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Elderly yacht Pukana battles on in L2H
As the leaders in the Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race, The Fork in the Road and Tilt, tonight sailed their final 100 nautical miles to the finish, the elderly yacht Pukana was plugging along, 40 to 50 nautical miles astern.
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Beauty Point to Low Head dash to Lawless
Port Dalrymple Yacht Club entrant, Lawless, the second lowest handicapped yacht in the fleet, has won the PHS division of Beauty Point to Low Dash in Sunday’s start of the National Pies Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race.
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Tilt regains L2H race lead overnight
The lead has changed in the Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race with light winds overnight enabling Peter Cretan’s Tilt to overtake Gary Smith’s race record-holder The Fork in the Road as they sail slowly down Tasmania’s East Coast this morning. Shortly after sunrise, the two biggest racing yachts in the fleet were within sight of […]
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Wily Gary Smith sails to early break on L2H fleet
Champion helmsman Gary Smith early this evening is driving his Launceston to Hobart Race record-holder, The Fork in the Road, across eastern Bass Strait in a bid to sail through the notorious Banks Strait before nightfall.
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Pleasant sailing for start of L2H today
Pleasannt sailing conditions have been forecast for the start of the 285 nautical Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race from Beauty Point on the Tamar River at 1.30pm today. And they should continue for most of race down the East Coast of Tasmania.
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Ultimate Challenge battling to start in L2H
The crew of Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race entrant Ultimate Challenge is making a valiant effort to reach Beauty Point in time for this afternoon’s start of the 285 nautical mile race after a week of frustrations in Hobart and on the delivery voyage up the East Coast.
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Rivals join forces for L2H race bid
Bellerive Yacht Club members Jeff Cordell and Ian Stewart are normally arch rivals when it comes to yacht racing, but on Sunday they will join forces in a bid to win the Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race.
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The Fork digs in for another L2H win
Hobart yachtsman Gary Smith is quietly confident he can emulate, or at least again achieve his sailing successes of last summer, by taking line honours for the fourth time in Tasmania’s longest offshore race, the Launceston to Hobart.
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Tilt in tune for Launceston to Hobart honours
Hobart yachtsman Peter Cretan has two loves – singing and sailing – but for the moment sailing in the Launceston to Hobart offshore race has taken priority over singing with the highly acclaimed Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (TSO) Choir.
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Launceston to Hobart 2015 – Race Facts
Race Facts Official Name: National Pies Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race 2015 Conducting Club: Derwent Sailing Squadron, Hobart, with the co-operation of the Tamar Yacht Club, Beauty Point. Start Time: 13:30 hours, 27 December 2014 Starting Line: From a line off Inspection Head Wharf, Beauty Point on the Tamar River. […]
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