Friday 27 – Saturday 28 October, 2017 * Raft up for a lunch * Fun races with prizes for best dressed crew * SEAbbatical Short Film Festival Screening * Dinner at the Tramsheds Friday 27th October 1pm Workshop for trimming your sails perform 3pm Briefing at Multihull Central Marina 4pm Fun sail around Sydney Harbour 7pm Wood Fired Pizza and trivia night 9pm Screening of SEAbbatical Short Film Festival Saturday October 28th 8am Breakfast 10am Fun sail around Sydney Harbour 12noon – 3pm Raft up for a lunch on the boats and swim in the harbour 4pm Fun sail around Sydney Harbour 7.30pm Dinner at the Tramsheds Here is a snippet from last years event from the first day – not much wind!
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…
Two new Corsair Pulse 600 trimarans were delivered by Multihull Central to the RQYS in time for the start of the sailing season to join a new initiative by the club whereby a new category of membership now includes the use of the two cutting edge trimarans for the purposes of learning to sail, cruising with family or one design racing. “We recognize that for sailing as a sport and recreation to be relevant to the next generation, there needs to be new and exciting boat designs that capture the imagination and are fun to sail,” said Brent Vaughan, Director of Multihull Central. “But equally important is providing access to these boats and encouraging participation to those uninitiated.” “Multihulls are leading growth trends worldwide in both racing and recreational cruising , but it has always frustrated me that unless you either know someone with…