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Family crew from Victoria on Saltair
Melbourne medical professionals and enthusiastic sailors Sarah and Bernard Allard have twice contested the Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race as a two-handed crew, both times encountering severe storms that destroyed their hopes of success.
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Light winds may see L2H start moved into Bass Strait
Tamar Yacht Club and Derwent Sailing Squadron race officers are considering moving the starting line of tomorrow’s Riversdale Estate Wines L2H 2018 (Launceston to Hobart) yacht race nearer the mouth of the Tamar River, or even setting a line in Bass Strait, off Low Head.
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Sailing in the wake of Bass & Flinders
November 3 this year marked the 220-year anniversary of the historically significant discovery of Port Dalrymple, the starting area for next week’s Riversdale Estate Wines L2H Yacht Race Yacht Race. When the 26 boat fleet sets sail on Thursday, 27 December, the modern-day sailors will be traversing the six nautical miles between Beauty Point to […]
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Former Sydney Hobart winners in L2H fleet
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 […]
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Force Eleven Enters L2H Race
Tamar Yacht Club adventure sailor Tristian Gourlay has entered his much-travelled yacht Force Eleven in this year’s Launceston to Hobart (L2H) Yacht Race, lodging a late nomination yesterday. Gourlay and Jamie Cooper sailed Force Eleven, an Adams 11.9, in this year’s Melbourne to Osaka Two-handed Yacht Race. The gruelling voyage from Australia to Japan added […]
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Fine fleet of 26 entered for L2H race
A fine fleet of 26 yachts has entered for this year’s Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart race, the 285 nautical mile race along the rugged northern and eastern coastline of Tasmania. Yachts from southern and northern clubs, and one from Victoria, will contest Tasmania’s longest offshore race, a highly successful venture now its 12th […]
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Opening on the Lawn
The official opening of the Riversdale Estate Launceston to Hobart yacht race will be hosted on the pristine Squadron lawns nestled on the banks of the Derwent River on Sunday 11 November.
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Bigger & Better Launch on the Lawn..
To celebrate this year’s Riversdale Estate Launceston to Hobart race, the DSS is again holding a Launch on the Lawn.
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2018 ENTRY NOW OPEN
The time has arrived.. entry is now open for the 2018 Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race. Go to the Race Documents page for all this years details.
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Little Mako takes handicap treble
Built 40 years ago of Tasmanian timbers, the 9.1m sloop Mako has made a clean sweep of handicap honours in the 285 nautical mile Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart yacht race.
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