Boat profile Archives | Launceston to Hobart yacht race

Vertigo finalises tactics for the L2H Yacht Race

23/12/2019 L2H Admin No comments

The reputation of the Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart (L2H) Yacht Race as a tactical race with lots of turning points, tides and currents to juggle, is what has drawn Victorian team, Vertigo, to the start line for the first time. Skipper Tim Olding, representing the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria, has received glowing reports […]

RAD REJIGGED AND READY TO RACE

18/12/2019 L2H Admin No comments

Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart (L2H) entrant, RAD, will be back on the start line of the 2019 race hoping for more than an ounce of luck on the journey south after an early exit in 2018. RAD, a Radford 35 skippered by Brent Mckay from the Kettering Yacht Club (KYC), was dismasted in last year’s race and […]

SAILING, A FAMILY AMBITION

04/12/2019 L2H Admin No comments

Sailing in this year’s Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart (L2H) race marks a milestone for young Launceston sailor Sam Jones, who will be competing in his first overnight offshore race. Sam, 16 years, is the son of skipper Michael and Mel Jones and is excited to be sailing with his father, his uncle Andrew […]

Former Sydney Hobart winners in L2H fleet

16/12/2018 L2H Admin No comments

This year’s 26-boat fleet for the Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart Race certainly can boast some class, including two past overall winners of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and a runner-up in the famous bluewater classic. The heydays of L2H 2018 entrants, Filepro, Ultimate Challenge and Lawless, go back many years but these evergreen […]

Fathers and sons all aboard L2H yacht

23/12/2017 L2H Admin No comments

Tamar Yacht Club entry Ocean Freeway in next week’s Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race will be sailed by a crew comprising three fathers and four of their teenage sons, plus the boys’ school teacher.

Old crew back for Team Whistler

22/12/2017 L2H Admin No comments

David Aplin, the new owner/skipper of Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race contender Team Whistler, has no plans about taking the helm during next week’s long offshore race. “I’ve been the mastman on Whistler and other yachts for years and that’s where I intend to be mostly during this race,” Aplin said yesterday. “I have three […]

Jeff Cordell lining up for decade of L2H races

19/12/2017 L2H Admin No comments

This year’s Riverstone Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race will be the 11th edition, but for prominent Bellerive Yacht Club member Jeff Cordell and two of his crew of B&G Advantage this will be the their 10th.

Near drama in L2H delivery

24/12/2016 L2H Admin No comments

The winning yacht in the inaugural Launceston to Hobart race came close to missing this year’s 10th annual event during its delivery voyage from Hobart to Beauty Point last weekend.