Detail First declared overall winner of Tasports Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race 2020
by Jane Austin 30 Dec 2020 22:57 PST
27-31 December 2020
Detail First skipper Scott Broadby, and crew at today's prize giving presentation at the Derwent Sailing Squadron in Hobart. L to R: Tom Males, Callum Hollingsworth, James Butler, John Ryan, Will Sargent and Brian Corcoran, Scott Broadby and Max Cottier © Jane Austin
In a perfect end to 2020, Detail First, skippered by Hobart teacher Scott Broadby, was today declared the overall winner of the TasPorts Hobart to Launceston Yacht Race 2020.
The crew of Detail First, still coming to terms with their success, accepted the silverware from Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Kate Warner, AC, Governor of Tasmania, at the official prize-giving presentation at the Derwent Sailing Squadron today.
Detail First needed an entourage of trophy handlers after making an almost clean sweep of all handicap categories winning on IRC, PHS and AMS handicaps overall, and IRC, PHS and AMS handicaps in Division 2.
Duncan Hine and Luke Watkins, skipper and navigator of Alive, accepted the trophy for their line honours victory on behalf of owner Phillip Turner, while Mark Bayles, co-owner of Kraken 42s with Andrew Sinclair, accepted the trophy for the ORCi overall winner.
The Division 1 winner on IRC was Heatwave Brierley MC, skippered by Matthew Keal while Jazz Player, skippered by John Dryden, won Division 1 on AMS. Dream, the only interstate entry from Victoria, and skippered by Robert Green, took out Division 1 on PHS.
The presentations ended a dramatic race which saw two boats dismasted and retirements due to seasickness and rudder damage coupled with some exhilarating and fast racing. The camaraderie among the crews was palpable, as was the relief to be sailing in one of the most watched offshore races for 2020.
Find out more on the race website at l2h-dssinc.org.au