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Published : 29/08/2009
Cruisin to the finish of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week
For the final day of racing at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week the IRC Passage 2, Performance Racing 1 and 2, Cruising 1, 2 and 3 and Non-Spinnaker divisions were sent on a 17.5 nautical mile island course around Denman Island and White Rock.
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Published : 29/08/2009
Bruce Griffiths perfect 60th birthday gift an Audi A4 Avant win
All of the 194 entries at the 2009 Audi Hamilton Island Race Week were in the running to drive home in a brand new Audi A4 Avant - the major luxury vehicle was to be awarded to a divisional winner, but there was one final twist to taking home the ultimate prize – the division winner also had to claim honours in the Audi Drive Challenge.
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Published : 28/08/2009
Winners of the Audi Longest Drive Challenge announced
Competitors at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week have tested their mettle in the Audi Longest Drive Challenge and the winners have come not from the leaders in the on-water struggle that continues at Race Week today, but from those who, apart from their sailing skills, have a strong competitive streak in the art of golf, a past-time a number of sailors excel in.
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Published : 28/08/2009
One more day to go
The impressive IRC Invitation division led the other Audi Hamilton Island Race Week classes contesting today’s passage races north out of Dent Island this morning in a building ESE breeze that was bulleting on the north western corner of Dent Island, causing plenty of spinnakers to collapse suddenly.
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Published : 28/08/2009
Whales and the perfect day sailing at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week
The stunning playground that is the Whitsunday Islands showed off its best for the penultimate day of the 26th edition of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week. Consistent south east Trade Winds, flat water and whales and dolphins frolicking in the turquoise waters as the fleets slid by made for the perfect day’s sailing.
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Published : 27/08/2009
A fight to the finish for Audi IRC Australian Championship
With just two days of racing remaining at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, it is going to be a fight to the finish to see which boat and crew will win the last round of the Audi IRC Championship to claim the Perpetual Trophy designed by designed by John Woulfe and the major prize of an Audi A6 allroad Quattro valued at $115,000.
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Published : 27/08/2009
Best breeze of the week
Today the Audi Hamilton Island Race Week fleet of 194 split, the Performance Racing divisions enjoying some round the cans action on the eastern course, the Cruising Divisions setting off at a leisurely pace from Dent Passage for their 12 nautical mile pursuit race and the IRC and Passage Divisions racing a stunning shortened course to Baynham Island in what was the best breeze of the week.
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Published : 27/08/2009
Beashel brothers reunite at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week
The last and only time the famous Beashel brothers from Sydney’s northern beaches sailed together was in the 1993 Admiral’s Cup aboard John Calvert-Jones’ Great News II. Different sailing programs have kept Colin and Adam apart for 16 years but today at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week the pair was reunited aboard Steven David’s Reichel Pugh 60 Wild Joe from Sydney.
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Published : 26/08/2009
Racing postponed for the day and schedule revised
Racing for all classes contesting Audi Hamilton Island Race Week has been postponed until tomorrow, Thursday 27 August, when SE/NE winds 10 to 15 knots are forecast to bring relief to the almost 2,000 sailors champing at the bit following three days of light air sailing and effectively two lay days.
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Published : 26/08/2009
Yachties to take the Audi Longest Drive Challenge
The Audi Drive Challenge to test sailors’ driving skills is over and now yachties at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week have a challenge of a different type to face tomorrow – golf is the name of the game at the Audi Longest Drive Challenge – and some of the biggest names in our sport have confided they spent yesterday’s Lay Day practicing their golf shots at the Oatley family’s brand new 18 hole golf course on Dent Island in anticipation.
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Published : 26/08/2009
F111 grounded at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week
The AP postponement flag is flying and the Audi Hamilton Island Race Week crews are pacing ashore while race officials scout for breeze from the top of One Tree Hill.
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Published : 24/08/2009
The Major and the miners
A bunch of consultant miners from around the country and Jakarta have got together, called their chartered Sunsail Bavaria 50 Mine Y.O.B and are living it up in the tropical Whitsundays at the 26th edition of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - and all under the banner of the Peak Performance Multi- Disciplinary Conference.
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Published : 25/08/2009
Sailors pit their skills in the Audi Drive Challenge
It’s D-Day here at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week; a mixture of nerves, reticence and resolve written on the faces of the chosen representatives of each yacht as they pit themselves against each other for their biggest test yet – the Audi Drive Challenge – the opportunity of driving away in an Audi A4 Avant, courtesy of German luxury car manufacturer Audi on the line.
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Published : 24/08/2009
Rife competition for Audi IRC Australian Championship
The stage is set for high drama as the Audi IRC Championship comes to a close at the end of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week on Saturday afternoon when the winner of the Championship Trophy and a valued Audi vehicle will be decided on the race course off the Island.
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Published : 23/08/2009
Cruisin under sunny skies
All divisions apart from the IRC grand prix fleets had a mixed bag today, enjoying plenty of warm winter sunshine, cloudless skies and conditions “just like the postcards” commented Balance skipper Paul Clitheroe, but with one important ingredient noticeably absent – wind.
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Published : 23/08/2009
Brady pushes the limit
After finishing almost bottom of the pile in yesterday’s opening race, Alan Brierty’s RP63 Limit displayed some threatening form today, New Zealand America’s Cup import Gavin Brady showing plenty of grit on the wheel at the start of the second windward/leeward as he shaved the pin end smack bang on the starting signal and backed it up with the all important handicap win.
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Published : 23/08/2009
Race Fleet face another drifter
The tropical wonderland of the Whitsunday Islands has become a tactical nightmare for the crews of 194 yachts competing for the prestigious Audi Hamilton Island Race Week class championships.
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Published : 22/08/2009
Living Doll issues an early challenge
As predicted, Michael Hiatt’s Living Doll made light work of the shifty breeze, scoring the first points on the Audi Hamilton Island Race Week IRC ladder and issuing a serious challenge to the rest of the hot IRC division 1 fleet.
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Published : 22/08/2009
Duel resumes between Black Jack and Wild Oats X
Audi Hamilton Island Race Week opened in stunning fashion with close to 200 boats taking to the water for the opening Lindeman Island Race, which finished in Dent Passage using the flagstaff on the new Hamilton Island Yacht Club as one end of the line.
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Published : 22/08/2009
Hamilton Island Celebrates the Official Opening of the World class Yacht Club and Golf Club
Queensland Premier, Anna Bligh, has officially opened two new multi-million dollar venues on Hamilton Island. The opening of the Hamilton Island Yacht Club and Golf Course coincided with the beginning of the 26th Audi Hamilton Island Race Week and was attended by state dignitaries and some famous faces, ready to enjoy both the on and off-water festivities.
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Published : 22/08/2009
Ben sets sail for Hamilton Island Race Week
Ben Southall, Tourism Queensland's Best Job in the World Island Caretaker, is preparing for an action-packed week of on and offshore activities as part of the 26th annual Hamilton Island Race Week.
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Published : 07/08/2009
Fleet nearing 200
Will the fleet for this month’s Audi Hamilton Island Race Week top the magical 200?
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Published : 22/07/2009
Big jump in entries for Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 09
The fleet for this year’s Audi Hamilton Island Race Week has seen a remarkable 30 percent increase in the number of entries during the past two weeks, confirming expectations that more than 150 yachts, including Australia’s best, will be competing.
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Published : 15/06/2009
Fleet tops 100 for Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 09
It was as if Trans Tasman rivalry between Australia and New Zealand had unwittingly surfaced when the Brisbane based yacht Lady Fay, owned by Gavin Bicknell, became the 100th entry lodged for this year’s Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.
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Published : 20/07/2009
Men on a mission in the definitive Grand Prix Division
To win the Grand Prix IRC Division at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week is to know you’ve beaten the best offshore racing yachts in Australasia. However, this year there is added determination to take top honours for the crew of one particular yacht, Bob Oatley’s 66-footer, Wild Oats X.
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