Hands Across the Blue at Shag Islet
Shag Islet Cruising Yacht Club hosts its rendezvous with a new charity event attracting 200-plus boatsThis weekend (August 27-28, 2016), the Shag Islet Cruising Yacht Club (SICYC) will host its annual rendezvous in Gloucester Passage, Whitsundays, Queensland. A significant activity at the 2016 SICYC Rendezvous is "Hands Across the Blue" for Prostate Cancer.
This activity is scheduled to take place in the shallows off the beach of Montes Reef Resort today (Saturday August 27) at 11am. During this event, attending yachties from over 200 visiting vessels gather in their dinghies on the water holding "Hands across the Blue" in the shape of the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) logo.
The Superyacht Norseman features as the platform for the event hosting VIP Guests with Abell Point Marina providing entertainment. The intention of this event is to create awareness of Prostate Cancer, and to establish Hands Across the Blue as an activity that takes place in boating, fishing, skiing and surfing communities each year on the last Saturday of August.
The special guest at the event this year will be distinguished professor Judith Clements AC. In 2015, Judith was awarded Companion of the Order of Australia on the Queen’s Birthday honours list, being recognised for her outstanding contribution to the field of biomedical research, particularly prostate cancer. Judith will be supported at the event by her colleague professor Adrian Herington.
Joining professors Clements and Herington, will be Councilor Andrew Wilcox (Major – Whitsunday Regional Council), Jason Costigan MP and other state/ local government officials, community leaders and tourism industry representatives.
The 2016 SICYC Rendezvous, which started on Thursday (August 25) and runs all weekend, includes: meet and greet drinks and entertainment, crab races, thai chi on the beach, the Shag Islet annual party with a kite theme, competition and prizes for best dressed boats by day and night, the iconic Parrot Head party, fireworks display, ‘pirate treasure’ auctions/ raffles (major prize this year is a parrot head wrapped HQ holden car), finishing with a pirates’ farewell lunch on Sunday.
SICYC ‘pop up’ coconut radio will be broadcasting live from the event all weekend on 89.5FM. Bringing like-minded boaties together in the paradise of the Whitsunday Islands, this popular event promises a vibrant, colorful four days of frivolity and fun for a great cause.
You can read more about this terrific annual event and tradition at the official Shag Islet Cruising Yacht Club website, see www.sicyc.com.au. If not this year, then make a diary note for next.
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