Cruising Yacht Club of Australia the nation’s premier ocean yacht racing club added further trophies to their impressive mantelpiece over the Easter weekend.
Popular Sydney blue water racing skipper Ray Roberts and his Quantum Racing crew remain as strong favourites to win the 308 n/ml Brisbane to Gladstone race on corrected time.
Matt Allen steered his modified Volvo Globe racer Ichi Ban to another impressive Brisbane to Gladstone line honours win earlier today.
Matt Allen’s modified Volvo Globe sailing sloop Ichi Ban was power sailing towards a comfortable line honours win in the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race this morning.
Spirit of Queensland has retired from the 308 nautical mile Brisbane to Gladstone Race with mast damage.
Matt Allen’s high performance ocean racer Ichi Ban continued to hold a narrow lead in the 308 n/ml Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race this afternoon.
The sixtieth Brisbane to Gladstone yacht race fleet will encounter light south east winds when her Excellency the Governor of Queensland Quentin Bryce fires the start signal off Shorncliffe at 11am today.
Brisbane to Gladstone ocean race sailors continued to make their final race preparations while the prevailing weather cast a shadow over Moreton Bay earlier today.
Queensland’s premier blue water classic the 308 nautical mile Brisbane to Gladstone race will celebrate a major milestone when the start flag is lowered for the sixtieth ocean sailing challenge at 11 am on Good Friday.
An older and more mature Warwick Rooklyn could add another major record to his impressive career log book during the Queensland Cruising Yacht Club 60th Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race over the Easter Weekend.