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24 March 2015


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Autumn sees the racing circuit on the east coast of Australia look towards the warmer waters of Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef. The Sydney to Mooloolaba was first run in 1964 as the Sydney to Brisbane and then extended to Mooloolaba in 1973. The race is timed to link in with others starting from Brisbane and heading north along the coast. From 2014, the race has included multihulls, with the standout entry being Sean Langman's ORMA 60 'Team Australia'.

This race was originally announced in the calendar as a buddy-up with the real Sydney to Mooloolaba Race 2015 and the Middle Harbour Yacht Club . Unfortunately, due to a severe fire at the club in January and a consequent drop off in entries, MHYC decided in early March to cancel the race for 2015. The club is also the Sydney Harbour base for the Australian Olympic Sailing Team and first priority must go to them in the lead up to the Olympic Games in Rio next year.

This Sailonline edition of the Sydney to Mooloolaba Race is therefore a reenactment of the 2014 event when multihulls entered for the first time. As a gesture of support to MHYC please join the virtual fleet of ORMA 60s in our race to the warm waters of the Sunshine Coast.

The race record set in 2014 by ORMA 60 "BOQ Team Australia" is 53 hrs 48 mins - the challenge is to beat it

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