sydney to Hobart yacht races, capturing two top-five line-honours finishes as crew on Maserati and Rio100.

September 2020

  • Sydney to Hobart Yacht race

    Cancelling this year's Sydney to Hobart will be unpopular but the 2020 race is already doomed

    Nick Vindin
    The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia faces a difficult decision but the regatta is surely set to fall victim to the Covid pandemic

December 2019

  • Tribal Warrior crew

    Tribal Warrior: the first Indigenous-flagged yacht in Sydney to Hobart

    Martin Walker says he feels pride, not pressure, as he prepares to be sail Tribal Warrior, the first indigenous-flagged boat to compete in the Sydney to Hobart

December 2018

  • Will Oats XI enters the Derwent River on the last leg of the 74th annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Friday morning

    Sydney to Hobart yacht race: Wild Oats XI claims victory for ninth time in dramatic finale

  • The start to the 2018 Sydney to Hobart

    Sydney to Hobart 2018 set for closest four-way tussle in race history

  • Sydney to Hobart: yachts sail out of Sydney Harbour at the start of the annual yacht race.

    Sydney to Hobart yacht race: supermaxi Black Jack steals the show as tactical race looms

  • Wild Oats XI

    Sydney to Hobart 2018: Scallywag lives up to reputation with jibes at Comanche

December 2017

  • LDV Comanche (right) and Wild Oats XI narrowly missed each other as they tack outside the heads at the start of the 73rd annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race in Sydney, 26 December 2017.

    Sydney to Hobart: Comanche wins line honours as protest against Wild Oats XI upheld

  • Wild Oats XI heading to Hobart during the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

    Wild Oats XI smashes record to win Sydney to Hobart race in thrilling finish

  • Wild Oats XI and LDV Comanche

    Sydney to Hobart: LDV Comanche holds narrow lead in race for line honours

  • Wild Oats XI has big ambitions for this year’s Sydney to Hobart race.

    Wild Oats XI hoping it's third time lucky in quest for double success

June 2017

  • TOPSHOT - Emirates Team New Zealand on stage moments before being presented with the America’s Cup America’s Cup in the Great Sound during the 35th America’s Cup June 26, 2017 in Hamilton, Bermuda. / AFP PHOTO / Chris CAMERONCHRIS CAMERON/AFP/Getty Images

    Pedal power and poker faces: what drove New Zealand's America’s Cup success

  • The crew of Emirates Team New Zealand embrace after defeating Oracle Team USA

    New Zealand win America's Cup with overwhelming victory over Oracle USA

May 2017

  • Oracle Team USA

    'They're spying on us': America's Cup espionage reveals race's high stakes

  • Jimmy Spithill

    Australia set to dominate America's Cup – without even having a team

December 2016

  • A crew member on racing yacht Giacomo works the foredeck during the 2016 Sydney To Hobart.

    Giacomo declared overall winner of Sydney to Hobart race

  • Perpetual Loyal sails up the Derwent river towards Hobart early on Wednesday morning

    Perpetual Loyal breaks race record to take victory in 2016 Sydney to Hobart

  • Wild Oats XI sets a cracking pace after the start of the Sydney Hobart yacht race.

    Wild Oats XI pulls out of Sydney to Hobart after leading overnight

  • Wild Oats XI after the start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race in Sydney Harbour

    Sydney to Hobart record firmly in super maxis' sights as Wild Oats leads

  • Sydney to Hobart race: Perpetual Loyal takes lead after Wild Oats XI's poor start

  • Sydney to Hobart 2016: where to watch and who to watch out for

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