Heaven Can Wait Yacht Race

The Heaven Can Wait 24 hour race was conceived and promoted by Lake Macquarie resident, keen sailor and cancer survivor Shaun Lewicki as a major annual sailing event on the lake, to promote sailing, the Lake Macquarie/Newcastle/Hunter region – and to raise funds for cancer research.


The inaugural Heaven Can Wait 24 hour race was held on Lake Macquarie during the 2006 October Labour Day Long Weekend and attracted over 30 boats. In 2007, it was again held on Labour Day Long Weekend with the fleet almost doubling in size.


The 2009 event raised a record amount of funds -- nearly $25,000 -- for our charities, the NSW Cancer Council, Hunter Region, and the Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol Lake Macquarie Division.
The 2010 event, the fifth Heaven Can Wait 24 Hour Yacht Race and One Lap Dash have been scheduled by the Heaven Can Wait Yacht Club and Toronto Royal Motor Yacht Club for October 2-3, 2010 and a significant growth in fleet size is again expected.


If you own a sailboat that can comply with YA’s Category 5N requirements, start planning now to come along and make your own little bit of history on NSW’s Lake Macquarie during the October 2010 Long Weekend.
Proceeds of the 2010 will again benefit the NSW Cancer Council and the Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol (now Marine Rescue NSW).

Click on linky for more information...

As luck would have it, a mate was looking for crew and i thought it'd be a great excuse to drag the family and the new caravan up the Hume for a quick trip. So i'm going in the One Lap Dash, which is 28nm race anticipated to take about 5 or 6 hours ???. Should be plenty of fun, with serious bragging rights for skippers up for grabs!!


So if you feel like donating to a good cause and don't know anybody competing...feel free to donate in the name of the boat i'll be crewing on... 

http://www.everydayhero.com.au/viva_la_vida2010