MORE THAN 130 entries have been received to date for 74 Islands Distillery Airlie Beach Race Week.
Among them are a good roll-up from the multihulls taking to the water in the Racing, Passage and Weta 4.4 divisions.
Airlie Beach Race Week is being conducted by Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) between August 7 and 14, 2025.
Those out to put their best feet forward for the 37th edition of race week include the Paul Mitchell skippered Extreme 40, Ullman Sails.
Mitchell, the Whitsundays Ullman Sails sailmaker and enduring support sponsor of Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW), is a maestro of multis and has won at ABRW several times, including last year.
In the Multihull Passage class, the entry list is just as eclectic as the Racing fleet and both first and second placed from the 2024 podium are among them.
Troy Forrest’s Grainger Raku 48, Mint, defeated Craig Molloy’s Lidgard 52, Avalanche, by three points, so it is sure to be on again.
The top three Weta 4.4’s from 2024 also return.
Second and third placed Hazmat (Brad Stanley) and Manaia (Terry Bailey) respectively, will try to find a weak spot in George Owens’ Wetasashag after the latter won nine of the 10 race series last year, using a win and a second as drops.
An international event, so far 133 entries have been received for 74 Islands Distillery Airlie Beach Race Week.
The event enjoys continued support from Tourism and Events Queensland, including as a feature on the It’s Live! Queensland events calendar.
The entries represent every state and territory of Australia, along with Hong Kong and New Zealand.
The social side of ABRW is always fun.
This year the ever popular Long, Late Lunch on the balcony at the Whitsunday Sailing Club returns, as do food stalls and live music every night at WSC.
There is still time to enter, so go online now to avoid missing out: https://www.abrw.com.au/
