This week we are excited that so many from the Club are taking part in the popular winter destination regatta Hamilton Island Race Week. Today it’s sunny and 19 degrees and for the Short Around the Islands race there are trade winds in the forecast. There is south to southeasterly breeze at 15-18 knots (with higher gusts at times) tending east to southeasterly in the middle of the day.

There are 1,000 sailors, crewing around 180 yachts, multihulls and trailables, from every state in Australia, as well as four yachts from New Zealand and one from New Caledonia.

The 38th edition of Hamilton Island Race Week, is the largest offshore keelboat regatta in the Southern Hemisphere – and this year it even welcomes our very own CYCA Commodore Arthur Lane on Wilde Rush.
Please look out for him and be sure to say hello if you see him.

We feel confident this is going to be yet another action-packed week of offshore racing across the waters of the beautiful Whitsundays, and we eagerly anticipate the competition between Wild Oats XI and Andoo Comanche.

If you love this time of year – please follow all the race results here.
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Some of the participating TP52s from CYCA include; First Light, Highly Sprung, KOA and Matador and in the non-spinnaker class there is Dancing Feather. Other boats taking part from across other divisions include Allegro, Antipodes, Calibre 12 Ciao Bella, Drumfire, Enigma, Holy Cow!, Minnie, Molto Bene, Nautical, No Limit, Circle, Sydney, Team Hollywood, Virago and Wilde Rush.

We are wishing all the boats great luck at Hamilton Island Race Week. Please contact us if you have news or photos from the event to media@cyca.com.au