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Near drama in L2H delivery
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.
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Past Winners of the Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race
LAUNCESTON TO HOBART YACHT RACE PAST WINNERS 2007 Starters: 17 IRC: Host Plus Executive, Mumm 36 (Jeff Cordell, BYC) Asylum, Sydney 38 (Dianne Barkas, RYCT/DSS) X-Rated, X-35 (David Creese, BYC) PHS: Host Plus Executive, Mumm 36 (Jeff Cordell, BYC) Haphazard, Adams/Radford 49 (Nick Edmunds, TYC) Lock on Wood, Dubois 9.5 (Peter Geeves, DSS) […]
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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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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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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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