With boats from all over Australia — and a few that had clearly travelled a very long way — this was always shaping up to be a cracking regatta.

For those lucky enough to be close to the action, it was pure theatre. Picture-perfect racing unfolded in a blaze of colour and contrast as the F18s showed exactly what makes the class so compelling: ...

Froeb-Volker (Evo/1D) were in turbo mode and matched Brewin-Beattie to the downwind gate, Homan to the right, the Liddels and Colby-Colman followed suit, those went to the charge, as now slight ...

Only one race was completed today due to a blown-out 30knots in the second race upwind leg.