The Bird Island Race is the shortest on the Blue Water Pointscore calendar, sending the fleet out through the Heads and up the coast to Bird Island, roughly three nautical miles north-east of Norah Head, before turning for home and a finish back in the harbour. At 83 nautical miles, it is over almost as soon as it begins. Here is how to follow it from home.
Every yacht in the fleet carries a GPS tracker, with positions updating on the race tracker throughout the day.
Keen to get a feel for how it might unfold? Last year's race is still available to replay. Master Lock Comanche led from start to finish to take line honours that day, while URM Group took the win on IRC.
Results are broken down across IRC, PHS, IRC Corinthian, Wild Rose IRC, Double Handed IRC and PHS, and Line Honours. Provisional standings typically appear about three hours after the start, then firm up as boats cross the line, though final placings may still be subject to change.
Those results feed straight into the season-long Pointscore standings, so Saturday's finishing order will shape how the series looks from here.
For the fuller picture, the Latest section carries the race preview, rolling updates through the day, start photos and video, and a wrap once the fleet is home. The Photos and Video tabs pull the best of the action together in one spot.
