Dash and drag for charity
Long weekend extravaganzaLake Macquarie, the country's largest salt-water lake on the NSW Central Coast, will see a vast assortment of sailing boats competing this weekend to raise funds for the NSW Cancer Council and Marine Rescue NSW.
The Heaven Can Wait yacht club will be staging its grueling 24-hour race and the quicker but equally tough One Lap Dash this weekend.
The One Lap Dash will see some of Australia's fastest foiling moths take on a bunch of top-flight eighteen footers and some of the east coast's fastest sportsboats.
The 24-hour race will see entrants battle fluky winds, strong tides and the occasional patch of skinny water as they circle the lake from midday Saturday to midday Sunday.
Each yacht competing in the Heaven Can Wait 24-hour race has to raise a minimum of $500 for charity as an entry fee and the One Lap dash entrants a minimum of $200.
World Laser champion Tom Slingsby will be the guest of honour at the welcome dinner on Friday night but it is not known if anyone can convince him to have a go at the One Lap Dash on Sunday.
The Swansea channel into Lake Macquarie has had more than three metres of clearance recently, so visiting yachts should have no trouble entering the lake.
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