18 Footer - 100th Australian Championship - Sydney AUS- Day 1

Gusty winds of up to 20kts made for challenging conditions early this morning at the start of the Australian 18-Footer Championship, which will be contested with daily races from today until Tuesday. ----- 'Andoo' with Seve Jarvin AUS at the helm came through despite a capsize at the start of the race to win clear ahead of 'SMEG' (Michael Coxon AUS) and the favorite 'Tech-2' with Jack Macartney AUS, who after a poor start managed to move up to third. ----- We will be live streaming the races daily from 4 am. ----- The replay of the 1st race. Rankings and daily reports should be available soon on the event-website. A first report.