Help Raise Funds for the Alfred's Community Sailing Program & Hansa Class World Champions
Put your best sailor forward!
Sail for a Cause! Join the Hansa World Championship Pittwater Charity Race.
Limited boats are available! Don’t miss your chance to sail for a great cause.
Time’s ticking! Sign up now for the Hansa Charity Race.
Event Details:
The race will be held in the Hansa Class 303 either sailed 2 handed or single handed and will be a charity sprint race from RPA to Palm Beach. The race is open to all sailors, families, friends, and celebrities!
Enter individually or as part of a Team and put your best sailor(s) forward to race under your Team banner.
Confirmation of a Team or individual entry is via entry fee payment to the Australian Sports Foundation Alfred’s Community Sailing Project page, all entries are tax-deductible with a recipe being issued at the time of the entry donation.
Entry Fee: $5000 (tax-deductible), Entry can be as a ‘Team’ or ‘Individual(s)’. Includes Friday’s post-race BBQ at Sandy Beach and 2 Tickets to Saturday’s Commodore’s Gala Dinner
Additional BBQ tickets for spectators and support crews are available.
Race Date: Friday 15 November, 2024
Starting: RPAYC – South of Scotland Island
Finishing: Palm Beach Red Pile
Race briefing 1230hrs, race start 1300hrs. Followed by a BBQ on the shores of Sandy Beach, Palm Beach (Pittwater). Road access via Iluka Road.
Entry funds go directly to the Alfred’s Community Sailing Project, Hansa Worlds 2025 event.
What is a Hansa 303 Dinghy
The Hansa 303 is ideal for those sailors who wish to take their sailing more seriously. Compared to the Hansa 2.3, this boat has a taller rig with the addition of a jib so there are two extra control lines to handle. A heavier centreboard along with the same steering and similar hull characteristics to the smaller 2.3 ensures these boats are also extremely safe and easy to sail.
The Hansa 303 will balance perfectly when sailed single-handed, but is still fun and responsive when sailed by two adults. The 303 is an inexpensive, very versatile, exciting, yet very comfortable boat to sail.
There are over 1100 Hansa 303’s sailing in 28 countries and it is an World Sailing (WS) Class.
Specifications
Length | 3.03 m |
Beam | 1.35 m |
Draft | 1.1 m |
Weight | 62 kg (+ Keel 30 kg) |
Sail Plan | Mainsail & free standing self tacking Jib |
Sail Area | Total area – 5.8 sq mMain-4.4sq m (Reefs to 0.5 )Jib – 1.4 sq m (full roller reefing) |
Mast | Main – Unstayed 4.75 mJib – Unstayed 2.85 m |
Capacity | 160 kg |