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If ever there was a name of a yacht that suits the If ever there was a name of a yacht that suits the sailors on her, we feel it would have to be ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™—๐™ก๐™š & ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™›๐™š. When ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ โ€˜๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™๐™žโ€™ ๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™–๐™ข๐™จ puts down on his media sheet that โ€œthe most memorable part of the B2G is being handed a carton at the end of the raceโ€, I think you can see where weโ€™re heading here.

Matt, the skipper of this 23-year-old Cookson 12, insists, โ€œ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™—๐™ก๐™š & ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™›๐™š is crewed by (and I quote) โ€œan enthusiastic mix of youth and experienceโ€ and also believes itโ€™s the only yacht in the race where you finish heavier than when you started - as the big oven onboard is designed to keep the crew well fed, no less than three hot meals a day!

๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™—๐™ก๐™š & ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™›๐™š is supported by Gโ€™day Parks - Australiaโ€™s largest network of caravan parks, and the crew of champions includes last yearโ€™s winner of the Stripey Grant Memorial Award - Matt (Fabio) Ward, for outstanding youth commitment as well as Ben (Ibis) Mann who is part of a team of 4 rowing across the Indian Ocean later in the year to raise awareness of Parkinsonโ€™s Disease. Other notable characters include Benny Boobs, Eric The German, The Cardinal, Miss Mel and Young Patty.

When asked where ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™—๐™ก๐™š & ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™›๐™š wants to finish - a simple "...in front of ๐˜ฝ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™  ๐˜ฟ๐™ค๐™œ and ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐˜ผ ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™–๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™ on handicap will be fine". ๐Ÿ˜‚

Weโ€™re only days away from the start, so donโ€™t forget to catch all the action of the start of this historic @Gladstone Ports Corporation 75th Brisbane to Gladstone as it is streamed live & free on @KAYO SPORT Freebies on the B2G Website and right here on Facebook from 10 am Good Friday, April 7th, thanks to the Gladstone Regional Councilโ€™s Easter in Gladstone.

#b2g2023 #b2g75 #brisbanetogladstonerace #thisisqueensland #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #GladstoneRegion
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๐—•๐Ÿฎ๐—š ๐—˜๐—ซ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—•๐Ÿฎ๐—š ๐—˜๐—ซ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—›๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—œ๐— ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—˜๐—–๐—˜๐—ฆ: Did you know that ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฌ crew member of the overall race winning yacht plus the line honours winning skipper is awarded a ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ (๐—•๐Ÿฎ๐—š) ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต from our official race timekeeper, ๐—”๐——๐—œ๐—ก๐—” ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ @adina_watches ? 

A timepiece that simply cannot be bought, it can only be acquired by sailing and winning one of the greatest blue water classic yacht races in Australia.

ADINAโ€™s special edition Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race watches boast incredible design and functionality features - too many to name - that all pay homage to the mighty B2G, race organisers ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜ ๐—–๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฏ and the challenges of sailing as a sport.

๐—”๐——๐—œ๐—ก๐—” is a second-generation Australian family watch manufacturer โ€“ which aside from their fondness for the ocean โ€“ are proudly a Brisbane based brand and business.

๐—”๐——๐—œ๐—ก๐—” wishes all the sailors of the historic Gladstone Ports Corporation 75th Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race a very safe and fast passage to Gladstone where the winners will be presented with the ADINA trophy timepieces at the Official Presentation Ceremony in the Brisbane2Gladstone Village @bris2gladvillage on Easter Sunday.

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One of our favourites fronting up yet again for an One of our favourites fronting up yet again for another tilt at Queenlasndโ€™s legendary blue water classic is ๐˜ฟ๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐™๐™ก๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ ๐Ÿฎ from RQYS. 
Doug is no stranger to this race, competing in 16 trips north, one of which in his trusty 35-foot Cavalier; they won both the PHRF Overall and PHRF Veterans Division in 2017, a feat accomplished with his trusty crew that included three of his sons, Tom, Mike and John.

Doug will be joined this year by an experienced crew that could be the most experienced in history! Peter Cavill is competing in his 44th Brisbane to Gladstone race, winning the Courier Mail Cup numerous times as crew on Saltash and Michael McEniery, who has done more than 30 Gladstone races, won the Courier Mail Cup as skipper of Scampi A in 2000.

Doug, however, pleads that theyโ€™re all fairly harmless old men now, but we donโ€™t believe that. A word of warning, you young, fit, designer gear-wearing, day sailorsโ€ฆ  never dismiss an old seadog when things get tough out there. Old dogs may not have learned any new tricks latelyโ€ฆ  that's because theyโ€™ve never forgotten all the tricks they already knew!

We're only days away from the start, so don't forget to catch all the action of the start of this historic Gladstone Ports Corporation 75th Brisbane to Gladstone as it is streamed live & free on KAYO SPORT Freebies on the B2G Website and right here on Facebook from 10 am Good Friday, April 7th, thanks to the Gladstone Regional Council's Easter in Gladstone.

#b2g2023 #b2g75 #brisbanetogladstonerace #thisisqueensland #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #GladstoneRegion
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โ–“โ–’โ–‘ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ข โ–‘โ–’โ–“

Catch the start of the historic Gladstone Ports Corporation 75th Brisbane to Gladstone as it is streamed live & free on KAYO SPORT Freebies, on the B2G Website and right here on Facebook from 10 am Good Friday, April 7th, thanks to the Gladstone Regional Council's Easter in Gladstone.
#b2g2023 #b2g75 #brisbanetogladstonerace #thisisqueensland #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #GladstoneRegion
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You may not know that ๐™Š๐™˜๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ ๐˜พ๐™ง๐™ช๐™จ๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™…-๐˜ฝ๐™ž๐™ง๐™™ ๐™„๐™„๐™„ is actually hull #2 of the TP52 class, originally built in 2001. After campaigning in Hong Kong and Australia under various names, she was found rotting on a mooring in 2019. 
After a 3 year, well-thought-out refit, ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ ๐™– ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™„๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™๐™๐™ค๐™ข๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ campaigned her in the 2022 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, eventually taking out the Double Handed Line Honours Trophy and also the Jane Tate Memorial Trophy as the first female skipper home. Not bad for a yacht that never used a drop of fossil fuel, relying on solar, wind and hydropower to charge her batteries - the first electric yacht to ever compete in a Hobart race. Next on the list - is the B2G! 

Welcome to our annual ๐˜ฝ๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™—๐™–๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™‚๐™ก๐™–๐™™๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š - ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ Series.

Catch the start of the historic @gladstoneportscorporation 75th Brisbane to Gladstone as it is streamed live & free on @kayosports Freebies, on the B2G Website and right here on Facebook from 10 am Good Friday, April 7th, thanks to the @gladstoneregionalcouncil's Easter in Gladstone.
#b2g2023 #b2g75 #brisbanetogladstonerace #thisisqueensland #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #GladstoneRegion
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๐—ฆ๐—”๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฅโ€™๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—— ๐—ข๐—™๐—™ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฌ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ค๐—–๐—ฌ๐—–: Be sure to head to the home of the mighty B2G โ€“ ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜ ๐—–๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฏ (๐—ค๐—–๐—ฌ๐—–) - on the eve of the 75th B2G for dinner/drinks on Thursday, 6th April (5pm until late) ๐™Š๐™ for breakfast on Good Friday, 7th April (from 6.30am) to catch all the action of race day and yachts departing from QCYC.
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QCYCโ€™s Head Chef, Giri and the QCYC Restaurant and Bar team have put together a fabulous 75th B2G menu plus there will be drink specials and meat tray raffles.
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๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น โ€“ online via https://www.qcyc.com.au/the-club/facilities/restaurant-and-bar/ or telephone (07) 3269 4588.ย ย 
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75th B2G race yachts and crews heading to the start line from the QCYC marina include:
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๐˜ผ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฎ๐™– ๐™„๐™„
๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜ผ๐™˜๐™ฉ
๐˜ฝ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™ฏ๐™–๐™ง๐™™
๐˜พ๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š
๐˜พ๐™ฎ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š ๐Ÿฏ
๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ค ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ
๐™Š๐™—๐™จ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ
๐™‹๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™„๐™„
๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™จ
๐™๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ข๐™ช๐™›๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™„๐™„๐™„
๐™Ž๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ฎ
๐™Ž๐™ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ง
๐™Ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™‹๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™–๐™œ๐—ฒ

Queensland Cruising Yacht Club (QCYC) is located in Sinbad Street, Shorncliffe - approximately 30 minutes (north) from Brisbaneโ€™s CBD. 

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If you look up the word 'experienced' in the offic If you look up the word 'experienced' in the official World Yachting Dictionary, there's a photo of ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™š๐™ก ๐™Ž๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™š๐™จ in it. Five times World Champion, competed in 44 Sydney Hobart Races, 15 Brisbane to Gladstone races - winning this race four times, you could say Michael has some nautical miles under his keel.

Again this year, Michael will be at the helm of ๐˜ฝ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ง๐™ง๐™ฎ-๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง's beautiful Schumacher 54, ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ค, bringing her north again. Bill, best known for producing luxury Maritimo power yachts, has found another home with the yachting fraternity, campaigning Maritimo at every opportunity. 

To win, you have to finish, which is what this previous Line Honours winner proved, outlasting more highly fancied yachts in heavy 2021 conditions, but this year, ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ค is one of the highly fancied - and has become one of the hunted for this year's Courier Mail Cup. 

We're only days away from the start so don't forget to catch all the action of the start of this historic Gladstone Ports Corporation 75th Brisbane to Gladstone as it is streamed live & free on @KAYO SPORT Freebies, on the B2G Website and right here on Facebook from 10 am Good Friday, April 7th, thanks to the Gladstone Regional Council 's Easter in Gladstone.

#b2g2023 #b2g75 #brisbanetogladstonerace #thisisqueensland #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #GladstoneRegion
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Set sail with us as we bring you the start of the @[17841417629703574:@gladstoneportscorporation] 75๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜Ž๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ LIVE and FREE on ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ผ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€! Kayo Sports 

Witness the yachties take off from the starting line from Brisbane โณ

Follow the simple steps to start streaming on Kayo Freebies at 10am on Good Friday, April 7th - brought to you by @Gladstone Regional Council's Easter in Gladstone. Don't miss out - join us for an epic race!

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๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ and his crew ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ and his crew on ๐˜พ๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™–๐™ก have had an amazing 12 months. The undisputed winners of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race are now favourites for the Four Cities Cup and for line honours in this year's race. 

Welcome to our annual ๐˜ฝ๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™—๐™–๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™‚๐™ก๐™–๐™™๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š - ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ Series.

Catch the start of the historic @gladstoneportscorporation 75th Brisbane to Gladstone as it is streamed live & free on @kayosports Freebies, on the B2G Website and right here on Facebook from 10 am Good Friday, April 7th, thanks to the @gladstoneregionalcouncil's Easter in Gladstone.
#b2g2023 #b2g75 #brisbanetogladstonerace #thisisqueensland #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #GladstoneRegion
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๐— ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—™๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ง ๐— ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—™๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ง: Meet our ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—š๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ fleet - 4๏ธโƒฃ7๏ธโƒฃ yachts to line up on the start line on Good Friday, 7 April โ€“ 11am race start:
 
๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿด (Greg Tobin)
๐˜ผ๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ (Stephanie Kerin)
๐˜ผ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฎ๐™– ๐™„๐™„ (Benjamin & Matthew Kingsberry)
๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™ญ (Kerry Noyes)
๐˜ผ๐™ฏ๐™ฏ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ง๐™ค (Jack Kliner)
๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜ผ๐™˜๐™ฉ (Tony Craner)
๐˜ฝ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™  ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™–๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™ (Glenn Burrell)
๐˜ฝ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™  ๐˜ฟ๐™ค๐™œ (Lynley and Rodger Vinton)
๐˜ฝ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™ฏ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ (Nev Watts)
๐˜ฝ๐™ง๐™ค๐™–๐™™๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™™ (Peter Kruger)
๐˜พ๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š (Saskia Groen-Inโ€™t-Woud)
๐˜พ๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™–๐™ก (Sam Haynes)
๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ค 2 (Blair Harrison)
๐˜พ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง (Andrew Wiklund)
๐˜พ๐™ฎ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š 3 (Gregor Popp)
๐˜ฟ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ข ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง (Richard Morgan)
๐™๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™จ (Nigel Stoke)
๐™๐™ก๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ 2 (Douglas Cavaye)
๐™ƒ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™”๐™š๐™–๐™ ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™—๐™ฎ (Andy Lamont)
๐™„๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™œ๐™ค ๐™„๐™„ (Darryn Purdy)
๐™„๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™…๐™ค๐™— (Michael Johnston)
๐™…๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™จ (Niamh Larkin)
๐™…๐™ค๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™ง๐™ค๐™™๐™ž๐™š (Daniel de Buriatte)
๐™†๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™ข๐™– (Christopher Larsen)
๐™†๐™š๐™ง๐™ช๐™ข๐™—๐™– (Tam Faragher)
๐™‡๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™š (Stuart Bowes)
๐™‡๐˜พ๐™€ ๐™Š๐™ก๐™™ ๐™Ž๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก ๐™๐™–๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ (Mark Griffith)
๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ค 11 (Michael Spies)
๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™›๐™–๐™ž๐™ง (James Irvine)
๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™– (Edward Cox)
๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ข (Richard Wendt)
๐™‰๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™‰๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ๐™š (Russell McCart)
๐™‰๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐˜ผ ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™–๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™ (Hamish Crossan)
๐™Š๐™—๐™จ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ (Chris Noble)
๐™Š๐™˜๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ ๐˜พ๐™ง๐™ช๐™จ๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™…-๐˜ฝ๐™ž๐™ง๐™™ ๐™„๐™„๐™„ (Annika Thomson)
๐™‹๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™„๐™„ (Peter Kerr)
๐™‹๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฉ (Taylor Rose)
๐™๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ข๐™ช๐™›๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ (Stuart Tivey)
๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™จ (John Ibell)
๐™Ž๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ฎ (Philip Lazzarini)
๐™Ž๐™ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ง (David Hamilton)
๐™Ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™– ๐™Ž๐™ค๐™ฃ (Peter Webster)
๐™Ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™‹๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™–๐™œ๐™š (Jim Kelly)
๐™Ž๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™– (Piers Dudin)
๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™ช๐™จ๐™š (Sharon Boyle)
๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™—๐™ก๐™š & ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™›๐™š (Matt Williams)
๐™’๐™š๐™™๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ก (David Rose)
 
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Lining up for his 5th Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Lining up for his 5th Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race, ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฃ, Owner/Skipper of ๐™Ž๐™ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ง, is one of the competitors flying the flag for the host club, the QCYC. ๐™Ž๐™ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ง is a decorated competitor, a 3-time winner of the Gold Cup championship at QCYC, and overall club champion, among other accolades; this will be the 9th trip north for the yacht.
Launched in 1991, she was built by Simon Steenland as a test in this type of alloy construction before he built the impressive 100-foot, gaff-rigged schooner South Passage. ๐™Ž๐™ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ง was a competitor in the inaugural Brisbane to Lord Howe Island race and the first Surf to City 30 years ago. Along with those historical facts, ๐™Ž๐™ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ง also features in the B2Gโ€™s record for the closest finish, pipping fellow QCYC competitor by 1 second after 308NM of racing!
This year ๐™Ž๐™ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ง will be delivering some important cargo north. Not the mail, a tradition that is still observed today as it was in history past, but delivering the Mayor of Gladstone, Matt Burnett, back to his harbour city, fulfilling a childhood dream and competing in his first ever Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race as one of the crew. Thank goodness there are other councillors to deliver the beer to the finishing yachts this year!

Catch the start of the historic @gladstoneportscorporation 75th Brisbane to Gladstone as it is streamed live & free on @KA@kayosports Freebies, on the B2G Website and on Facebook from 10 am Good Friday, April 7th, thanks to the @gladstoneregionalcouncil's Easter in Gladstone.

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In the run-in to the start of this year's race, ou In the run-in to the start of this year's race, our B2G Commentary Team will continue to introduce you to a few of the competitors in this year's 75th-anniversary race to get to know them, their yachts and their exciting backstories. 

๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™ ๐™๐™ค๐™จ๐™š is no newcomer to this race, having competed in 28 races and winning the PHS a few years ago. This year, David will be lighting up his Welbourne 42 ๐™’๐™š๐™™๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ก and is dead-set keen to show the other 42s in the race just what effect the recent improvements will make to this 18-year-old thoroughbred. 

Welcome to our annual ๐˜ฝ๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™—๐™–๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™‚๐™ก๐™–๐™™๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š - ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ Series.

Catch the start of the historic Gladstone Ports Corporation 75th Brisbane to Gladstone as it is streamed live & free on Kayo Sports Freebies, on the B2G Website and right here on Facebook from 10 am Good Friday, April 7th, thanks to the Gladstone Regional Council's Easter in Gladstone.

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As a tribute to the 75th anniversary of Queensland As a tribute to the 75th anniversary of Queenslandโ€™s iconic Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race setting sail on Good Friday, 7th April, a flotilla of Classic Moreton Bay Cruisers will be conducting a sail past of the Sandgate Pier and Bluewater Festival spectators. 
 
Led by official start vessels Mohokoi and Norlyn, the flotilla will then make its way out to the B2G start line to farewell the fleet of offshore racing yachts and send them on 308 nautical mile journey to Gladstone.
 
Moreton Bay Classic Cruisers are quintessential to Queenslandโ€™s Moreton Bay and this impressive flotilla will be a fantastic addition to the spectacle and atmosphere of the festivities for spectators both on the water and foreshores.
 
Classic timber cruisers expected to take part in the procession and start line send-off include Albatross, Barcarolle 2, Flora, High Moon, Karissma, Maris, Moreton Maid, Merinda Star, Midstream, Moreton Lady, Oceanna, Ogee, Silhouette, South Esk and Tamara, with others still to be confirmed.
 
Spectators on the foreshores โ€“ you can catch a view of the Classic Flotilla of the 75th B2G:
9am โ€“ Sail past Shorncliffe Pier
11am โ€“ 75th B2G race starts
11am โ€“ 12pm vantage points between Shorncliffe and Redcliffe
 
Queensland Cruising Yacht Club Commodore, Ian Gidlow, extends a special thank you to the organisers of the Classic Flotilla for rallying such a significant nod to the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race and the landmark 75th running of the event.
 
#brisbane2gladstoneyachtrace #B2G2023 #75B2G #B2G #queensland #visitbrisbane #moretonbayclassiccruiser #visitmoretonbay #yachtrace #historictribute #brisbanetogladstoneyachtrace #moretonbay
With less than four weeks now to go, the B2G 2023 With less than four weeks now to go, the B2G 2023 race fleet starts to make their way to Brisbane.
 
Here we see @restless_racing enroute from Gladstone to Brisbane to contest the ๐—š๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ๐˜๐—ต ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ which sets sail on Good Friday (11am, 7th April).
 
We look forward to welcoming you to Brisbane John and crew for the rest of your B2G race preparationโ€ฆ enjoy the sail from Gladstone to Brisbane.
 
One week left until entries close (20th March). 
 
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She is one of the most wonderful and regular sight She is one of the most wonderful and regular sights on Moreton Bay each Easter. The beautiful South Passage, gliding by the official start boat of the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Raceโ€ฆ and, like the lady she is, won't be hurried, performing this strictly in her own time. 

Based on the designs of the 19th-century pilot schooners that operated off the east coast of America, the 100-foot, gaff-rigged schooner South Passage is not an old boat and was only launched in 1993.

Classified as a Class-C Tall Ship, South Passage is the only sail training ship in Queensland and one of the few sailing in Australia all year round. South Passage was designed specifically for 14-17-year-olds to experience โ€œAd-venture Under Sailโ€ and has proudly taken over 50,000 students sailing over the last 25 years. 

Where she differs from most other yachts in the race (besides her obvious weight disadvantage ๐Ÿคซ) is that she is sailed in the traditional way - everything is done BY HAND. There are no winches or mechanical aids. Sails are raised and lowered manually and just about every activity requires a number of people working together as a team to get the job done. In fact, apart from the engine, the only mechanical equipment on board is an electric anchor winch, and even then students usually will wind a manual capstan to raise the anchor.

We canโ€™t wait to see her in Gladstone yet again... when she decides to turn up that is ๐Ÿ˜‰. If you want more information about how you could undertake the South Passage Training experience, check out https://www.facebook.com/SouthPassage

Catch the start of the historic Gladstone Ports Corporation  75th Brisbane to Gladstone as it is streamed live & free on KAYO SPORT Freebies, on the B2G Website and right here on Facebook from 10 am Good Friday, April 7th, thanks to the Gladstone Regional Council's Easter in Gladstone.
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โ„‚๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐•“๐•–๐•๐•š๐•–๐•ง๐•– ๐•š๐•ฅ - ๐•š๐•ฅ'๐•ค ๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐••๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•’ ๐•ž๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•™ ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•˜๐• !!

These guys will be pulling out all stops to be in Gladstone in super-quick time and replicate the feat of rivals Ichiban from last year, taking out the Sydney to Hobart AND Brisbane to Gladstone in the same calendar year?

Will Sam Haynes and his ๐˜พ๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™–๐™ก crew be the Four Cities Cup Winners in 2023?

Catch the start of the historic @gladstoneportscorporation 75th Brisbane to Gladstone as it is streamed live & free on @Kayo Sports Freebies, on the B2G Website and right here on Facebook from 10 am Good Friday, April 7th, thanks to the Gladstone Regional Council's Easter in Gladstone.
#b2g2023 #b2g75 #brisbanetogladstonerace #thisisqueensland #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #gladstoneregion 
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Tam Faragher is back in 2023 with his one-of-a-kin Tam Faragher is back in 2023 with his one-of-a-kind design ๐™†๐™š๐™ง๐™ช๐™ข๐™—๐™– and is hoping to lift the silverware in this anniversary 75th @gladstoneportscorporation  Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race but admits possibly the yacht and crew are now more focussed on fast/cruising than the flat-out racing focus of the early 2010s. โ€œWith the recent fit-out of furling headsails and ducted air conditioning, the Crew are more likely to gather in the saloon for a โ€˜briefing and Nespressoโ€™ than go for a perfect gybe-set,โ€ said Tam. 

However, we canโ€™t help but feel that Tam is trying to lull us into a false sense of expectation, as ๐™†๐™š๐™ง๐™ช๐™ข๐™—๐™– has some serious racing pedigree and the pace to be a genuine Courier Mail Cup threat. 
A one-off design by Jason Ker and built by McConaghy in China, ๐™†๐™š๐™ง๐™ช๐™ข๐™—๐™– has a lifting keel for the shallow waters of Moreton Bay and Manly Marina and a twin rudder setup, allowing for her to be sailed hard with lots of cloth in the air and remains in control. 
Whilst ๐™†๐™š๐™ง๐™ช๐™ข๐™—๐™– has completed eight B2G races, missing only one, Tam has only missed two races in the last 20 years. When asked if he had fond memories of previous B2Gโ€™s, Tam replied, 
"Early in my racing career, with my L-plates on, I was bowman on Graeme Woods Helta Skelta. A late call to hoist the spinnaker near the Fairway buoy, saw me frantically organising the perfect set - until I was hoisted up along with it!โ€ 

Good luck ๐™†๐™š๐™ง๐™ช๐™ข๐™—๐™– and we look forward to having a Nespresso or two with you at the other end. 

Catch the start of the historic Gladstone Ports Corporation 75th Brisbane to Gladstone as it is streamed live & free on @kayosports Freebies, on the B2G Website and right here on Facebook from 10 am Good Friday, April 7th, thanks to the @gladstoneregionalcouncil's Easter in Gladstone.

#b2g2023 #b2g75 #brisbanetogladstonerace #thisisqueensland #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #GladstoneRegion
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๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐—•๐Ÿฎ๐—š ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Thanks to ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, Brisbaneโ€™s stunning ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น in the heart of the CBD is set to be the venue for this yearโ€™s race briefing on Wednesday, 5th April. 
 
The race briefing, which will be staged in City Hallโ€™s Ithaca Auditorium, will be followed by a civic reception generously hosted by the Lord Mayor as an opportunity to wish all entrants and crews the very best of luck and safe passage in the historic 75th edition of the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race.
 
โ›ต๏ธB2G entrants โ€“ keep an eye on your inbox for your official invitation ๐Ÿ“ฉ from Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner and get ready to celebrate the 75th running of our mighty race. 
 
Social photographs from the evening will be posted in due course. 

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In a further addition to our extended coverage pla In a further addition to our extended coverage plans for the momentous ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ๐˜๐—ต ๐—•๐Ÿฎ๐—š, ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜ ๐—–๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฏ (QCYC) is also thrilled to announce ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐——๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ (๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฎ โ€˜๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—นโ€™) - who has been a part of the B2G live stream commentary team since 2017 - will be significantly stepping up her commentary and reporting roles both leading into the race and over the entire Easter race weekend to include mainstream media and on ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น @sailorgirlhq plus B2G platforms.
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Nic says she is looking forward to bringing all the action from the docks, on the water for the start and in Gladstone for the finish in what is one of Australiaโ€™s most historically significant offshore sailing races.
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โ€œIt is an honour to be working with the Queensland Cruising Yacht Club race team once again, but this time on a larger scale. Most importantly, I am very excited about an Easter of B2G race action from the start on Good Friday, all the way through to all of the adventures at the finish in Gladstone,โ€ Nic said.

๐Ÿ“ท : @sailingenergy 
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๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜ ๐—–๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฏ (๐—ค๐—–๐—ฌ๐—–) is delighted to announce that Australian TV and radio sports icon, ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€๐—ต will be joining the 2023 reporting and commentary team for Easterโ€™s ๐—š๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ๐˜๐—ต ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ (๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฑ๐˜๐—ต ๐—•๐Ÿฎ๐—š).
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Having recently retired to radio after an extraordinary 47 years on television at Channel 7, Pat Welsh has had a long affinity with the B2G having reported extensively on the race annually throughout his TV career and spent many Easters in Gladstone providing in-depth coverage.ย 
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This year for the 75th B2G, Pat will be undertaking some B2G interviews and commentary over Easter (which avid fans can catch on B2G Facebook/Instagram and race TV coverage) and will be Master of Ceremony for the Official Presentation Ceremony in @bris2gladvillage on Easter Sunday (9th April).
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Pat says he has many decades of fond memories reporting on the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race including being in Gladstone to report on ocean racing legend, Jack Rooklyn running aground on Lady Elliot reef during the 1980 race with Apollo.
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โ€œIโ€™m delighted to be reunited with Queenslandโ€™s blue water classic,โ€ Pat said.
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โ€œMy first trips to Gladstone to cover the B2G were in a light aircraft so when we graduated to a helicopter, it made coverage of the race and breeze so much easier,โ€ he said.
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โ€œWeโ€™d factor a lunch stop in where Mum would meet us at the Bundaberg Airport with a stack of freshly made sandwiches so I was always very popular with the pilot and cameraman.โ€

Just over ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ผ... โ›ต๏ธrace starts 11am, ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐Ÿณ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น.
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๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ (๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™…๐™ค๐™จ๐™ ๐™’๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ @joshmate): Queensland Cruising Yacht Club ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜„ and ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—œ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ with ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€๐—ต and ๐™๐™๐™š ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ง-๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ž๐™ก ๐˜พ๐™ช๐™ฅ - the B2Gโ€™s coveted overall winner trophy and one of the oldest trophies in Australian sailing history ๐Ÿ†.
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