Brisbane to Keppel Yacht Race, NoR now includes multihulls

From the following article submitted to Sail-World by Lisa Ratcliff:

http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?Nid=120469&refre=y&ntid=0&rid=1

The Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron is grabbing the opportunity to expand its Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race fleet and giving multihull and monohull believers the chance to stand shoulder-to-shoulder.

While debate continues around the country on the inclusion of multihulls in ‘traditional’ monohull offshore races, RQYS’ sailing committee has sprinkled holy water on the combined fleet idea for its signature offshore event and joined a growing number of influential clubs inviting multihulls and monohulls to race as one fleet for separate trophies.

RQYS Commodore Kevin Miller said, 'The Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron feels it’s time for multihulls to be part of this great event. We applied through Yachting Queensland for the correct safety category enhancements to allow multihulls and we are delighted to announce the success of that application.

'The multihull division will have its own line honours trophy - the Joe Newton perpetual trophy which was unveiled last Friday evening at a Captain’s Table dinner attended by the namesake and club member who relayed to the audience the story of Oracle Team USA’s fascinating campaign to win the last America’s Cup. The naming of the trophy is a fitting addition to the race considering Joe’s history in high-speed catamaran racing at the very top level.'

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Corsair Marine, Cherry Pie Regatta February 6th-9th 2014 at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron

From the Corsair International website:

http://sail.corsairmarine.com/race-in-the-cherry-pie-multihull-regatta?utm_medium=compendium&utm_campaign=Race+in+the+Cherry+Pie+Multihull+Regatta%21&utm_content=admin&utm_source=facebook&fbnonce=1852994889

February 6th-9th, 2014 the Sarasota Sailing Squadron will host  three events Friday, Saturday, and Sunday under the Cherry Pie Regatta. The Cherry Pie has long been a tradition at the Sailing Squadron bringing together their well represented One Design fleets including the Flying Scots and E Scows, as well as our handicap fleet including Spinnaker, Non Spinnaker, Cruiser, Pocket Cruiser and Multihull Sailboats fleets. So, all you Corsair Dash 750, and Corsair Sprint 750 sailors get on out and register to race in February!

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The Corsair Marine events page has a full listing of upcoming events:

http://sail.corsairmarine.com/events-v2

Multi50 update, Trophee Prince de Bretagne 2013 to commence on the 30th August at Saint Quay Portrieux

The Multi50 class will battle it out in Saint Quay Portrieux for the Trophee Prince de Bretagne between the 30th of August and 1st of September.  Thirteen entries so far with all of the top teams competing and a number of enthusiastic amateur teams joining in for the friendly but hard fought racing. 

More details and the Notice of Race and Registration form can be found at the Multi50 official website:

http://www.class-multi50.org/calendrier-trophée-prince-de-bretagne-8