Steve Brewin became the Australian Champion for the 3rd time today at their 2016 Nationals at South Lake Macquarie Amateur Sailing Club. Finishing the last race in a close fought 2nd place, just pipping Nathan Outteridge after Darren Bundock had got the bullet. This was the 7th race of a series plagued by poor weather of both high and low wind and much heavy rain at the club in Sunshine (!), NSW.

After a day off due to torrential downpours, a window of opportunity opens for the race officers to squeeze a few races in.  Bob Griffits reports

Day 4 International A Class Catamaran Australian Championships.

 Racing resumed today on Lake Macquarie, after the disruption to the racing schedule, by strong winds, which had resulted in the cancellation of racing during the past two days.

It's time we repigeoned the Cattery

Arguably, the four most chilling words a man can hear are ‘We need to talk...’

But that is what we must do to ensure the future of the A-Class Cat, to ensure it does not get itself into an evolutionary dead end after 50+ years of innovative development.

After a windless rainy day resulted in a practice race cancellation, the Australian Nationals Day 1 get underway in a decent breeze at South Lake Macquarie, NSW. 3 Bullets for Stevie Brewin on his Exploder.  

Bob Griffiths reports on day 1

Two America's Cup stars set to race in a strong A-Class fleet in NSW.  Bob Griffiths reports

2016 AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL A CLASS CATAMARAN CHAMPIONSHIP.

The International A Class Catamaran Australian Championship will once again return and be sailed on the waters of Lake Macquarie.

The event was last held on the lake in 2012, and proved to be a memorable series, which featured a star, studied fleet of America’s Cup and Olympian sailors. James Spithill led a team from the Oracle America’s Cup Syndicate, and Glenn Ashby represented Team New Zealand.

From Holland Composites.  

We have been working with various partners in team DNA for the upcoming DNA A-cat development, again with DNA team rider Mischa Heemskerk (obviously) and designer Rudo Enserink who also worked with us on the G4 project.

For full story from Catsailing News - read here

Finally we have the full Punta Ala video release made by Nick Bowers for DNA! 

Check this out!

The 2015 A Class Year Review

The first event of 2015 was the Australian Nats at Lake Coolharaba on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.  In a range of conditions Brad Collet became the first National Champion of 2015 on an Exploder (J board), but Graeme Parker’s superbly sailed DNA (C) boat showed that the non-foilers were not quite dead yet, coming in 2nd, with Stephen Brayshaw 3rd on his Exploder (JZ).

Scheurer test pilot, Sandro Caviezel, unveils the latest foil designs for the Scheurer G7. 

Best Christmas Gift Ever 

My intention was to continue with some recaps of the past sailing season and the development we did so far but there are some news I would like to share.

As we are about to welcome you to the new A Class year, with it, we say a fond farewell to Martin Vanzulli who has now passed on the baton of IACA Web Editor to me, Gordon Upton.