The teams have been selected, the battle lines are drawn, and the inaugural challenge for the South Pacific Cup is set to be a highlight at this year’s Silver Jubilee edition of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week
A cruising yachtsman from Townsville, in Queensland, has lodged the 100th entry for this year’s 25th Anniversary Editionof Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.
The lure of the 25th Anniversary Edition of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week sees the entry list climbing rapidly towards 100, and two local owners purchasing Grand Prix level racing yachts in America so they can set their sights on the top prize.
Sydney maxi yacht owner, Andrew Short, flies out of Sydney today on a mission that could lead to his campaign at this year’s 25th Anniversary Edition of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week starting 15,000 kilometres away in America.
Adelaide’s Geoff Boettcher is determined to see his campaign for top honour’s in the Grand Prix IRC division at this year’s 25th Anniversary Edition of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week last more than three seconds.
The 25th Anniversary Edition of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week is destined to be a classic regatta in every possible sense as some of Australia’s best known old yachts, including famous maxis, will be joining the fleet.
Hitchhiker, the Champion Yacht at the inaugural Hamilton Island Race Week in 1984 and one of Australia’s most famous ocean racing yachts of that era, is to return for the Audi sponsored 25th anniversary edition of the regatta in August this year.
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