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JJ Giltinan Trophy - Live coverage of Race 5 + Preview

by Sail-World.com on 16 Feb 2016
Close racing in Race 3 - JJ Giltinan Trophy Michael Chittenden
Coverage of the fifth race of the 2016 JJ Giltinan Trophy, the unofficial world championship of 18ft skiff sailing due to get underway today at 3.00pm local time in Sydney, 5.00pm in Auckland and 0400UTC everywhere else.


Follow all the action with the live coverage. Bob 'Killo' Killick, Andrew 'Bucko' Buckland and Warwick 'Wazza' Rooklyn bring you all the action from the Camera Cat.

Hear the race the team giving you a quick preview to help you place your picks with Pick the Podium and keep you up to day on all the action around the boat park.

(Due to the way 18fter TV handle their webcast, the link below will show as being from a previous race and should switch to the live coverage of Race 4 as soon as they go to air - keep clicking refresh until you get the live coverage)




Preview of Race 5:





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Think you know who is going to win each race of the JJ Giltinan? Place your picks with Pick the Podium. Register at ptp.18footers.com and select who you think will be top three in each race – remember to take wind, weight and rigs into consideration when placing your picks.

Each pick you get correct with score you one point. These points will accumulate throughout the series and at the end of the eight races, invitation race and seven championship races, the Grand Champion will be awarded. Ragamuffin 100 has donated a prize pack for the winner.

Pick the Podium race tipping competition has been newly launched, and in time, to run in conjunction with the JJ Giltinan Championship. This launch edition is free and once you get registered, is fun.
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