Past Winners of the Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race

LAUNCESTON TO HOBART YACHT RACE

                PAST WINNERS

2007

Starters: 17

IRC:

1. Host Plus Executive, Mumm 36 (Jeff Cordell, BYC)
2. Asylum, Sydney 38 (Dianne Barkas, RYCT/DSS)
3. X-Rated, X-35 (David Creese, BYC)

PHS:

1. Host Plus Executive, Mumm 36 (Jeff Cordell, BYC)
2. Haphazard, Adams/Radford 49 (Nick Edmunds, TYC)
3. Lock on Wood, Dubois 9.5 (Peter Geeves, DSS)

Line honours:

Host Plus Executive, Mumm 36 (Jeff Cordell, BYC) 1 day 18 hrs 33 min 00 sec.

2008

Starters: 30

IRC:

1. Creese Property, Sydney 38 (David Creese, BYC)
2. Asylum, Sydney 38 (Dianne Barkas, RYCT/DSS)
3. Archie, Archambault 35 (Sally Rattle, DSS)

PHS:

1. Creese Property, Sydney 38 (David Creese, BYC)
2. Asylum, Sydney 38 (Dianne Barkas, RYCT/DSS)
3. Haphazard, Adams/Radford 49 (Nick Edmunds, TYC)

Line honours: Crotty Legal & Dental, Bakewell-White 45 (Gary Smith, DSS/RYCT)

1 day 09 hrs 33 min 58 sec. (Race record for original course when the race was started from Low Head).

2009

Starters: 33

IRC:

1. Pisces, Sydney 36 (David Taylor, RYCT)
2. Whistler, MBD 36 (David Rees, RYCT)
3. The Fork in the Road, Bakewell-White 45 (Gary Smith, DSS/RYCT)

AMS:

1. Whistler, MBD 36 (David Rees, RYCT)
2. Pisces, Sydney 36 (David Taylor, RYCT)
3. Blue Sky, Beneteau 40.7 (Richard Fisher, TYC)

PHS:

1. Blue Sky, Beneteau 40.7 (Richard Fisher, TYC)
2. Whistler, MBD 36 (David Rees, RYCT)
3. 42 South, Stompcraft 38 (Mark Ballard, BYC)

Multi-hull:

1. Deguello, Crowther 14.6 (John Brierley, RYCT)
2. Storm Bay, Chamberlain 14 (Stephen Laird, RYCT)

Line honours:  Mr Kite, Cape/Barrett 40 (Andrew Hunn, RYCT 1 day 22 hrs 10 min 51 sec

2010

Starters: 31

Overall:

1. Footloose, Young 88 (Stewart Geeves & Kaye Roberts, DSS/RYCT)

AMS:

1. 2 Unlimited, Melges 32 (Greg Prescott, RYCT)
2. Lock on Wood, Dubois 9.5 (Peter Geeves, DSS)
3. Wings Three, Northshore 38 (Peter Haros, DSS)

IRC:

1. Intrigue, Castro 40 (David Calvert, RYCT)
2. 2 Unlimited, Melges 32 (Greg Prescott, RYCT)
3. Matangi, Frers 39 (David Stephenson,TYC)

PHS:

1. Lock on Wood, Dubois 9.5 (Peter Geeves, DSS)
2. 2 Unlimited, Melges 32 (Greg Prescott, RYCT)
3. Wings Three, Northshore 38 (Peter Haros, DSS)

Line honours: Mr Kite, Cape/Barrett 40 (Andrew Hunn, RYCT) 1 day 16 hrs 44 min 13 sec.

2011

Starters: 31

Overall:

1. Masquerade, Morgan 35 (Tony Harman, BYC)

AMS:

1. Masquerade, Morgan 35 (Tony Harman, BYC)
2. Archie, Archambault 35 (Sally Rattle, DSS)
3. Host Plus Executive, Mumm 36 (Jeff Cordell, BYC)

IRC:

1. Archie, Archambault 35 (Sally Rattle, DSS)
2. Pisces, Sydney 36 mod (David Taylor, RYCT)
3. Penfold Audi Sport, Archambault 31 (David Ellis, RYCV)

PHS:

1. Masquerade, Morgan 35 (Tony Harman, BYC)
2. Allusive, Lyons 14 (John Royce, TYC)
3. Ramrod, Kaufman 36 (Royce Salter, RYCT)

Line honours:

Helsal 3,  Adams 20 (Rob Fisher, RYCT) 1 day 16 hrs 22 mint 18 sec (race record for longer course of 285 nautical miles, with the race starting from Beauty Point).

2012

Starters: 27

Overall:

1. Penfold Audi Sport, Archambault 31 (David Ellis, RYCV)

AMS:

1. Penfold Audi Sport, Archambault 31 (David Ellis, RYCV)
2. Hot Prospect, Farr 1104 (Ian Marshall, GBBC)
3. Moonshadow, Lotus 10.6 (Anthony Ellis, DSS)

IRC:

1. Penfold Audi Sport, Archambault 31 (David Ellis, RYCV)
2. The Fork in the Road, Bakewell-White 45 (Gary Smith, RYCT, DSS)
3. The Protagonist, Beneteau First 40 (Stuart Denny, BYC)

PHS:

1. Moonshadow, Lotus 10.6 (Anthony Ellis, DSS)
2. Penfold Audi Sport, Archambault 32 (David Ellis, RYCV)
3. Obsession, Sydney 38 (David Allen, TYC)

Line honours:

The Fork in the Road, Bakewell-White 45 (Gary Smith, RYCT/DSS) 1 day 17 hrs 53 min 00 sec.

2013:

Starters: 26

Overall:

The Fork in the Road, Bakewell-White 45 (Gary Smith, RYCT/DSS)

AMS:   1. The Fork in the Road, Bakewell-White 45 (Gary Smith, RYCT/DSS)

2.Fish Frenzy, Farr 50 (Stephen Keal, BYC)

3.CDC Development (Tas) Hot Prospect, Farr 1104 (Ian Marshall, GGBC)

IRC:

1. The Fork in the Road, Bakewell-White 45 (Gary Smith, RYCT/DSS)

(only finisher in this category)

PHS:

1. Bellandean, Jarkan 39 (Andrew Scott, HYC)
2. The Fork in the Road, Bakewell-White 45 (Gary Smith, RYCT/DSS)
3. Fish Frenzy, Farr 50 (Stephen Keal, BYC)

(only seven finishers in fleet)

Line honours:

The Fork in the Road, Bakewell-White 45 (Gary Smith/G White, RYCT/DSS) 1 day 23 hrs 22 min 48 sec.

Kaiulani has sailed in every L2H race.

2014:

Starters: 20

Overall:

Steelin Time,  Knoop 32 (Allan Warren, GBBC)

AMS:   1.   Steelin Time,  Knoop 32 (Allan Warren, GBBC)

2. Off-Piste, Beneteau Oceanis 34 (Paul Einoder, RYCT)
3. Silicon Ship, Knoop 32 (David Wyatt & Gordon Clark, BYC)

PHS:   1.   Off-Piste, Beneteau Oceanis 34 (Paul Einoder, RYCT)

2. Steelin Time, Knoop 32 (Allan Warren, GBBC)
3. Kaiulani, Snook 30 (Malcolm Cooper, DSS)

IRC:    1.    Kaiulani, Snook 30 (Malcolm Cooper, DSS)

2. Off-Piste, Beneteau Oceanis 34 (Paul Einoder, RYCT)
3. The Fork in the Road, Bakewell-White 45 (Gary Smith./G White)

Line Honours:

The Fork in the Road, Bakewell-White 45 (Gary Smith./G White, RYCT/DSS) 1 day 12 minutes 48 minutes 35 seconds. (Race Record)

2015:

Starters: 28
Overall:

Off-Piste, Beneteau Oceanis 34 (Paul Einoder, RYCT)

AMS:   1. Off-Piste, Beneteau Oceanis 34 (Paul Einoder, RYCT)

2.Emotional Rescue, Hobie 33 (Michael Hutchinson, DSS)

3.Silicon Ship, Knoop 31 (David Wyatt & Gordon Clark, BYC)

PHS:   1. Lawless, Green 31 (Stephen McElwee, PDYC)

2.Off-Piste,  Beneteau Oceancis 34 (Paul Einoder, RYCT)

3.Silicon Ship, Knoop 31 (David Wyatt & Gordon Clark, BYC)

IRC:     1. Off-Piste, Beneteau Oceanis 34 (Paul Einoder, RYCT)

2.Martela, IMX 38 (Tony Williams, BYC)

3.Kaiulani, Snook 30 (Malcolm Cooper, DSS)

Line Honours:

The Fork in the Road (Gary Smith & G White, RYCT) – 2 days 00 hours 00 minutes and 43 seconds.

NOTES:

Clubs:  DSS (Derwent Sailing Squadron), TYC (Tamar Yacht Club), RYCT (Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania), BYC (Bellerive Yacht Club), HYC (Huon Yacht Club), RYCV (Royal Yacht Club of Victoria), GGBC (Geilston Bay Boat Club).

• As from 2009, the start was moved from Low Head, at the mouth of the Tamar River, to off Inspection Head wharf at Beauty Point, giving the race an official distance of 285 nautical miles.
• The official race record is 1 day 12 hours 18 minutes and 35 seconds, set by The Fork in the Road in 2014.
• For the 2015 race, the Race Committee will have the power to move the start line down the river towards Low Head in the event of light winds.
• Under L2H race rules, the Overall winner is the yacht with the lowest corrected time under AMS rated handicaps.  Since 2011, the Overall winner is also eligible to win the trophy for first place in the AMS division.

Updated 22 December 2016 by Peter Campbell – peter_campbell@bigpond.com