Kiwi top guns at Airlie Beach Race Week

1:39 PM Mon 2 Aug 2010 GMT

'Georgia Racing - Start 2009 HSBC Coastal Classic' Richard Gladwell Click Here to view large photo

21st Meridien Marina's Airlie Beach Race Week's Grand Prix division is the IRC Racing Division and the racing will be 'full on' this year, as Regatta Director and former Kiwi sailor Denis Thompson explains. 'Another great fleet at Airlie again this year. The top guns having long ago figured back-to-back regattas sharpens them up and they go into Hamilton Island series right on the pace, this year we have two great New Zealand boats providing a very strong challenge. ' One of the hottest new boats on the Asia-Pacific IRC scene is Jim Farmer's Georgia, the 2010 New Zealand IRC ...

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