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Fathers and sons all aboard L2H yacht
Tamar Yacht Club entry Ocean Freeway in next week’s Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race will be sailed by a crew comprising three fathers and four of their teenage sons, plus the boys’ school teacher.
Continue ReadingOld crew back for Team Whistler
David Aplin, the new owner/skipper of Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race contender Team Whistler, has no plans about taking the helm during next week’s long offshore race. “I’ve been the mastman on Whistler and other yachts for years and that’s where I intend to be mostly during this race,” Aplin said yesterday. “I have three […]
Continue ReadingJeff Cordell lining up for decade of L2H races
This year’s Riverstone Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race will be the 11th edition, but for prominent Bellerive Yacht Club member Jeff Cordell and two of his crew of B&G Advantage this will be the their 10th.
Continue ReadingThree Tamar yachts, two Victorians in L2H fleet
Three yachts from the Tamar are among the 24 entries for this year’s Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race, along with two entries from Melbourne.
Continue ReadingCall for Volunteers
With only 14 days to race start the call is out for volunteers to join us in the fun at the Riversdale Estate Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race ~ Race Village right in the middle of the action at the Hobart docks where both the Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race and 2017 Melbourne to Hobart “Westcoaster” Yacht Race competitors will be moored […]
Continue ReadingNew sponsor for 40th anniversary for King of the Derwent
Hobart’s iconic yachting event, the King of the Derwent, in January next year will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first KOD, with a new sponsor, Derwent Boat Sales.
Continue ReadingCommodore’s Cup to Tamar Yacht Club
The Derwent Sailing Squadron and the Tamar Yacht Club today launched the Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race 2017, with Hobart’s Lord Mayor Sue Hickey doing the honours.
Continue ReadingLaunch on the Lawn announced
On Sunday 12th November the DSS will be hosting the launch of the 11th Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race proudly sponsored by Riversdale Estate Wines.
Continue ReadingRiversdale Estate Wine to sponsor L2H Race
Three Tasmanian enterprises, the Derwent Sailing Squadron, the Tamar Yacht Club and Riversdale Estate Wines, have joined forces to conduct and promote the 2017 Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race, known as the L2H.
Continue ReadingEmotional Rescue, Mr Burger share L2H victory
Emotional Rescue (Michael Hutchinson) and Mr Burger (Wings Three) have been declared joint overall winners of the National Pies 10th Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race.
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