Brisbane Gladstone Race: Black Jack takes line honours - Ichi Ban dismasted

The Australians, along with the rest of the fleet, have struggled to come to grips with Genoa’s difficult conditions, but the Gilmour brothers have risen to the top.

There were huge moves up and down on the leaderboards and it was make or break time in the 49er, 49FX and Nacra 17 ahead of Saturday’s Medal Race.

No wind and minus 2 knots of spring tide made it impossible to race, so crews took the opportunity of starting on an early English suntan.

James Dorron, Harry Bethwaite and Trent Barnabas became the 2018-2019 Australian 18ft Skiff champions after a wonderful day of action-packed racing on Sydney Harbour.

With close racing throughout the fleet and many lead changes between the frontrunners, Jamie Thompson and Ning Xue from Victoria finished the event as National Champions.

For the first time in the fifty year history of the class, an all girl crew has taken out the Open Australian Championship.

The Kraken 50 features unique ‘Zero Keel’ construction: An all-in-one hull and keel with scantlings to match.

JPK 10.80 and 11.80 models have taken overall handicap and divisional wins in most major events in Europe over the past few years..

Multihull Solutions will be exhibiting the exceptional catamaran, which recently won the 2019 European Yacht of the Year, with test sails also available on the following Monday and Tuesday.