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L2H start line moved down Tamar

27/12/2018 L2H Admin No comments

The start of the Riversdale Estate Wines L2H Yacht Race, scheduled for 09:00 hours today, has been postponed. The start line is being moved down the Tamar River to a new position either abeam of Low Head Lighthouse or into Bass Strait, east of the river entrance. Tamar Yacht Club race officer Tom Baines made […]

Family crew from Victoria on Saltair

26/12/2018 L2H Admin No comments

Melbourne medical professionals and enthusiastic sailors Sarah and Bernard Allard have twice contested the Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race as a two-handed crew, both times encountering severe storms that destroyed their hopes of success.

Light winds may see L2H start moved into Bass Strait

26/12/2018 L2H Admin No comments

Tamar Yacht Club and Derwent Sailing Squadron race officers are considering moving the starting line of tomorrow’s Riversdale Estate Wines L2H 2018 (Launceston to Hobart) yacht race nearer the mouth of the Tamar River, or even setting a line in Bass Strait, off Low Head.

Sailing in the wake of Bass & Flinders

21/12/2018 L2H Admin No comments

November 3 this year marked the 220-year anniversary of the historically significant discovery of Port Dalrymple, the starting area for next week’s Riversdale Estate Wines L2H Yacht Race Yacht Race. When the 26 boat fleet sets sail on Thursday, 27 December, the modern-day sailors will be traversing the six nautical miles between Beauty Point to […]

Force Eleven Enters L2H Race

20/11/2018 L2H Admin No comments

Tamar Yacht Club adventure sailor Tristian Gourlay has entered his much-travelled yacht Force Eleven in this year’s Launceston to Hobart (L2H) Yacht Race, lodging a late nomination yesterday. Gourlay and Jamie Cooper sailed Force Eleven, an Adams 11.9, in this year’s Melbourne to Osaka Two-handed Yacht Race. The gruelling voyage from Australia to Japan added […]

2018 ENTRY NOW OPEN

24/09/2018 L2H Admin No comments

The time has arrived.. entry is now open for the 2018 Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race. Go to the Race Documents page for all this years details.

Little Mako takes handicap treble

31/12/2017 L2H Admin No comments

Built 40 years ago of Tasmanian timbers, the 9.1m sloop Mako has made a clean sweep of handicap honours in the 285 nautical mile Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart yacht race.

The Fork in the Road’s line honours in L2H

31/12/2017 L2H Admin No comments

The Fork in the Road has taken line honours in the Riversdale Estate WInes Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race, crossing the finish just after six oçlock this evening.

Tilt retires from L2H with torn mainsail

29/12/2017 L2H Admin No comments

Last year’s line honours winner of the Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race, Peter Cretan’s Tilt, has been forced to retire from this year’s race with a torn mainsail.

Small boats head handicap standing

28/12/2017 L2H Admin No comments

With the fleet bunching up off the Freycinet Peninsula tonight, three of the smaller boats are now heading handicap standings in the Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart race.