Racing
The race is conducted in a number of divisions with separate start times; generally the slowest start first. On the first day, the first competitors will start at 1100hrs from the Tin Can Bay yacht club, sail down the Tin Can Bay inlet, cross behind the Wide Bay Bar onto the inside of Fraser Island, then head along the island shore to Fig Tree Creek, just south of Garry's Anchorage; a destination they need to reach before 1630hrs. During the night, yachts are either beached or rafted together in the inlet. The second days race starts usually at 0730 hrs (but can commence up to an hour earlier depending on conditions), with competitors heading north up the Straits, past the sorus pile marking the channel to the Mary River, past White-cliffs and the sand banks, up the east side of Woody Island, out to the fairway mark before rounding and proceeding up the inside of Woody Island to the finish line at Datum Point before 1600hrs. Trophies are presented and yachts recovered at the Hervey Bay Boat Club, on Urangan Boat Harbour.
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