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Offshore Events
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2011 Audi IRC Australian Championship
Honour Roll | Annual series currently decided from the results of four annual events - Skandia Geelong Week, Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta, Sydney to Gold Coast Reace, Hamilton Island Race Week. | ||
| Skandia Geelong Week (last week Jan) | |||
| Held annually during last week of January by the Royal Geelong Yacht Club | |||
| Adelaide to Port Lincoln (Fri prior to third week Feb) | |||
| Held annually about the third w'end of February, provides the feeder event from Adelaide to Port Lincoln as lead up to Port Lincoln Race Week | |||
| Lincoln Week Regatta (third week Feb) | |||
| The Lincoln Week Regatta is an absolute must do for anyone with a boat in the area at the t ime. Lincoln Week Regat ta starts on the day after the awards for the competitors of the Adelaide to Por t Lincoln Yacht Race. | |||
| Geographe Bay Race Week (last week Feb) | |||
| The largest yachting regatta on the west coast, incorporates a full seven day social program and sailing regatta. | |||
| Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta (first w'end March) | |||
| Held annually on first weekend of March by Middle Harbour Yacht Club | |||
| Melbourne to King Island Yacht Race (labour day w'end March) | |||
| Held annually on the Labour Day weekend in March. | |||
| Sydney to Newcastle (last w'end March) | |||
| New event introduced by the CYCA since March 2007 | |||
| Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race (Easter) | |||
| Annual Cat 2 event which starts on Good Friday. | |||
| Sydney to Gold Coast Yacht Race (last week July) | |||
| Annual Cat 2 race from Sydney to Southport is the first race in the CYCA's Blue Water and Long Ocean Pointscore Series. The race is usually held on the last Saturday in July and provides a feeder event for yachts contesting a series of events heading up the Queensland Coast to the Airlie Beach and the Hamilton Island. | |||
| Airlie Beach Race Week (third week August) | |||
| Held annually from Airlie Beach, usually during 3rd week of August. | |||
| Hamilton Island Race Week (last week August) | |||
| Held annually on last week of August at Hamilton Island | |||
| Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race (last week Oct) | |||
| Held annually in late October by the Gosdford Sailing Club, Cat 1 event starting from Broken Bay to Lord Howe Island.
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| Queenscliff to Stanley Yacht Race (first w'end Nov) | |||
| Cat 2 event which crosses Bass Strait , held annually on first w'end November to coincide with Melb Cup public holiday. | |||
| The Rolex Trophy Series (third week Dec) | |||
| Formerly known as the Telstra Cup/Southern Cross Series/British Trophy Series, the Rolex Trophy Series is held in December each year and is also a lead up to the Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race.
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| Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race (last week Dec) | |||
| Cat 1 event, starting on Boxing Day each year, this Bluewater Classic is one of the most famous ocean races in the world. | |||
| Melbourne to Launceston Yacht Race (last week Dec) | |||
| Held annually at the end of December, starting the day after Boxing Day. Australias oldest ocean yacht race. | |||
| Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race (last week Dec) | |||
| Held annually, starting the day after Boxing Day, this race takes on the rugged West Coast of Tasmania. | |||
| Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race (last week Dec) | |||
| 280 nm race that starts on the 27th of December 2008 off the mouth of the Tamar River and finish at Castray Esplanade in Hobart. | |||
| Sailing South Race Week (first week Jan) | |||
| Held annually in Hobart in early January following the completion of the various offshore events that finish in Hobart | |||
| Pittwater & Coffs Harbour Offshore Series (first week Jan) | |||
| A "warm water" alternative to the Sydney to Hobart Race. Yachts race from Broken Bay to Coffs Harbour. | |||















