Audi Hamilton Island Race Week day 1 - First Results, start and images

4:42 AM Sat 21 Aug 2010 GMT

'Loki - winner of the first IRC Grand Prix Divsion race Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2010' Sail-World.com /AUS &copy Click Here to view large photo

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week began for the 200 plus fleet today as they were gunned away on the 23.3 nautical mile Molle Island Race, which has been a bookend for this regatta for more than a decade. Under grey skies in 10-12 knots of breeze, the divisions progressively crossed the start line in a running tide, and headed up the Dent Passage round the corner and towards South Molle Island. With their spinnakers flying, the Cruising divisions were first away as the clock ticked down to the IRC Grand Prix division start. The New Zealand sloop Georgia started on ...

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by Al Constable