Cross Cook Strait Wine Race

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The date for the Wineworks sponsored Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc Yacht Race has been set for 6 November. This will be thirteenth year for the race across Cook Strait.

 

Starting at the entrance to the Tory Channel in the Marlborough Sounds, skippers must be the first to deliver the new vintage of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc wine to Wellington.

 

Last year 24 yachts sailed in 25 knot winds and 4 mtr sea to safely transport a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc from one of thirty Marlborough wineries.

 

The event has become a highlight on the New Zealand offshore yacht race calendar and the organisers are expecting an even larger fleet this year.

 

For more info: waikawa boating club and winerace.co.nz .