Sail on

Lake Macquarie Yacht Club (LMYC) hosted the 2019 Accru Melges 24 Australian Championships to be held from 12 to 15 March.

The event was preceded by the NSW State Championships on 9 and 10 March.

The event drew a large contingent of Melges 24 competitors from South Australia where the nationals were very successfully held last year in Port Lincoln. Contenders from South Australia dominated last year’s podium with Sandy Higgins on Scorpius winning from Robin Deussen’s Red Mist and 14 foot skiff specialist Dave Alexander on The Farm.

New South Wales were also represented with past Australian champions competing, Andy Wharton on Accrewed Interest and Melges Asia Pacific Managing Director Heath Walters on Roger That with his young family team.