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Fleet finally picks up speed off East Coast

28/12/2017 L2H Admin No comments

After a night virtually stuck in a windless Banks Strait, the front runners in the Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart have finally “turned the corner” and are heading down the East Coast before a fresh northerly breeze.

The Fork in Road powers to lead in L2H

27/12/2017 L2H Admin No comments

Olympic sailor and world dinghy champion Gary Smith has steered race record holder The Fork in the Road to a commanding lead in the Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart yacht race.

Pukana – oldest and smallest in L2H

26/12/2017 L2H Admin No comments

Launched in 1973 and just 8.6 metres LOA (length overall) Pukana is the oldest and smallest boat starting in today’s Launceston to Hobart Race.

Sassy set for L2H race debut

26/12/2017 L2H Admin No comments

The White family have been living, playing cricket and football and sailing at Beauty Point on the Tamar River for generations, and today the Whites will be on the water again, competing in the 11th Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race.

Past Winners of the Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race

22/12/2016 L2H Admin No comments

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) […]

Colleen Darcy back aboard Absolut

22/12/2016 L2H Admin No comments

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 […]

National Pies Launceston to Hobart web site

20/12/2016 L2H Admin No comments

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 […]

Sponsor to compete in National Pies L2H

19/12/2016 L2H Admin No comments

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 […]

Winner Off-Piste gets bridegroom to the church on time

31/12/2015 L2H Admin No comments

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.

L2H handicap results to favour smaller boats

30/12/2015 L2H Admin No comments

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.