The Whip Cracker Trophy

A New Challenge for Serious Sailors!

Get ready to stretch your legs and test your skill in the Whip Cracker Trophy, a long-distance race series designed for sailors who love a challenge.

The Whip Cracker Trophy focuses on extended channel and passage-style courses, bringing strategy, endurance, and adventure back to centre stage.

The series features four races, kicking off with the opening race of the Kingfisher Bay Resort Regatta, followed by three winter season passage races to exciting destinations in the Hervey Bay waters and Great Sandy Straits. These events are perfect for crews keen to push their limits.

Scored under the PBH handicap system and run in line with established racing rules, The Whip Cracker Trophy promises fair competition and rewarding sailing.

The overall winner will get $250 RTM voucher as well as their name on the perpetual trophy and vouchers will also be awarded to 2nd, and 3rd overall—so if you think you’ve got what it takes, it’s time to tighten the sheets and crack the whip!

Longer courses. Bigger challenges. Serious bragging rights.

Finally, a series that explains why we packed extra snacks.

Join the inaugural Whip Cracker Trophy and be part of something new.

Dates:

Race 1: 22nd May (All yachts in the Kingfisher Bay Resort Regatta will automatically be registered for The Whip Cracker Trophy Race 1)

Race 2: 22nd August

Race 3: 05 September

Race 4: 03 October

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