Tagged: “Peter Campbell”
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.
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Old 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 […]
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Jeff 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.
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Three 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.
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New 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.
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Commodore’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.
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Riversdale 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.
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Emotional 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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Philosopher crowned King of the Derwent
Shaun Tiedemann’s Philosopher yesterday proved herself to be this summer’s champion yacht of Hobart’s River Derwent, out-sailing a crack fleet to become King of the Derwent for 2016.
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Mostly last, but never least
On a Sunday afternoon in early November, the little orange-hulled yacht Kaiulani finally crossed the finish line of the 180 nautical mile Maria Island Race, more than 43 hours and 18 minutes after the start from Castray Esplanade the previous Friday evening.
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