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| Kiwis Coming Back To Win Regatta
Having won the South Pacific Trophy team event at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week two years ago, the New Zealanders are returning as defenders this year with all guns blazing. Four of New Zealand’s best performing offshore racing yachts will be at Race Week, and all are vying for a place in the three-yacht team that will be out to repel the Australian challenge. The same yachts will also be targeting top honours in the Audi IRC Australian Championship, which will be decided at the series scheduled for August 17 to 25.The elite Kiwi yachts are Jim Farmer and Chris Mead’s highly competitive 52-footer, Georgia (pictured); the TP 52 Kia Kaha (Chris Hornell); Connel McLaren’s very competitive Ker 40, Ice Breaker, and the Reichel Pugh designed 42-footer, Rikki, owned by kiwi yachting legend, Ray Haslar.
Experts agree that no matter which three yachts the New Zealanders select they will be a formidable team.The make-up of the Australian team has yet to be considered, however, Audi Hamilton Island Race Week Race Director, Denis Thompson, says he expected the three Australian yachts to be selected by a committee to be formed by Hamilton Island Yacht Club.The South Pacific Trophy goes to the team that accumulates the most points during the week of racing. The series will comprise races that take the fleet around the local tropical islands and include a distance race of approximately 60 nautical miles and a series of short windward-leeward sprints.Preparations for the regatta are well in hand, including entertainment and catering for the competing sailors.Further information at the website: www.hamiltonislandraceweek.com.au |
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