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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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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 […]
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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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SAILING, A FAMILY AMBITION
Sailing in this year’s Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart (L2H) race marks a milestone for young Launceston sailor Sam Jones, who will be competing in his first overnight offshore race. Sam, 16 years, is the son of skipper Michael and Mel Jones and is excited to be sailing with his father, his uncle Andrew […]
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Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart (L2H) 2019 – Race Preview
Derwent Sailing Squadron Race Director, Ron Bugg, is delighted with the number of entries in this year’s Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart (L2H) race and anticipates plenty of rivalry on the water in Tasmania’s longest offshore yacht race. “We have three Victorian entries, four from Launceston, and 14 southern entries. Last year’s line honours […]
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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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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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