07 Jun 2013One of the world’s most exciting keelboat classes of recent times, the MC38 One-Design, will make an impressive debut at the 30th Audi Hamilton Island Race Week in August.Six of these high-performance yachts are destined to be at the regatta, which will be staged from August 17 to 24. The class will also bring added international flavour to the series...Read More
16 May 2013The biggest fear yacht owner Bruce Absolon holds as he prepares for this year’s 30th Audi Hamilton Island Race Week doesn’t relate to him being late for a race start, but being late for his wedding. Absolon, owner of the 60-footer, Spirit of the Maid, plans to marry his fiancée, Gail Bird, on the lay-day during the regatta, which will be staged from...Read More
26 Apr 2013The world’s fastest sailor – the only man who knows what it’s like to sail at an average of 65.45 knots – will be part of the 30th anniversary Audi Hamilton Island Race Week in August.Australia’s Paul Larsen smashed the existing world sailing speed record over 500 metres by near 10 knots in November last year when he piloted his futuristic multihull...Read More
15 Apr 2013aThe Champion Yacht at the inaugural Audi Hamilton Island Race Week in 1984, the famous Australian Admiral’s Cup challenger, Hitchhiker, will be trucked 5000 kilometres across the continent in August to be part of this year’s 30th anniversary regatta.Perth yachtsman Peter Briggs had the yacht designed and purpose-built for Australia’s three-yacht team...Read More
13 Mar 2013aCruising yachts to the fore…As the planning for the 30th anniversary edition of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week continues to gain momentum, entries are already exceeding expectations. On current projections the 50th entry will be received within the next two weeks, a milestone that will confirm enthusiasm for what is Australia’s premier big-boat regatta...Read More
18 Feb 2013aColourful memories of the inaugural Hamilton Island Race Week, staged in 1984, have surfaced this week with the discovery of historic photos taken at that event. The images are the work of Sandy Peacock, a Sydney-based advertising agency owner who was at the 1984 regatta working as a yachting journalist and photographer. He found the 62 transparencies...Read More
05 Feb 2013aWithin minutes of entries being opened for Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2013, Victorian yachtsman, Jim Watson, had registered his 41ft cruising division yacht, Windsong of Mornington.In doing so, his was the first entry for what will be the 30th anniversary edition of the great regatta, which is scheduled for August.The Notice of Race and Entry Form...Read More
23 Jan 2013aA new date schedule: that’s the latest news as plans for the spectacular 30th Anniversary edition of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week take shape.Organisers of this unique tropical sailing extravaganza for cruising and racing yachties have decided to shorten the regatta by one day. The Welcome Party – which promises to be something even more special this...Read More
14 Dec 2012aThe search is on for the ‘First Fleeters’ from the inaugural Audi Hamilton Island Race Week in 1984.The 93 yachts that were part of the historic event, and their current owners (or charterers), are to receive a special invitation to Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2013 – the 30th Anniversary Regatta in August next year – so they can be an important...Read More
30 Aug 2012aFresh off the back of another successful Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, the island’s owners, the Oatley family, and CEO Glenn Bourke and his staff are already planning for next year’s 30th anniversary.‘Certainly the 30th anniversary is a big milestone for Hamilton Island. I think the event has grown from tiny little roots to being quite grand,’ said...Read More