Trimaran flips at Airlie Beach Race Week – all aboard are fine

Another day of spectacular sailing in the Whitsundays - all that was missing was the whales - Ichi Ban continues to lead IRC Passage.

Trine Palludan, skipper of the Danish Team Kattnakken, is undefeated and leading after day one with five wins and no losses.

A day that suited some and was a little difficult for others, all the same conditions were 25 knots with gusts producing fast racing.

Tony Bull and the team are in Bodstedt, Germany, training, getting a routine going and acclimatising in the lead up to the Cadet Worlds.

When the ranking list was started in 2005, there were 287 sailors taking part in qualifying events, now there are 540 - a growth rate of nearly 90 per cent.

Runners on the first peak, a 26 mile run to the summit of Snowdon, suffered from sunburn and dehydration.

Modifications included transforming part of the floats, and the structure accommodating the foil casings in particular, ready to host a new pair of foils.

The public appearance at SIBS will be the first since the Dusseldorf premier.

Windcraft this year will have more yachts on display than ever before. Six premieres will be in the line up including the Hanse 548 with its distinctive hard top bimini, plus the Italian Solaris 47 and the racy Dehler 42.