2024 March MYCQ Multinews

1 Mar 2024

Hi all,

It is March already and the big events are getting closer with the Moreton Bay Multihull Regatta and the Brisbane to Gladstone happening this month. Allan Larkin will have his new monster catamaran on show at the Multihull Regatta so get along to have a look.

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Regards
Chris

The new 2024 MYCQ Calander is also available in Revsport:

Date	Race/Regatta	MYCQ Series	Comment
Mar 14 to 17	Moreton Bay Multihull Regatta
Mar 29	Brisbane to Gladstone	Ocean Series 2	Cat 3+

Apr 8 to 12	Lake Macquarie Multihull Regatta - Nationals

Apr 27	Island Series – Race 3	Island Series 3

May Sat 25	Manly to Mooloolaba	Ocean Series 3	Cat 5N
May Sun 26	Mooloolaba to Manly	Ocean Series 4	Cat 5N

Jun/July 2024	QCYC Winter Series

Jul Sat 27	Winter Weekend Race 1		Overnight at Deanbilla Bay
Jul Sun 28	Winter Weekend Race 2		Overnight at Deanbilla Bay

Aug 2024 (TBC)	ABRW/HIRW
Aug Sat 24	Navigator’s Nightmare

Sep Sat 7 (TBC)	Bribie Cup - QCYC

Sep Sat 28	Great Bay Race	Bay Series 1	Using shorter 2023 course

Oct 12 & 13 (TBC)	St Helena Cup - WMYC	Bay Series 2 & 3
Oct 26	Island Series – Race 4	Island Series 4

Nov 9 & 10	Goodwill Cup - RQYS	Bay Series 4 & 5
Nov Sat 23	Island Series – Race 5	Island Series 5
Nov Fri 29	Christmas Party & Trophy Night

Surf to City Results

OMR

Performance Handicap

Line Honours

Island Race 1 Results

If this image is confusing you then you may have missed the email explaining this year's Brisbane to Gladstone Race. Read about it here

French skipper Charles Caudrelier wins the first Arkéa Ultim Challenge - Solo Around the World Race

(February 27, 2024; Day 52) – French solo racer Charles Caudrelier, skipper of the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, crossed the finish line off the coast of Brest to win the 2024 Arkea Ultim Challenge-Brest, the first ever solo multihull race around the world, sailed by a giant 32m long ULTIM class trimarans.

Caudrelier was unchallenged from the start. Before he had to slow to avoid a huge storm at Cape Horn in the Pacific Ocean, he was ahead of record time for sailing solo round the world.

His elapsed time for the 28,000-mile (51,000-kilometer) race was 50 days 19 hours 07 minutes 47 seconds and beat the five other yachts in the fleet. The race started on January 7, 2024 and he was the only competitor that did not require a pit stop for repairs.

Caudrelier was locked into a duel with 26-year-old Tom Laperche down the South Atlantic, but then widened the gap to over 2500 miles. Laperche then had to retire into Cape Town with damage caused by a collision.

Manhandled by the weather, but spared by bad luck, Caudrelier had to observe two breaks on the course. He first waited several days near Cape Horn, after thirty days of racing, then stopped in the Azores, in the last stretch, to let a storm pass.

Departing after a three-day stopover, rested and well-shaven, Charles Caudrelier finished the journey in slow motion preserving his tired boat as much as possible and focused more on victory than his time.