Who needs water to go sailing? Assa Abloy's Henley-on-Todd takes place in the centre of Australia at Alice Springs on 16 September 2006. The fact that the town is 1,500 km's from the nearest large body of water is not seen as a problem.
Watching seemingly sane people race in bottomless "eights", "oxford tubs", "bath tubs" and yachts through the deep coarse sand of the Todd River provides an unique spectacle amongst world sporting events. The multi-event program attracts many local and international participants from the audience who often finish up on world TV news paddling canoes with sand shovels and in "land lubber" events like filling empty 44 gallon drums with sand.
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