A-Cat Australian Championships 2011 set to start on on a high



10:02 PM Sun 2 Jan 2011 GMT
'Glenn Ashby setting up for A-Cat Nationals - in Queensland. Lots of water and very little beach but an excellent fleet and good racing expected.' . ?
A-Cats away today. A record fleet of 73 competitors has entered the 2011 Australian Championships for the International A Class Catamarans, to be sailed on Lake Cootharaba, just inland from the Queensland Sunshine Coast. After several weeks of torrential rain, the clouds are lighter, and the winds have moderated from 25 plus knots that have prevailed over the last week. The normally brackish water of the tea tree stained water of the lake, is decidely at the fresh end of the scale, and is approximately one metre high than usual with the rainwater run off which has submeged the beach ...


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by Bob Griffits





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