Gold Coast Cat Week kicks off

9:45 PM Sat 5 Feb 2011 GMT

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One of Gold Coast Cat Week?s biggest fleets has assembled at the Southport Yacht Club for the fourth running of the event. With 27 boats entered in the weeklong event, a large mix of classes are doing battle on the waters of the 'Broadwater' for the overall title. This weekend is also doubling as the South-East Queensland Nacra Class Championships and is a great lead-up to The Great Race, a 37nm passage race from the Gold Coast to RQYS, Brisbane. Two Races were contested today in a 10 ? 15 knot Nor-Easter. The Nacra F18 'Wazza Who?', sailed by Adam ...

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