The First Duty Free Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race will commence at 1100hours on Good Friday 2nd April 2010. From the start on Bramble Bay in Moreton Bay yachts proceed via Garnet Rock to the North West Channel up to Caloundra and through to Gladstone, a distance of approximately 308nautical miles.
Weather dependent, the first yachts can be entering the Harbour in Gladstone around 7.30am the following morning with the bulk of the fleet finishing late Saturday and into the early hours of Sunday morning.
2010 will see the 62nd running of this Bluewater Classic and another great race. The Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race is considered by many in the yachting fraternity and the general public to be one of Australia's flagship races, second only in stature to the Sydney to Hobart.
An estimated 60,000 spectators flock to Moreton Bay foreshores each year to see the race start and attend associated events including the Sandgate Bluewater Festival and Redcliffe's Festival of Sails. Many more greet the yacht in Gladstone and attend the Gladstone Harbour Festival.