This year’s 30th anniversary Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, one of Australia’s premier regattas, is set to kick off tomorrow, on August 18, 2013. The race will be attended by 157 yachts.
Set to kick off tomorrow, on Saturday, August 17, the 2013 Audi Hamilton Island Race Week will be hosting the inaugural 1984 regatta participants to mark its 30th anniversary.
Last week, the Oyster yachts attending the 2013 Oyster World Rally had a unique opportunity to enjoy the azure waters and fabulous green islands of the lovely Australian yacht charter location – Whitsundays.
The new radical, retractable, hydrofoil-type wing of Bob Oatley’s supermaxi yacht Wild Oats XI will be put to the test for the first time under racing conditions at the upcoming Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, starting this Saturday.
AIMEX & Superyacht Australia organised the visit of two international guests, Captain Charlie Dwyer from Asia as well as Chip Farnham from the USA, for the duration of the recently concluded Sydney International Boat Show in order to support the growth in the Australian marine export and superyacht sectors.
Taken place from August 1 to 5, this year’s Sydney International Boat Show was attended by Horizon CEO John Lu, promoting the next year’s Taiwan International Boat Show, running from May 5 to 11.
This is a record-breaking presence for this course organised for marina managers, manufacturers, contractors, consultants and service partners. Attendees came from around Australia as well as from New Zealand and Fiji.
The four Alloy Yachts’ apprentices – Jac Hebson, Luc Whitehouse, Travis Page and Theo Finlayson, headed by team leader Tim Rattray – were split into teams of two, with both teams representing Alloy Yachts and New Zealand.
Both yachts, Hammer and Whitebirds, that will compete in the upcoming Audi Hamilton Island Race Week went head-to-head in many important ocean races, almost always staging great battles for line honours.
Australia’s acclaimed boat builder has been rewarding excellent achievement by their long-standing dealer network for the past 19 years.
46th Sydney International Boat Show closes with great success, after five days of exhibition and almost 60,000 visitors to the show.
Today, August 1, 2013, will be marked by the official opening of the Sydney International Boat Show. The event will run until Monday, August 5.