Dear Australian F18 association member.
The new sailing season will soon be upon us. During the off season, we have been planning regatta's all over the country.
This year's national championships are to be held at the Jervoise Bay Sailing Club from the 24th until the 27th of January 2018.
This will be the first time the F18 fleet has held a national title in WA.
For those who have not been keeping tabs on the WA fleet they have continued to grow at rapid rate with the standard of sailing continuing to improve.
Every year the Western Australian sailors make the pilgrimage across the Nullarbor desert to attend our national championships. This year it is our turn to visit the west. To help make this regatta the success it deserves to be the F18 association is sponsoring two containers for up to 24 boats from NSW and VIC. Cost will be $500 per boat return. Containers will be leaving from the Kurnell yacht club and Port Melbourne Yacht club on the 9th of January, but will need to be loaded a couple of days prior.
If there is enough interest from FNQ the Association will also support a container from Townsville.
Please contact admin@ausf18.org.au to reserve a spot ASAP.
Events for the 2017 - 2018 season
South Australia:
South Australian state titles to be held at the Adelaide Sailing club 4th-5th November 2017
Victoria:
Victorian State Titles Western port yacht club, 10th - 12th March 2018
Western Australia: To be confirmed
NSW:
traveller series dates and locations:
Forster Wildcat (First round of NSW State Titles) 30/9-2/10/17
Kurnell Top Gun (Second round of NSW State Titles)4-5/11/17
Port Kembla Kembla Klassic 25-26/11/17
Budgewoi Calling All Skippers (Third and Last round of NSW State Titles) 9-10/12/17
Tanilba Bay Big Boat Regatta 17-18/2/18
South West Rocks Darren Lowder Memorial 10-11/3/18
Mannering Park 28-29/4/18
Tasmania:
Show Down Regatta November 3rd-4th
King of the Bay Regatta: 2nd -3rd December
TASCAT Strahan: November 17th - 18th
TASCAT Lauderdale: March 17th -18th
Memberships for the 2017-18 season are now open:
Entries are open for the 2018 National titles, Entries prior 8th December for teams with both skipper and crew national members of the association will be eligible for free event shirts.
Payment for freight to the WA nationals via container transport is available as part of the entry system.
https://membership.sportstg.com/regoform.cgi?eventID=6318&formID=63965
Looking forward to fun and action packed season
The Australian F18 Catamaran racing team
