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Light weather pearler for Australian Yachting Championships

An overcast morning, but the sun came out in time for racing at Hamilton Island Race Week in Queensland, including those contesting the Australian Sailing’s 2022 Australian Yachting Championships (AYC), who contested island courses on Day 3, starting at five minute intervals from 10.55am.
Tue 23 Aug 2022

Racing and big breeze testing at Australian Yachting Championships

The Australian Sailing’s 2022 Australian Yachting Championships (AYC) continued at Hamilton Island Race Week today, the planned short race exchanged for the Nautilus Marine Insurance Classic extra-long race for Division Zero, a long race for Division 1 and Multihull Racing, medium for Division 2 and 3, while Division 4 was on an Island course.
Mon 22 Aug 2022

Ideal conditions for Australian Yachting Championships Day 1

The Australian Sailing’s 2022 Australian Yachting Championships (AYC) began in fine style at Hamilton Island Race Week today, brilliant sunshine and ideal winds set the scene for the Rating and the Multihull Racing divisions on their way from the Eastern Starting Line this morning and whales along the course added to the Whitsunday scenery.
Sun 21 Aug 2022

Most competitive Australian Yachting Championships yet

The best grand prix yachts and multihulls from around Australia and overseas will take to the water for the 2022 Australian Yachting Championships (AYC) at Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays, where racing takes place from 21-27 August.
Fri 19 Aug 2022

Australian Yachting Championships hosts announced

The Australian Yachting Championships are set to be run alongside some of Australia’s biggest keelboat regattas after Australian Sailing today locked in the host clubs of the event for the next four years.
Fri 10 Jun 2022

Australian Yachting Championships 2020: Winners decided

Matt Allen has claimed a third successive Australian Yachting Championship title today in Hobart, with Ichi Ban claiming victory in four races and finishing third in Race 5, with Race 6 abandoned for Division A.
Sun 05 Jan 2020

Final day to decide Yachting Championships

Today’s two windward/leeward races will decide the Australian Yachting Championships 2020 in Divisions B and C, while 2017 and2019 Rolex Sydney Hobart winner, Matt Allen and his Ichi Ban look set to replicate their wins of the past two years.
Sun 05 Jan 2020

Australian Yachting Championships: Be careful what you wish for

After yesterday’s light airs, some yachties were heard saying “Geez we’d love some more breeze”, and as the old saying goes, ‘be careful what you ask for’, as Day 2 was a completely different beast, with sudden high winds testing competitors and boats at the Australian Yachting Championships 2020.
Sat 04 Jan 2020

Entries building for Australian Yachting Championships 2020

Entries for the Australian Yachting Championships, to be hosted by the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania from 3-5 January 2020, continue to build, with last year’s three division winners on the ready to take on old foes and a host of the uninitiated.
Tue 17 Dec 2019

The diamonds and the dusty at Airlie Beach Race Week

Day 4 at 2019 Airlie Beach Race Week and the 31st running of Whitsunday Sailing Club’s largest sailing event, which reels in the big tourism dollars to the region, hit a new high note today, with winds reaching in excess of 20 knots and gusting 24 at times.
Fri 13 Dec 2019

The countdown is on

Preparations for the Australian Yachting Championships to be hosted by the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania on the River Derwent, Storm Bay and d’Entrecasteaux Channel from 3 - 5 January 2020 are well underway. Late entry fee applies from Weds 18th Dec.
Wed 11 Dec 2019

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