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Colleen Darcy back aboard Absolut
Back in June this year, Colleen Darcy, one of Hobart’s foremost yachtswomen, helmed the borrowed Victorian yacht Absolut to near victory in the Australian Women’s Keelboat Championship on Port Phillip. Next Tuesday, 27 December, Colleen will be sailing again aboard Absolut in the 285 nautical mile National Pies 10th Launceston to Hobart, a testing offshore […]
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National Pies Launceston to Hobart web site
National Pies 10th Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race 2016 Start: 10.30am, 27 December, at Beauty Point A record fleet of 48 yachts has entered the National Pies 10th Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race, representing yacht clubs in the north and south of Tasmania and also including entries from Victoria and Queensland. The L2H is a […]
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Sponsor to compete in National Pies L2H
Foiler Moth champion sailor Rob Gough, arguably the fastest man afloat on the River Derwent, is going ocean yacht racing in late December, competing in the event his company sponsors, the 10th Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race. Gough is the current world masters champion in the high flying foiler Moths and is a past world […]
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Huon Valley Meat Co. Dishing Up @ 2016 Crew Party BBQ
With only 68 days until the start of the 2016 National Pies Launceston to Hobart and 22 days until close of entries we welcome aboard Huon Valley Meat Co. who will again be dishing up some juicy meats at the Crew Sponsor Party @ the dock on New Year’s Eve. Pop over to their Facebook […]
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Launie Launch on the Lawn
The Launie Launch on the Lawn party will be held on Sunday 30th October 2016 with kick off at 12noon. The event which will take place on the picturesque lawns of the Derwent Sailing Squadron will celebrate this year’s NATIONAL PIES Launceston to Hobart Yacht race. This year is the 10th anniversary of the Iconic […]
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2016 L2H Info Night
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Launceston to Hobart yacht race. The Derwent Sailing Squadron in conjunction with the Tamar Yacht Club will again conduct the race starting from Beauty Point on Tuesday 27th December 2016.
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Winner Off-Piste gets bridegroom to the church on time
Paul Einoder’s Beneteau Oceanis 34 Off-Piste has dominated handicap results in the 2015 National Pies Launceston to Hobart Yacht, today being named Overall winner, including taking first place on corrected time in both the AMS and IRC handicap divisions.
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L2H handicap results to favour smaller boats
Corrected time results for handicap honours in the Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race seem certain to favour smaller boats after the slowest elapsed time in the nine editions of the race since 2007.
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The Fork in the Road takes 5th L2H Line Honours
Former Olympic sailor Gary Smith today took line honours in the National Pies Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race with the Fork in the Road, for the fifth time – four consecutively – in what he described as ‘a real boat race’.
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The Fork in the Road leads around Tasman Island
Around sunrise this morning, The Fork in the Road led the fleet in the Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race around Tasman Island, at the same time breaking away from her nearest rival, Tilt.
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