Hamilton Island Race Week Intinerary, 20 Aug – 28 Aug 2022

You’ll fly into Hamilton Island directly or into Airlie Beach (Proserpine) and catch the ferry to Hamilton Island on 20th August. We’ll be completing final regatta preparations during this time, allocating crew roles and checking weather forecasts as the excitement and buzz in the race village builds. With 200+ boats and 6,000 regatta crew and family members arriving for race week its an amazing festival of sailing and activity ashore.

Race Schedule

Race one kicks off on Sunday 21st August with the next two races on Monday and Tuesday.

Wednesday is a day off and we’ll head to the beach or an island for a day of social activities.

Races four to six take place across Thursday, Friday and Saturday and your week comes to an end with the Hamilton Island Race Week prize-giving gala dinner on Saturday night.

Results are announced ashore daily at 5 pm followed by a trip to the bar for a debrief of the days result before heading to dinner. We squeeze in the All Blacks vs. Wallabies rugby test matches on the big screen on both Saturday evenings and every night we’ll go ashore as a team (dressed in our official crew shirts) and hit the town.

Departure

You’ll fly out of Hamilton Island directly or out of Airlie Beach (Proserpine) on the 28th August and head home with a hole in your heart, swearing you’ll be back next year to do it all over again.

Your crew package includes:

• all breakfasts
• all lunches onboard
• meals ashore in crew apartments
• accommodation onboard
• your Ocean Sailing Expeditions crew shirt
• marina fees
• race entry fees
• the use of a PFD (personal floatation device), PLB (personal locator beacon), and a safety tether.
• your bedding, a pillow and towel is also included (if you stay onboard) along with suncream.

Your crew package excludes:

• accommodation ashore (approx: $800-$1,000 for 8 nights)
• meals ashore at restaurants
• flights and transport to and from departure and arrival ports
• alcohol
• toiletries
• clothing and wet weather gear.

Some crew will sleep on board and others will stay ashore. Its always recommended that you book flights with date flexibility incase of unforeseen changes due to weather or schedules. Accommodation options if you want to stay ashore: AirBNB, Booking.com, Wotif & HomeAway.