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Oskana crew eying Launceston to Hobart
Crack harbour and ocean racing yacht Oskana may contest this year’s Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race – if the young family of owner/skipper Mike Pritchard’s can convince him to enter the 280 nautical mile coastal offshore race. Oskana, a powerful Cookson 50 and arguably Tasmania’s fastest locally-based racing yacht, has been contesting the Combined Clubs […]
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VERTIGO DIZZY WITH SUCCESS
Its official, Victorian sailor Tim Olding and his crew sailing the Summit 35, Vertigo, was this afternoon declared the overall winner of the Riversdale Estate Wines L2H 2019. Official results were announced at today’s prize-giving at the Derwent Sailing Squadron with the trophy for overall winner and IRC divisional winner presented by Her Excellency Kate […]
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FORK IN THE ROAD HAS DONE IT AGAIN!
Hobart sailor Gary Smith has again taken out line honours in this year’s Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race. Smith sailing his Bakewell-White yacht Fork in the Road Yachting has defended his title for his 8th consecutive line honours win. Racing between Victorian yacht Dream, and Fork in the Road has been extremely close since […]
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VERTIGO TAKES THE LEAD ON HANDICAP
Veritgo, from the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria, has taken the handicap lead in this year’ s Launceston to Hobart Yacht race. The summit 35, owned by Tim Olding, is now leading Heatwave – Mumm 36 in IRC and AMS overnight. At 7am this morning Tim Olding reported that they had left the Mercury Passage after a beautiful dawn […]
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HEATWAVE HEATING UP THE FLEET ON DAY 2 OF L2H
Hobart yachtsman Matthew Keal’s Heatwave – Mumm 36 is heating up this year’s Launceston to Hobart yacht race as she chases down the current line honour front runners Gary Smith in Fork in the Road Yachting and Robert Green’s 50-footer Dream. Heatwave is currently sitting in 3rd position for line honours and 3rd on IRC. Heatwave made the transition […]
Continue ReadingImpressive start at Launceston to Hobart Race 2019
An impressive fleet of 19 yachts have crossed the start at Beauty Point for the 13th year of the Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart yacht race. Weather conditions for the 285 nautical mile race are favourable for both line honour favourites, Gary Smith’s, Fork in the Road and Ken Gourlay’s, radical Pogo 40, Green. […]
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Vertigo finalises tactics for the L2H Yacht Race
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 […]
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RAD REJIGGED AND READY TO RACE
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 […]
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RACE DIRECTOR INSIGHT
Apart from the challenges of sailing out of the Tamar into Bass Strait then eastwards across the North East Tasmanian coast, the first major obstacle to broach (no pun intended!) is passing through Banks Strait in order to head south down the East Coast. Of course Bass Strait, described by the Bureau of Meteorology as […]
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ALL CALM ON THE L2H FRONTLINE
Offshore racing can challenge even the hardiest sailors, but what motivates two outdoor adventurers used to climbing and skiing in rugged terrain to leave the land and turn to offshore sailing? Professor Ian Snape and Greg Kuehn had minimal sailing experience but have taken to sailing like ducks to water and are racing in this […]
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