Race history Archives | Launceston to Hobart yacht race

RACE DIRECTOR INSIGHT

17/12/2019 L2H Admin No comments

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 […]

Jeff Cordell lining up for decade of L2H races

19/12/2017 L2H Admin No comments

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.

Three Tamar yachts, two Victorians in L2H fleet

19/12/2017 L2H Admin No comments

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.

New sponsor for 40th anniversary for King of the Derwent

29/11/2017 L2H Admin No comments

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.