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Inaugural winner Hitchhiker to return for 25th Anniversary Edition of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.(news)(Brief article)
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Offshore Yachting
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April 1, 2008
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Hitchhiker, the Champion Yacht at the inaugural Hamilton Island Race Week in 1984 and one of Australia's most famous ocean racing yachts of that era, is to return for the Audi sponsored 25th anniversary edition of the regatta in August this year.
West Australian yachtsman Peter Briggs, who has retained ownership since he had the 41-footer built in 1980, announced today that he had initiated plans to transport Hitchhiker by road from Perth so he and his crew can be part of this year's Silver Jubilee.
Designed by Argentina's German Frets, Hitchhiker was one of the first ocean racing yachts built using a lightweight Kevlar/foam composite ...