Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel - Alegria IV and Wedgetail

1:41 AM Mon 5 Jul 2010 GMT

'Wedgetail - Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel 2008' Suellen Hurling &copy

Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race update. In a boat yard just north of Brisbane the finishing touches are being applied to Rod Jones' latest weapon the modified GP42 Alegria IV (A4). A4 has been shipped out of Europe and has been undergoing major works to transform her into a competitive IRC ocean racer. Amongst other works she has had a new keel bulb made and fitted, new rudder and twin wheels to replace her tiller steering along with a long fixed bow sprit for her asymmetrical spinnakers. It is easy to design a yacht that goes fast ...

Click here for full story.

by Mystery Yacht Racer

Newsfeed supplied by

#News #Sailing #North

Sailing

Heave-To: Sailing's Emergency Pause Button

Sailing

The Beaufort Scale: How We Learned to Rank Wind

Sailing

VHF Radio on the Water: Channels and Calls

Sailing

Read the Wind: Judge Its Force Without a Gauge

Sailing

Reefing Early: Shorten Sail Before You Must

Sailing

The Figure-8: Return to a Person Overboard

Sailing

Overnight at Anchor: Setting Up Right

Nearby
Kingscote, SA	7 kn ENE	19°
Cape Willoughby, SA	5 kn SE	18°
Windiest in Australia
Maatsuyker Island, TAS	26 kn NW	11°
Most Windless in Australia
Parawa, SA	Calm	17°
Hottest in Australia
Fitzroy Crossing, WA	3 kn ESE	41°
Coldest in Australia
Mount Read, TAS	6 kn W	3°
Wettest in Australia
Kangaroo Flats (Defence), NT	39.2 mm

Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel - Alegria IV and Wedgetail

Reefing Early: Shorten Sail Before It's Too Late

Reefing: Read the Signs, Act Early

Heaving To: Park the Boat in a Blow

Live Weather

Nearby

Windiest in Australia

Most Windless in Australia

Hottest in Australia

Coldest in Australia

Wettest in Australia

Sailing Articles

Buy & Sell

2020 Severne 5 Mt Mach 3 With 4 Cams Used For Speed S

2023 Jinx

2026 Duotone Carve 3.0 Dlab 950

JP Australia 106L Super X2

2024 Duotone Downwinder Sls

2024 Duotone Jag

2024 Naish S27

Know before you go

Download the Seabreeze app for iOS or Android.

Weather

Activities

About

Other

Support