Race Week News
03 Feb 2012Kiwi yachtsman Paul Young is so enthusiastic about being at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2012 he has already lodged his entry – more than six months before the regatta is launched on August 17.'I’ve tried for many years to get to Race Week as crew with other people, but outside influences have always prevented me being there,' Young explained from... Read More
11 Oct 2011Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2011 was hailed as the most successful and satisfying in the event’s spectacular 28-year history. There were 195 racing yachts – ranging from small cruisers to record-breaking supermaxis – and some impressive superyachts on the water. Then, when the sailing was done, crews, families, friends and island guests sampled the... Read More
28 Aug 2011Tasmanian crews have taken top honours in two of the three cruising divisions contesting Audi Hamilton Island Race Week. Southern excellence has made a big splash in what is once again the largest division racing at Hamilton Island where the competition wrapped up today with the abandonment of the final Molle Islands Race. Competitors were given an... Read More
28 Aug 2011The two Performance Racing divisions at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, which drew to a close today, provided the closest racing among the regatta’s 195 entrants.A range of conditions, from plenty of puff in the early part of the week trending down to today’s ‘barely there’ and the subsequent postponement of the final Molle Islands Race, served up a... Read More
28 Aug 2011• Actress, Naomi Watts, joins Audi as new brand ambassador• Announcement made at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2011• Audi MD hosts invitation-only dinner on Hamilton Island to welcome WattsQualia, Hamilton Island, Friday 26 August 2011 - Audi Australia has today announced a brand new partnership with actress, Naomi Watts.The announcement was made by... Read More
27 Aug 2011Darryl Hodgkinson’s Victoire had the IRC Class B series sewn up before today’s final scheduled Molle Islands Race, the Sydney plastic surgeon’s champion Beneteau 45 remaining on the dock while the rest wallowed about in light winds and drizzle in Dent Passage until racing was postponed.All Audi Hamilton Island Race Week results at the close of racing... Read More
27 Aug 2011A 28-year dream of winning the Grand Prix division at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week has been realised for Sydney yachtsman Marcus Blackmore. Blackmore’s sleek, gun metal grey-hulled TP52 Hooligan had the series in the bag before today’s scheduled Molle Islands Race, which wasn’t sailed given the wispy puffs of only 3 knots from around the compass in... Read More
27 Aug 2011Glenn Bourke’s total dominance in the SB3 class at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week must be disheartening for those looking towards next year’s world championship which will be staged by the Island in December.The SB3s wrapped up their regatta today, Bourke hammering the final nails in with a first and second in the closing two races sailed in Dent Passage... Read More
27 Aug 2011On the penultimate day of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, two premier divisions have all but been run and won while the rest have one race remaining to make a final grab for points before the curtain closes tomorrow.Conditions were cool on the water today with a 14 knot average south easterly breeze and a top gust of 21 knots and early light showers.With... Read More
26 Aug 2011Multiple Laser world champion and Rolex ISAF World Sailor of the Year Tom Slingsby has been part of many different race programs. When asked what he believes is the magic ingredient, the explanation for Marcus Blackmore’s mind boggling success at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week with his TP52 Hooligan, Slingsby says it’s the team.“Sometimes the volume... Read More
26 Aug 2011In the hard-fought IRC Class B at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, Darryl Hodgkinson’s slippery Beneteau 45 Victoire has padlocked the top placing and thrown away the key with today’s fifth consecutive handicap win from six starts.An island course in a gusty 18-20 knot SE breeze proved another easy hit out for Victoire which is demoralising its Class... Read More
26 Aug 2011Ruby Charlotte, the first pearling lugger to contest Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, turns so many heads and generates so much interest on the dock that her owners have laminated fact sheets chronicling the boat’s colourful history ready to whip out for curious passersby.Weighing the equivalent of 25 Audi A1s and the oldest boat competing at Race Week... Read More
25 Aug 2011It was standing room only when some of Australia’s best known offshore sailors were treated to a unique Audi Hamilton Island Race Week layday activity, the America’s Cup on display and a chance to hear the defending skipper talking about the new AC45 and the overhaul of the 34th America’s Cup.He might only be 32 but Australian born James Spithill has... Read More
25 Aug 2011There is a ding dong battle for the coveted regatta silverware going on between two major sailing and business heavyweights at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, which has just passed the half way point.Blackmore’s chairman Marcus Blackmore came to Race Week the grand prix favourite but has found himself a worthy opponent in last year’s winner, Stephen... Read More
24 Aug 2011For the first time ever, two of the most significant trophies in the sport of sailing, have been displayed together. The America’s Cup and the Admiral’s Cup are on show this week at the Hamilton Island Yacht Club.The oldest trophy in the history of international sport, the America’s Cup, arrived on Hamilton Island yesterday afternoon. The cup flew... Read More
24 Aug 2011From all the screaming spinnaker runs to Double Cone Island in today’s fresh sou’easter, David Turton’s Mooloolaba based FT10 Likatiger had one of the most exhilarating rides at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week. Starting 25 minutes ahead of Wild Oats XI, Turton and his crew of five had the 33 footer nudging 20 knots and laid it over a couple of times.... Read More
24 Aug 2011Released: Monday, 22 August 2011Media Release: Audi IRC Australian Championship set for exciting finale as racing heads northThe battle for the 2011 Audi IRC Australian Championship is set to get right down to the wire with the final round currently underway in Queensland.Audi Hamilton Island Race Week is the fourth and final round of the 2011 championship... Read More
24 Aug 2011The wind howled all night and 30 plus knots of south easterly breeze greeted the starters on the race track, packing plenty of punch for the longest races of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.Second on the IRC Class A Grand Prix pointscore heading into day four, Stephen Ainsworth’s RP63 Loki was the highest profile casualty, less than five minutes after... Read More
23 Aug 2011An ominous trough in the southern Coral Sea has continued to bend boisterous wind and rough seas into the Whitsunday Islands as it continued to track a course towards the Queensland coast overnight.A peak gust of 41 knots recoded at the Hamilton Island Airport at 10 pm gave an early indication for the 195 crews that they would again face a supreme test... Read More
23 Aug 2011For his 60th birthday year, Japanese skipper Kiwamu Takahashi is celebrating with some of his regular crew at Australia’s most awarded regatta, Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, and this afternoon they have climbed to the top of Performance Racing 2 division thanks to today’s corrected time victory.The all Japanese crew of 11 has travelled many miles... Read More
23 Aug 201122 August 2011The SB3s began their four day competition as part of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week and as expected, Island CEO Glenn Bourke scored first runs, but not without incident. The fleet of 13 were sent to a course area in Dent Passage protected from the worst of the strong south easterlies. “We had 15 to 22 knots of quite shifty wind. It was... Read More
23 Aug 2011Marcus Blackmore’s all conquering TP52 Hooligan has found itself a worthy opponent. Today Stephen Ainsworth’s RP63 Loki evened the tally between the two over a number of events, the current being Audi Hamilton Island Race Week where the two are ruling the Grand Prix division.Loki’s handicap win in IRC Class A Grand Prix division today means it’s five... Read More
22 Aug 2011Megan Gale, Collette Dinnigan, Matt Moran and the America’s Cup Superyachts, fashion designers, super models, celebrity chefs and the sailing fraternity will descend on Hamilton Island for Australia’s largest offshore yachting regatta, Audi Hamilton Island Race Week from Friday 19 – Saturday 27 August 2011. Model, actress and TV personality, Megan Gale... Read More
22 Aug 2011Ross Wilson’s weighty Beneteau First 47.7 Eagle Rock likes a stiff breeze and today’s 20 knots didn’t hurt their performance, a win in Performance Racing Division 1 the perfect end to a sensational island course that finished in Dent Passage just off Hamilton Island’s impressive new yacht club. “We had a good start and run to Ann Island, everything... Read More
22 Aug 2011Audi Hamilton Island Race Week’s IRC Class A Grand Prix and B riders and starters had their first day of taxing windward/leeward races in bumpy seas and a brisk 18-20 knot south easterly trade breeze.Bob Oatley’s supermaxi Wild Oats XI continued its line honours winning form, spoiling Anthony Bell and Investec Loyal’s chances of getting on the scoreboard... Read More
21 Aug 2011The Lindeman Island Race was the perfect entree to a week of promising winds and fine weather for the 195 entrants contesting Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.The leisurely 23.3 nautical mile race provided a gentle ease into the week long racing program that has one again attracted boats and crew from all over Australia and overseas.This afternoon, many... Read More
21 Aug 2011The seal was broken off the Audi Hamilton Island Race Week cap with the promise of a just over a week of racing in the stunning Whitsunday Islands group spectacularly previewed with today’s opening 23.3 nautical mile Lindeman Island Race.Starting from the eastern start line the fleet worked their way up to Lindeman Island and back down to the finish... Read More
16 Aug 2011There are Holiday Homes still available for Race Week. For the remaining properties that are still available, the minimum night stay is now only 4 nights (instead of 7).
The following properties are still available as at 16 August 2011
2 Bedroom properties
Bella Vista East #5 - Up to 4 guests
Bella Vista West #1 - Up to 5 guests
Frangipani... Read More
12 Aug 2011The oldest trophy in the history of international sport, the America’s Cup, will be the spectacular centrepiece at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week this month, and while there it will celebrate a remarkable milestone: the 160th anniversary of when it was first contested in 1851.Sporting history reveals that the contest for this remarkable trophy began... Read More
05 Aug 2011Travelling at around 40 knots while steering is an enthralling experience every competitor at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week can enjoy during this year’s regatta, which starts August 19. And, the same experience could result in that sailor’s yacht being named the winner of a stylish Audi A1. This highly anticipated contest is on land – it’s the Audi... Read More
29 Jul 2011You can leave your yacht at home and still compete at Australia’s premier keelboat regatta, Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, next month.All you need to do is get your crew together and charter a yacht that is waiting for you at Hamilton Island.Charter yachts are a significant part of the great success of Race Week, both in the cruising and non-spinnaker... Read More
26 Jul 2011Two competing yachts at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2011 will each be going home with an impressive trophy without having started in a race on the day.The trophies will go to the crews that win their category in the highly entertaining Prix d’ Elegance competition, which will be staged before the start of racing on Friday, 26 August. The Prix d’... Read More
26 Jul 2011Henri Lloyd believes in balance. Function and style. Performance and quality. Lifestyle and technical marine. Thru Henri Lloyd’s continuing sponsorship of the prestigious Australian sailing regatta, Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, both elements are brought together with the announcement of a competition to win two exclusive prizes, one Marine and one... Read More
20 Jul 2011Australia’s big guns of ocean yacht racing, the 30.2 metre long supermaxis Wild Oats XI and Investec Loyal, will renew hostilities next month when they clash at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.Both yachts have undergone extensive modifications in Sydney to ensure they are given the best opportunity to claim the much touted Race Week bragging rights at... Read More
05 Jul 201129 June 2011: Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, Australia’s largest and most prestigious offshore yachting event, is already off to a promising start with 100 entries received to date, a new Superyacht division for motor yachts and a sparkling social program that will delight fashionistas and foodies alike. The event is scheduled to take place from Friday... Read More
05 Jul 2011For 11 years John Clinton has been better recognised for his presence at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week rather than his results on the race course – and it probably will be no different when the 28th edition of the famous regatta is staged in August.On the water John, and his wife Kim, are highly conspicuous while racing their Oceanis 50 cruising yacht... Read More
02 Jun 2011From superyachts to sportboats is where Australia’s most spectacular week of keelboat racing, Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, is planning to broaden its already legendary appeal this year.Organisers of the regatta, which will be staged from 19 to 27 August, have announced that following the successful introduction of a superyacht sailing division last... Read More
02 Jun 2011The most radical offshore racing yacht to be launched in decades is to compete at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2011.The 42-footer, simply named Q, has been created to capitalise on the exceptional performance gains that come from canting keels by taking the moveable ballast concept to the limit: the entire keel fin and ballast bulb rotates around... Read More
02 Jun 2011A 28-year dream of winning the Grand Prix division at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week may be realised for Sydney yachtsman Marcus Blackmore in August following confirmation he will be entering his all-conquering TP52 class racer, Hooligan, in the great regatta.Since January Hooligan has shown she is the hottest IRC rated yacht on the east coast circuit:... Read More
02 Jun 2011A radical 25 metre long catamaran nearing completion on the Gold Coast is destined to be one of the first entries for the new superyacht power classification at this year’s Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.The sleek, futuristically styled vessel is being built for a legend of the hairdressing industry in Australia, and six-time Australian offshore powerboat... Read More
02 Jun 2011Cruising yachts – privately owned and chartered – represent a significant and important part of the fleet at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, and because of this, the regatta organisers have decided to expand the charter opportunities for competitors this year. As well as having chartered monohulls racing in the spinnaker and non-spinnaker cruising divisions... Read More
02 Jun 2011Bob Oatley’s record breaking supermaxi yacht, Wild Oats XI, is about to undergo an upgrade following news that the 30-metre long sloop is to face a powerful foreign challenger in the Rolex Sydney Hobart race later this year.American George David has put Hobart race line honours, and hopefully an associated record breaking run, high on the agenda for... Read More
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