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Airlie Beach Race Week: Another spectacular day expected

|Sunrise at Airlie Beach Race Week - Photo: Andrea Francolini|Sailing at Airlie Beach Race Week 2019 - Photo: Andrea Francolini
|Sunrise at Airlie Beach Race Week - Photo: Andrea Francolini|Sailing at Airlie Beach Race Week 2019 - Photo: Andrea Francolini
Written by
Di Pearson
,
ABRW Media
Published on
August 13, 2019
Feature photo credit

Day 5 and weather forecasters have promised similar conditions to those of yesterday at Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW), hosted by Whitsunday Sailing Club (WS, meaning 12-23 knots under sunny skies again.

Sunrise at Airlie Beach Race Week – Photo: Andrea Francolini

“Similar to yesterday,” confirmed ABRW Race Director, Ross Chisholm. “The only difference is the courses – we’re sending them on Islands to the north,” he said. Some of those include Gumbrell, Olden and Grassy Islands, depending on which division you are in.

“That’s the game plan,” Chisholm said, “But in sailing, anything can change…”

Sailing at Airlie Beach Race Week 2019 – Photo: Andrea Francolini

The first divisions away today are Multihull 1 and 2, which are contesting the Australian Multihull Championship. The Sports Boats will not be going around the islands today, instead they will do three windward/leeward courses, which will either split or close the results up with one day of racing remaining.

Cruising Divisions 1, 2, 3, Cruising Non-Spinnaker, Trailables, Multihull Passage, IRC Passage and Performance Racing are also all back in action today.

Full results and all information: www.abrw.com.au.

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