Airlie Beach Race Week

Airlie Beach Race Week 2014

Airlie Beach, for those of you not in the know, can, of course, be found in the Whitsunday region of Queensland, Australia. It is the gateway to the stunning Whitsunday Coast and the Great Barrier Reef.

Every year the sailing community and Whitsunday Sailing Club of Airlie Beach hold the Airlie Beach Race Week.  This year the race week will run from Friday 8th August until Friday 15th August 2014.

Race Week History

The first Race Week was conceived as a way to promote the new Hog’s Breath Cafe.  Don Algie had been sailing his classic 55′ sloop Storm along the Whitsunday coast in 1987 looking for a location to set up the first Australian Hog’s Breath Cafe.  He settled on Airlie Beach and is a sailing enthusiast, what better way to promote a new venture than to sponsor a sailing regatta.  After talks with the Whitsunday Sailing Club, the Hog’s Breath Cruising Classics was born.  Due to the success and popularity of the regatta, it soon became a week-long sailing regatta.  This year will be the 25th year the Airlie Beach Race Week has been running, and it still shows no signs of slowing down.

Airlie Beach Race Week Sailing

With water temperature averaging 28 degrees and daytime temperature averaging 29 degrees, fabulous weather and stunning scenery, you’d be mad not to add Airlie Beach Race Week to your racing calendar.  It doesn’t matter if you are a hard-core racing fanatic or a cruising enthusiast with a less serious racing attitude, the race week has classes for everyone.

Airlie Beach Race Week Onshore

A race week wouldn’t be a race week without parties aplenty, and Airlie Beach Race Week is certainly not going to be an exception.  You will be hard pushed to return from a hard days racing and relax with a quiet drink!  There seems to be a party every night of the week.  There is, of course, Lay Day when it is suggested you visit the Whitsunday Sailing Club for a relaxing drink….like that’s gonna happen!

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