Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race- 33 yachts to contest race

by Peter Campbell on 22 Dec 2010 The 2010 Sargisons Jewellers & Natuzzi Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race will start next Monday, 27 December 2010.

33 yachts from northern and southern Tasmanian yacht clubs will contest the race, which starts at 3.00pm. The start line is on the Tamar River, off Inspection Head wharf, Beauty Point. The race will be conducted by the Derwent Sailing Squadron in conjunction with Tamar Yacht Club.

The Skippers’ race briefing will be held at 11.00am at the Tamar Yacht Club Beauty Point clubhouse.

The Sargisons Jewellers & Natuzzi Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race is 285 nautical miles from Beauty Point on the Tamar River, sailing east into Bass Strait, through Banks Strait, leaving Swan Island to starboard, and thence down the Tasmanian East Coast, leaving Maria Island to port (sailing through the Mercury Passage), leaving Tasman Island to starboard, across Storm Bay to the Iron Pot, thence up the River Derwent to the finish off Castray Esplanade, Hobart.

Brian Wightman MP, Minister for Sport & Recreation, and Albert van Zetten, Mayor of Launceston, from Inspection Head wharf are the official starters.

The media and the public can follow the race in real time on Ocean Tracker by logging into www.l2h.com.au/ and clicking on Ocean Tracker.

Sargisons Jewellers & Natuzzi Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race 

Sail No.	Yacht	Design	Owner/skipper	Club	Division
137	Kaiulani	Snook 30	Malcolm Cooper	RYCT	PHS AMS
A6	Dump Truck	Ker 11.3	Justin Wells & Edward Fader	RYCT	PHS AMS IRC
3835	Easy Street	Adams 10.5	Syndicate	BYC	PHS AMS
5441	Host Plus Executive	Mumm 36 mod	Jeff Cordell	BYC	PHS AMS IRC
Sm6083	Ciao Baby II	Sydney 38	Steve Chau & Lyle Borlase	DSS	PHS AMS IRC
3733	Wild West*	Runnels 9.9	Michael Denny	DSS	2-Handed
3952	Moonshadow	Wright 10.6	Anthony Ellis	DSS	PHS AMS
VC5974	Helsal V	Beneteau 40.7	Rob & Sally Smith	DSS	PHS AMS
H100	Lock on Wood	Dubois 9.5	Peter Geeves	DSS	PHS AMS
TYC45	Believe – Sundance Marine	Beneteau 45	Richard & Katrina Fisher	TYC	PHS
1331	Silver Mist	Farr 37	Andrew Sutherland	RYCT	PHS AMS IRC
PD500	Haphazard	Radford 14	Nick Edmunds	PDYC	PHS
3938	Wings Three	Northshore38	Peter Haros	DSS	PHS AMS
PD147	Advantedge	Inglis 14.3	Andrew Jones	PDYC	PHS AMS
5350	Matangi	Frers 39 custom	David Stephenson	TYC	IRC AMS
6806	Blue Chip	Beneteau 11.9	Stuart Denny	BYC	PHS AMS
H400	Tilt	Hanse 40	Peter Cretan	RYCT	PHS
A40	Intrigue	Castro 40	David Calvert	RYCT	PHS AMS IRC
763	Prion*	Lyons 30	Michael Viney	DSS	2-Handed
B3806	Granny Apple	Farr 1104	Allan Warren	GBYC	PHS AMS
350	Pyxis	Northshore 38	Chris Hadrill	DSS	PHS
Sm28	Lawless	Green 31	Stephen McElwee	PDYC	AMS
6197	Pisces	Farr 37	David Taylor	RYCT	PHS IRC
6868	Prima Dona	Hick 35	Martin Norman	KYC	PHS
2801	Piong Bokunani	Hanse 44	Bob Willis	RYCT	PHS
4630	Hot August Night	Lexcen 33	Nat Morgan	DSS	PHS AMS
B2580	Don’t Panic	Beneteau 40	Rob McKelland	PDYC	PHS AMS
AUS216	2 Unlimited	Melges 32	Greg Prescott	RYCT	PHS AMS IRC
6522	Mr Kite	Cape/Barrett440	Andrew Hunn	RYCT	PHS AMS IRC
881	Footloose	Young 88	Stewart Geeves & Kaye Roberts	DSS	PHS AMS
M88	Hot Prospect	Farr 1104	Ian Marshall	GBYC	PHS AMS
1	Trouble	Anderson 9.2	Dave Willans	BYC	PHS
325	Sassy	Bavaria 38	Murray Wilkes	DSS	PHS IRC