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Festival of Sails - Hooligan ready for the challenge By Lisa Ratcliff, 1:44 AM Wed 24 Oct 2012
The 2012 Audi IRC Australian Champion, Marcus Blackmore and his TP52 Hooligan, will reign for less than five months before being challenged at the next championship, that is to take place at the Royal Geelong Yacht Club in January as part of the annual Festival of Sails. ...[more]

Festival of Sails 2013 Notice of Race now online By Lisa Ratcliff, 6:13 PM Thu 18 Oct 2012
Festival of Sails 2013, the southern hemisphere’s largest annual sailing festival and Victoria’s longest running sporting event, Notice of Rce was made available today by the host club, Royal Geelong Yacht Club. ...[more]

Leading yachts set to challenge for Audi IRC Australian Championship By Craig Heydon/Jav Greaves, 10:03 PM Wed 10 Oct 2012
Yachting Australia and the Royal Geelong Yacht Club have released the Notice of Race for the 2013 Audi IRC Australian Championship, which are to be held in conjunction with the annual Festival of Sails regatta in Geelong, Victoria. ...[more]

Festival of Sails – Victorian Government extends partnership By Jav Greaves, 5:43 PM Tue 25 Sep 2012
The Minister for Sport and Recreation, the Hon Hugh Delahunty today announced the Victorian Government’s continued support of the Festival of Sails. Minister Delahunty said, 'The Victorian Government is delighted to extend our partnership with the Royal Geelong Yacht Club to ensure the continued prosperity and success of this proud and historic sporting event,' Mr Delahunty said. ...[more]

The Minister for Sport & Recreation launches the Festival of Sails By Jav Greaves / Festival of Sails Media, Geelong , 1:12 PM Tue 25 Sep 2012
The Minister for Sport & Recreation, the Hon Hugh Delahunty today announced the Victorian Government’s continued support of the Festival of Sails, which will be held on the Australia Day weekend in Geelong. ...[more]

Festival of Sails 2013 Launch By Festival of Sails media, 7:52 PM Mon 24 Sep 2012
The Hon Hugh Delahunty The Victorian Minister for Sport & Recreation to formally launch the Festival of Sails 2013 on Tuesday 25th September 2012, at 11:30am at the Royal Geelong Yacht Club, 25 Eastern Beach Rd, Geelong Victoria 3220 ...[more]

Hamilton Island Race Week - Planning ahead for 2013 By Lisa Ratcliff/AHIRW media, , 5:31 PM Thu 30 Aug 2012
Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2012 has drawn to a close and fresh off the back of another successful regatta, the island’s owners, the Oatley family, and CEO Glenn Bourke and his staff are already planning for next year’s 30th anniversary. ...[more]

'Best of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week' images by Andrea Francolini By Andrea Francolini images, 11:11 AM Thu 30 Aug 2012
Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2012 images by photographer Andrea Francolini. ...[more]

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - Melges 32 2 Unlimited success By Tracey Walters/Lisa Ratcliff, 4:33 PM Mon 27 Aug 2012
The predominately Tasmanian team onboard Greg Prescott’s Melges 32, 2 Unlimited convincingly took out the first round in the Melges 32 Asia Pacific Cup Series. ...[more]

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - Cruising and Non Spinnaker results By Stephanie Hobbs, 11:56 AM Sun 26 Aug 2012
Graham Smith’s Scaramouche built up plenty of points in the early part of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2012. In Division 2 things were not decided right up until the very last day. Cruising Division 3 results were also up in the air until yesterday’s Molles Islands race decider. The Non-spinnaker Division victory belonged to Les Batchelor’s Temeraire but only just. ...[more]

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - Performance Racing winners By Stephanie Hobbs/Lisa Ratcliff, 11:10 AM Sun 26 Aug 2012
Mat Allen's efforts have paid off with his latest Ichi Ban, a Farr 400, winning Performance Racing Division 1 at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week. ...[more]

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - Victoire successfully defends title By Lisa Ratcliff, 5:39 PM Sat 25 Aug 2012
The crew of Victoire have successfully defended their IRC Class B at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2012. ‘It’s been a very challenging regatta for us; the light breezes haven’t really been our ideal conditions. We had to work hard but we defended our position,’ said Hodgkinson. ...[more]

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week: Whales and racing images by Francolini By Andrea Francolini images, 5:24 PM Sat 25 Aug 2012
Andrea Francolini was on the race course for the final day of competition at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2012. ...[more]

Audi IRC Australian Championship - Back to back wins for Hooligan By Lisa Ratcliff, 5:15 PM Sat 25 Aug 2012
Hooligan has been crowned Audi Hamilton Island Race Week Class A winner, the first time a boat has taken back-to-back wins in the grand prix division in 29 years. ...[more]

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - Bourke and crew win SB20 series By Lisa Ratcliff, 1:20 PM Sat 25 Aug 2012
Hamilton Island CEO Glenn Bourke and his crew have won the SB20 one design series at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week. ...[more]

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - Stage set for final day action By Lisa Ratcliff, , 11:25 AM Sat 25 Aug 2012
The stage is set for the last day’s racing at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week and while it’s another light air day, at 0830hrs the race committee was planning to start on time from Dent Passage for the Molles Islands Race for all divisions other than the SB20s, which finished yesterday. ...[more]

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week final day weather By Kenn Batt, , 9:14 AM Sat 25 Aug 2012
Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - Final day weather report from Kenn Batt. The inland trough has weakened right out and has become quasi-stationary. As such the thunderstorm potential has dropped to nil today. There is however, still a slight chance (less than 30%) of a shower today. The weak shower or rain area near Bowen is moving more from the west now and as such should miss the Island? ...[more]

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, Crosbie Lorimer Day 7 Cruiser Images By Crosbie Lorimer, Hamilton Island , 7:47 AM Sat 25 Aug 2012
It was a day of sun and light winds on Friday, providing plenty of colour if rather gentle mark and island roundings. Crosbie Lorimer followed the Cruising and Performance divisions as they headed north from a Dent Passage start on on an islands race; here are some of his images. ...[more]

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - Game on for final day By Stephanie Hobbs, 8:55 PM Fri 24 Aug 2012
Audi Hamilton Island Race Week Cruising classes are heating up. In Cruising division 2 the competition is tight. Robert Pizzie, skipper of the Bavaria C55, Tonic, is tied for first place with Ucan’takeitwithu. There’s nothing between the pair who are leading their division on 32 points. ...[more]

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - Prix d’ Elegance overall By Rob Mundle, 8:53 PM Fri 24 Aug 2012
Hamilton Island Race Week 2012 - A crowded refugee boat; a crewless high performance ocean racing yacht that conjured thoughts of the abandoned ship, Marie Celeste; and a yacht where the crew was being flogged in a manner not dissimilar to what occurs on the pages of runaway international bestseller, Fifty Shades of Grey. ...[more]

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