The Bay to Bay trailable yacht race is an annual sailing event held on the first weekend in May each year, in the Great Sandy National Park. The race is sailed from Tin Can Bay, at the southern end of the Great Sandy Strait, and Hervey Bay, at the northern end, with an overnight stop at Garry’s Anchorage, Fraser Island. The race is Queensland’s largest yacht race and the second largest in Australia, although it is limited to between 200 and 250 competitors for navigational safety. Because of the shallow depth of some sections of the course, the event is limited to trailer sailors of both mono and multihull types. The Bay to Bay race was originally conceived by members of the Hervey Bay Sailing Club on 18 April 1980. Originally suggested as a one-day trailer yacht race from Tin Can Bay to…
Multihull Central Regatta gives Sydney Harbour regulars a sight of flying Multihulls! Following the incredible turnout of both cruising and racing catamarans and trimarans at the Hamilton Island Race week in August, Multihull Central opened their traditional Seawind Regatta on Sydney harbour to all multihulls. With fifteen multihulls entered in total, the weekend was a complete success. In addition to the Seawinds, there were Schionnings, a Grainger, Crowthers, a Prescott Whitehaven, a Lagoon, a Toro, a Corsair Sprint 750 and a Pulse 600. There were two divisions, the racing division and the cruising division, both with different courses that weaved their way between the Opera House and Manly. Hosted by Multihull Central, the boat owners and crew joined together for a social evening of Pizza ‘made to order’ at their marina on Friday night after the day’s racing had been completed. The winds…
Patrick and Archie from Ozcat Luxury Catamaran Cruises have just celebrated the launch of their newest addition to the fleet, a Seawind 1160 Resort “Varuna” with Sydney Harbour’s top booking agents who are all very excited this new design in operation. Ozcat already have a 45ft catamaran and large house boat in operation on Sydney Harbour, but due to incredible demand for quality catamarans for charter, they added a new Seawind 1160 Resort catamaran. Charter booking agent Rithika Jaiprakash from Sydney Harbour Escapes commented on the demand currently in Sydney, “There are probably around 50 catamarans on charter in Sydney Harbour, but we could book out 100 catamarans if they were available,” commented Rithika, “They are just such a popular boat for charter”. Simultaneously, Les and Leslee from City of Darwin Cruises have also started operations in Darwin with their new Seawind 1160 Resort….