Day four of racing started in style this morning with the annual Hamilton Island Race Week Prix d’Elegance. Sailors smartened up their uniforms or used their creativity to parade and compete for two different prizes, ‘Best Presented’, or ‘Best Themed’, with winners set to be announced this Saturday at the prize giving.  As Hamilton Island Race Week moves into the final few days, the…

It was an early start for the IRC Divisions on day three of Hamilton Island Race Week, with the Nautilus Marine insurance Classic Long & Medium Races on the schedule commencing from 0915.  The 49 nautical mile Nautilus Marine Insurance Classic Long Distance Race starting from Dent Passage saw Rating Division 1 head north and make its way around Coppersmith Rock to finish from the south into Dent…

Hamilton Island Race Week officially opened with a bang last night, marked with fireworks at the Nautilus Marine Insurance Yacht Owners and Skippers Welcome Cocktail Party. While the welcome went off with plenty of sparks, the breeze this morning for the first day of racing was lack-lustre.  The 164 boats split into twelve divisions headed out for the scheduled 1130 start across the Dent Passage…