THE FAIRWAY CHALLENGE 2008

January 28th, 2008

The Fairway Challenge is an 80nm Yacht Race that incorporates both bay and open ocean sailing. The 2008 race will be the 4th time this popular event has been staged by the Moreton Bay Boat Club Sailing Branch.

It is now also a very useful preparatory race for the Brisbane to Gladstone that now requires that all boats entering have to have completed two 50nm races in the previous 6 months before the race.

The course of the Fairway Challenge is very nearly the same as the first stage of the Brisbane to Gladstone course. Many a Brisbane to Gladstone race has been won or lost in Moreton Bay and the Fairway Challenge is a great opportunity for teams to
familiarise themselves with the course before Easter.

The event starts to the East of the Redcliffe Peninsula and, after 2 short spectacle legs along the foreshore, follows a course to the NW Fairway mark involving minimal use of the major shipping channels.

Thanks to generous sponsors Voyager Gaming Technologies and Morgans Seafoods, there are over $3,000 worth of prices with a $1,000 cash price for the winner. A number of classes are offered, including Performance Handicap, IRC, Multihull and Single Handed.

Suellen Hurling from Livesaildie.com and Amanda Stuart will be on course taking photos which will be available after the race.

As usual the social side of it will be well catered for, boat berths will be available, complete with a complementary ‘slab’ of beer for each boat as they moor at the club.

For those that need “off-boat” accommodation there is now a number of options including the Scarborough Beach Resort (ph 1300 859 649), the cabins at the Scarborough Holiday Village, (ph 07 3203 8864) and B&B’s.

More information and the Notice of Race for the event is posted on the web at www.sailingbranch.com

If you have any other questions feel free to contact the Principal Race Officer, Chris Marty on 0407 013 426

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