Hamilton Island Race Week

When the skipper of The Philosopher’s Club, Peter Sorensen, arrived in Geelong, Victoria in January 2008 to contest the opening event of the Audi IRC Australian Championship, he took one look at the Audi Q7 on display and announced to his crew that the car was going to be his.

Alan Whiteley’s Victorian TP52 Cougar II travelled 1,500 nautical miles to outsail a world class IRC Grand Prix division 1 fleet at Australia’s most awarded regatta, Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.

The momentous tussle at the top of the IRC Grand Prix Division 2 pointscore will go down to the wire tomorrow with Rod Jones’ Alegria and Ray Harris’ Honeysuckle still separated by just one point after six days of racing.

In a day of high dramas and high winds three sailors were injured and some of the best racing ever was experienced at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week today.