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On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the 1988 Bi-Centenary Around Australia Race (08/08/1988), Ocean Events is pleased to announce that the inaugural ‘Ocean Race Around Australia’ will go ahead in 2014.
Ocean Events invites mono and multihull boats from Australia and around the world to join the inaugural ‘Ocean Race Around Australia’.
The unique format for this ISAF Category 1 event includes four start/finish ports, making it easier for competitors entering what is expected to be the largest open-entry, fully crewed coastal ocean race in the world.
Competitors have the choice of the following start ports and times:
Fremantle, Western Australia - start early July, finish early October
Port Lincoln, South Australia - start mid-July, finish mid-October
Melbourne, Victoria - start, third week of July, finish late October
Sydney, NSW - start end of July, finish early November
The race, which will permit crew changes at its 10 stopover ports and is expected to take approximately 90 days, will also incorporate an existing east coast race and regattas in the Whitsunday Islands. And major prizes and trophies will be awarded in both monohull and multihull divisions.
Champion New Zealand sailor, the late Sir Peter Blake, won the challenging 90 day 1988 race, which was a resounding success for the event and sponsors.
With new technology and the advent of social media, not available in 1988, this race will have GPS, yacht tracking, mobile phones, the web, on-board cameras, all of which will help with media coverage and make the event a very attractive proposition for sponsors.
However, some things won’t change; the wind, waves, whale sightings – and the challenge.
To enter, and for further information on the Ocean Race Around Australia , please contact Bob Williams, email: admin@sailaroundaustralia.com.au, or telephone +61 (0) 413057559.
View video at: http://youtu.be/1k2Oml5-IDM
All information: www.sailaroundaustralia.com.au or
www.facebook.com/AustraliaYachtClub
By ORAA media
One stopover port on the Western Australia coastline, Dampier, will turn on an Australian-outback-experience for the sailors, friends, sponsors and attending media. This area of Australia is the home to Australia’s major mining and natural gas export facilities and some of the most ancient aboriginal rock-art in the world spread across the Dampier Archipelago.
Ocean Events is planning a ‘West Coast Media Tour’ along the entire Western Australia coastline to coincide with the race. National and international journalists and filmmakers will be taken on a 30-day coach excursion visiting places unique in the world.
Contact for event owner/promoter:
Robert Williams
Chairman
Ocean Events Pty Ltd (ABN 83097516044)
PO Box 31 North Fremantle, Western Australia, 6159
+61 (0) 413057559
bob@sailaroundaustralia.com.au
