FROM SAIL-WORLD MAGAZINE: 06/10/24
Day Two has presented almost perfect sailing conditions for all competitors of the The Yacht Sales Co Sail Paradise 2024 Regatta, with plenty of whales breaching to catch a glimpse the action here on Australia’s Gold Coast.
Sporting 30 degree temperatures, with a northwesterly 15 knots of breeze, the 40 strong fleet turned up the heat on the ‘around the cans’ racetrack off Narrowneck, before Race 5 sent IRC Division hugging the beaches from the Q1 tower down to Snapper Rocks just off Point Danger and Coolangatta.
Yesterday’s Race 3 saw close competition between the IRC Queensland Yachting Championship contenders, with the current IRC standings at the end of Day One as follows:
1 MARITIMO KATWINCHAR. Bill Barry-Cotter SYC
2 SRATACARE RACING FLYAWAY James O’Hare RQYS
3 WEDGETAIL David Rose RQYS
Full current results are at https://sailparadise.com.au/race-results/
Competition late yesterday on Day 1 became a little too close for some, with GCCM ‘Arctic Blonde’ suffering some major damage from a collision with Stratacare Racing ‘Flyaway’, late in the day, sidelining them for the rest of the regatta.
Proudly supported by Experience Gold Coast, The Yacht Sales Co Sail Paradise 2024 Regatta continues with another two days of racing ahead to determine Australian Sailing’s Queensland’s Yachting Champion for 2024.
Video and Photographic coverage of Day Two has been published to our official Facebook Page and is viewing tonight at the Southport Yacht Club Main Beach Clubhouse.