Blue Water Tracks

Yacht race tracking.

Yacht racing and rally organises now have a very cost effective way to provide a public race map. Families, friends and the media can follow along with the action, including replays, boat and crew bio's with hero photos. Through the Blue Water Tracks portal, race and rally organiser have a full management dashboard that enables them to quick setup and easily control every aspect of the tracked progress along with the public map showing leaderboards and race statistics.

Crew Manage crew photos and bio

Graphs Compare boat performance

Leader Boards Display the boats race position

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Trackers Use low cost trackers

Handicaps Unlimited handicaps

Replay Replay the race

Admin Simple administration and full control of the race

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GETTING STARTED

Purchase your inReach trackers from Amazon . If using the phone app, go to step three

Activate your inReach device with Delorme

Sign up for your race organisers account account here

Add your trackers, crews and boats into your Blue Water Tracks account

Create a race and assign each boat a tracker

Publish the public race page link

Once the the race is set up, Blue Water Tracks will collect the positions and vector data from each tracker and display the boats progress through the live public race page.

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List of current races

Race Name Start Time Distance Boats Crews Location
2024-03-09 03:00 114 33 187 Australia
2023-12-27 13:00 440 15 99 Australia
2023-11-03 18:00 195 32 137 Australia
2023-03-10 17:00 114 32 240 Australia
2022-12-27 12:00 440 50 350 Australia
2022-03-11 15:00 114 41 276 Australia
2021-12-27 14:30 440 9 57 Australia
2021-12-27 14:30 195 5 23 Australia
2021-04-02 06:30 135 8 44 Australia
2021-03-21 01:45 114 30 203 Australia
2020-12-27 11:15 195 22 129 Australia
2020-03-07 00:30 114 22 152 Australia
2019-12-27 14:30 440 6 31 Australia
2019-12-27 14:30 195 10 57 Australia
2019-11-02 00:05 152 22 175 Australia
2019-09-21 10:00 283 8 20 Australia
2019-06-29 11:00 646 20 20 Danmark
2019-03-08 23:00 114 22 161 Australia
2018-12-27 09:00 440 12 80 Australia
2018-12-27 09:00 195 11 71 Australia
2018-11-03 10:00 152 14 110 Australia
2018-03-30 01:00 135 4 24 Australia
2018-03-15 14:00 5000 19 38 Pacific
2018-03-10 01:00 114 18 122 Australia
2017-12-27 14:30 440 21 180 Australia
2017-12-27 14:30 195 11 75 Australia
2017-11-04 02:00 152 18 131 Australia
2017-04-14 03:35 38 5 29 Australia
2017-04-14 03:30 135 7 37 Australia
2017-03-11 01:30 114 18 139 Australia
2016-12-27 11:30 440 10 77 Australia
2016-12-27 11:30 195 11 71 Australia
2016-10-29 02:15 152 19 136 Australia
2016-03-25 15:00 135 9 56 Australia
2016-03-12 10:00 114 22 180 Australia
2015-12-29 10:00 195 7 55 Australia
2015-12-28 10:00 440 9 52 Australia
2015-10-31 10:00 152 18 125 Australia

The Blue Water Tracks service is provided free of charge to yacht racing organisations. The service is funded by the philanthropy of the Dunoon Family Trust to ensure the highest level of infrastructure and service quality. Significant resource has been made available in the development of this service, ensuring that every race organiser has the tools needed for an effortless race tracking experience that enhances safety for all competitors.

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Grant Dunoon founded Blue Water Tracks to deliver a service to yacht racing organisation and at the same time make safety affordable for every competitor.

In 2012 Grant was the skipper who rescued 6 crew when their yacht sank suddenly after the loss of their liferaft just before midnight during a devastating storm that wiped out the Melbourne to Port Fairy yacht race. Read more about it here .

Grant has be honoured with the Queen's Group Bravery Award, Australian National Search and Rescue Council Award, Yachting Australia (Australian Sailing) SOLAS Trust Award, Yachting Victoria's President's Awards, Royal Bright Yacht Club's Commodore's Awards. ORCV Ocean Racer of the Year.

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2023 ORCV Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race Westcoaster – Wrap-up and Results

2023 ORCV Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race Westcoaster – Wrap-up and Results

Main photo: Alien competing in the 2023 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race. Photo Michael Currie

Skippers, sailors, supporters and plenty of locals finally got to soak up some Tasmanian summer sun in the Willie Smith Race Village in Hobart on Sunday afternoon for the presentation of trophies for the 2023 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race (the Westcoaster).

This year’s fleet had a quick but intense race to Hobart, battling wind gusts of up to 50 knots, five to six metre seas, with close rivalry on the race course, but the overall winner of the event was sailing itself, with the exhaustion, smiles, relief and enormous satisfaction etched on the faces of this close-knit group.   

Cyrus Allen, Commodore of the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV), and David Schuller, Race Director, officiated proceedings and awarded the prizes.

Alex Toomey, skipper of Ryujin from the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron, accepted the Wrest Point Abel Tasman Trophy as line honours winner for monohulls from the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Hobart, Anna Reynolds. 

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Justin Brenan, skipper of Alien and twice-crowned the ORCV Offshore Champion, graciously accepted the prestigious Heemskerk Perpetual Trophy awarded to first place overall on corrected time on AMS handicap.

Brenan, from the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria, and his crew of Allison Wilson, Andrew Vincent, Glen Cowan, Benjamin Tyrrell, Katrina Hartman, Michael Noy and Paul Neilson now have the enviable record of four Westcoaster titles along with a win in the Melbourne to Hobart Eastcoaster Race in 2008.   

Brenan’s experienced crew includes long-term Westcoaster sailors with over 75 races between them.

Brenan credited the race win to his ‘evergreen yacht’, a Lidgard 36 design, his loyal, skilful and seasoned ocean racing crew, and his onshore support team.

The Edward Henty Perpetual Trophy was awarded to Ginan, skippered by Cameron McKenzie and Nigel Jones from the Mornington Yacht Club, for second place overall on AMS, with the team also winning on ORC handicap.

The double-handed entry, Maverick, co-skippered by Rod Smallman and Leeton Hulley, received the Batman Perpetual Trophy for third place overall on AMS.

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Maverick had more trophies than hands by the end of the presentation with the team winning the City of Melbourne Perpetual Trophy for first on corrected time on performance handicap as well as the Double-Handed Perpetual Trophy.

Charles Meredith and the crew from the multihull, Peccadillo, sailing in their first Westcoaster, won the Port Phillip Sea Pilots Trophy for the first yacht to exit Port Phillip Heads and won line honours for the first multihull home, setting a new race record for multihulls along the way.

Michael Graham, skipper of Santana from Newcastle, New South Wales, received the Alan Collins “Rookie Skipper” prize which is selected by the Race Director for the best performing ‘first-time’ skipper.

Graham and his crew sailed from Newcastle in NSW – a distance greater than the Sydney to Hobart course – to get to the start line just in time for the race. They then sailed their Swan 43 safely and steadily to Hobart in the first Westcoaster for the boat and skipper and were a popular choice for the Rookie award. 

The Zeehan Trophy was awarded to Andrew Vincent and Katrina Hartman as co-navigators on Alien, the boat first on corrected time in the premier AMS division.

ORCV Commodore Allen also presented the Robin Hewitt trophy and the coveted yellow 10+ Westcoaster cap to Chris Webster, an award for sailors who have achieved the milestone of competing in ten Westcoaster races.

Commodore Allen noted how tough this year’s race was.

“Like many of you, in the deep of the night with the wind howling through the rig and seas tumbling over the deck, I wondered about ocean sailors who keep coming back year after year to race offshore.

“The answer I came to was that we do this for the adventure and the challenge”.

“But mostly we do this because of the camaraderie that develops between people racing in an offshore race.  

“Existing friendships grow stronger, and new friendships are forged.

“Each skipper and crew who made it to Hobart this year – including those who tactically withdrew for safety reasons – displayed seamanship and determination in line with the very best of Ocean Racing Club standards,” said Allen.  

The 2023 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race was one of intensity and diversity, and of personal and team achievements.

This year saw the return of the first multihull in 35 years and continued representation in the double-handed division, a division the ORCV has been promoting for over 20 years.

The exhausted but relaxed award-winning co-skippers of Maverick talked with ORCV Media about the tough conditions experienced on the last night of the race.

“The last night was a cracker, an absolute blinder – it was the most frightening, and the most fun at the same time, that I have ever had.

“This year we had access to the BOM [Bureau of Meteorology] access models and they were unbelievably accurate which helped us go in the right spot, because there is no use being the best sailor if you aren’t in the right wind,” said Smallman.   

And on sailing down the West Coast of Tasmania double-handed?

“One word, its just awesome. When things are running smooth then it’s a lot less hectic on a two-handed boat.

“What makes us work is that we think the same,” said Smallman.

“When you are two-handed, you are solo sailing while the other person is having a sleep.

“You have to know every job on the boat. you’ve got to be a good steerer, you’ve got to be a good main trimmer, you’ve got to be a good bowman,” said Hulley, although both agreed they needed to do some work on their diesel mechanic skills.

Dark and Stormy, skippered by Tobias Swanson of the Royal Geelong Yacht Club, welcomed three Italian sailors to his crew for this year’s race bringing skill and enthusiasm to the team – and an antipasto platter to the onboard pantry.

Tommaso Mattia Pretto is a recent graduate of Monash University with a Master of Environment and Sustainability degree and works at the Climateworks Centre in Victoria. He sailed this year’s race with his father Giolio Pretto and Paolo La Face who had flown to Australia in September from their home in Ancona, Marche, on the East Coast of Italy.

“Since I came to Australia a few years ago, I did a fair bit of ocean racing with ORCV. It’s really different sailing [to the Mediterranean].

“I would say it’s not as easy at all…the swell and the way that it pushes you is a completely different experience,” said Pretto.

And on sailing with his father?

“We were looking after each other all the time. I was the youngest onboard and he [Giulio] was the oldest.

“We’ve never had an experience like this before. I grew up sailing with my Dad since I was in the womb of my Mum…going to Croatia, so more cruising then, but having him here with me was just fantastic,” said Pretto.

The Dark and Stormy crew is a close crew with affection across the team on show.

“We experienced gusts of 50 knots of wind, and as they predicted, five to six metre seas, and it was heavy. We struggled to gybe and struggled to put up all the other sails…and we tried not to have any accidental gybes.

“I’m really proud of my crew…a couple of key crew, Rob [Newman], Bart [Archbold] and Tommaso (Pretto] did an amazing job last night …with high speed downhill runs down waves, we had a great time, we really enjoyed it,” said Swanson.

This year’s race also had a focus on environmental sustainability with crews provided advice on what to take onboard, on local endangered marine life such as the spotted handfish, and on ways to recycle used or damaged sails.

Melissa Warren, ORCV Committee member and on the bow on Jaffa, sailed her first Westcoaster and was beaming from ear to ear after the race.

“Honestly, I feel great. This was my first Hobart race, I’m so glad that I had a really supportive team to do it with.   

“I like to get the sport of sailing out there as much as possible, to put on lots of different events, talking to kids, and making sure we start from the ground up,” said Warren.

And Warren’s final words of encouragement for sailors on the edge, contemplating sailing in a Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race.

“Don’t be on the edge. You want to be involved. It’s [the Southern Ocean] one of the hardest seas to sail and is just a privilege,” said Warren. 

Next year’s event is shaping up to be another great race with interest growing from the multihull contingent in Europe and across the double-handed fleet.

In the words of Maverick skipper, Rod Smallman, “Give it a go!”

The race was run with the cooperation of the Derwent Sailing Squadron.

Race results here

Jane Austin ORCV media

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50th ORCV Westcoaster Melbourne to Hobart RMYS Results

The ORCV “Westcoaster” is a legendary yacht race where tactics and sailing well can crown you as the race champion, no matter the size of boat.

Across the 435nm passage, yachts contend first with Bass Strait before taking on the wilderness and ruggedness of the West Coast of Tasmania and the long ocean swell of the Southern Ocean before turning towards the finish line and the shifting winds of the Derwent.

Congratulations to How Bizarre for winning Division 2 PHS. How Bizarre is skippered by Scott Robinson and was crewed by Glenn Bailey, Leigh Brennan-Smith, Mark Geyle, Peter Amarant and Stephen Reddish. What a great achievement!

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Our very own Alex Toomey and Andrew Hibbert, co-skippers of Ryujin, were awarded the Double-Handed Perpetual Trophy for their win in that category. Congratulations to you both!

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Alex Toomey and Andrew Hibbert joyous after finishing the 50th Melbourne to Hobart, Photo by Jane Austin ORCV Media

Our own member, Janet Wilks, was also interviewed by Jane Austin about her perspective of her first ever Melbourne to Hobart.

Janet Wilks, a nurse-turned-yacht rigger originally from Alabama in the United States who sailed on Tony Walton’s Reichel/Pugh 46 Hartbreaker, wore a smile from ear to ear as she recounted her experiences after a restful night. “It was a fantastic race – we had a great start and sail across Bass Strait and were in the top six boats, but then it got absolutely hectic – we had storms all the way down the West Coast, we had 50 to 60 knots gusts, we blew a couple of sails, but we managed to bring them down and repair them and get our storm jibs up and keep sailing. “Our team was fantastic – me and Leah Hunter got the sails down and started repairing as quickly as we could – we got the main back up and just kept going – I think that’s what really did it for us.” Wilks has only been sailing for three years after a major career shift from nurse to yacht rigger and reflected upon her experience sailing on Hartbreaker. “Leah is a good friend of mind – she saw some potential in me and got me onboard, and when it came to joining the crew, well, you have to ‘ask to get’ so I asked, and I when I got invited to join the Melbourne to Hobart race, I was chuffed. It’s my first Westcoaster and my first big race – it was absolutely amazing,” said Wilks. A highlight for Wilks was the camaraderie and commitment when all hands were called on deck in the middle of the night and the sail repair. “It just got really hectic – we all came up on deck and got on with every job – we tied everything down, got everything up, got everything down and we worked really well as a good team.” And will Wilks be back for the 2023 race? “Oh yes, that was amazing, I would do it again in a heartbeat,” said Wilks.

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Yacht rigger Janet Wilks, a very happy crew member from Hartbreaker after finishing the 50th Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race 2022, Photo by Jane Austin ORCV Media

RMYS had six boats competing in this challenging race. Here’s how they went.

Arcadia 1 21st 19th
How Bizarre 2 2nd 2nd 1st
Lord Jiminy 1 16th 14th
Ryujin 1 10th 8th 9th
Vagabond 2 7th 8th 7th

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Thick sea fog hits the 2023 melbourne to hobart yacht race.

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The 2023 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race started in sunny conditions on Port Philip Bay today with competitors set for a quick race to Hobart.

The fleet started the 51st race in a steady 13 knot southerly breeze under blue skies but an eerie sea fog rolling over Point Nepean enveloped the boats soon after the start, reducing visibility for competitors and crews alike, as they made their way to the first turning mark near Shortland Bluff.

Double-handed entrant Joker x2, co-skippered by Peter Dowdney and Grant Chipperfield, representing the Mornington and Sandringham Yacht Clubs (MYC/SYC), had a fantastic start choosing the committee boat end of the start line and relished the benefits of the clear air.

An errie sea fog sweeps through the Heads at the start of the Melbourne to Hobart. Peccadillo first boat to exit the Heads - 2023 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race - photo © Steb Fisher

The multihull Peccadillo, skippered by experienced campaigner Charles Meredith from the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron, opted for the middle of the line but despite being way back on the start gun, soon found the front of the fleet.

Alien, skippered by Justin Brenan from the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria (RYCV), was the first boat to hoist a kite, with the yellow spinnaker adding some colour to the fleet, but they struggled to carry it at times on the shy reach while other crews opted for code zeros and were able to make a higher course.

As the boats approached Quarantine Station at Point Nepean, Peccadillo maintained her lead and was revelling in the reaching conditions, but an intense battle was under way behind her between last year’s runner-up and handicap favourite for this year’s event, Ginan, co-skippered by Cam McKenzie and Nigel Jones from MYC, Alex Toomey’s Sayer 12, Ryujin and Joker x2, with Ryujin in front at the end of Point Nepean.

Ryujin racing for Westcoaster victory are the first monohull through the heads - 2023 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race - photo © Michael Currie

Peccadillo was the first boat out of Port Philip Bay Heads followed by the monohulls, Ryujin, Ginan, Joker x2 and Andrew Neeson’s Runnalls 39, Jaffa, from the Royal Brighton Yacht Club.

ORCV Race Director David Schuller was happy with the clear race start and anticipates an exciting race ahead.

“The weather is going to throw a little bit of everything at our competitors in this race which promises to be very exciting with possibilities for a fast race,” said Schuller.

Assistant Race Director, Ray Shaw, also predicts solid sailing conditions across Bass Strait to King Island and a quick trip south to Hobart.

“All weather models indicate that east of King Island is the preferred path for the fleet.

“The fleet can expect a 15 to 20 knot southerly breeze as they cross Bass Strait.

“The winds will pick up on Friday evening as a strong low compresses below Tasmania which will provide more challenging conditions for the crews with strong west to south westerly winds of 30 knots, gusting to 40 knots,” said Shaw.

Cyrus Allen, skipper of White Spirit and Commodore of the ORCV, broadcasting from onboard his boat in amongst the thick pea soup that descended over the fleet, expects the wind to build overnight.

“Tonight, as we go down towards King Island, we expect the conditions to freshen a little bit before we face some pretty decently lumpy winds on the South West Coast [of Tasmania],” said Allen.

Several boats are in contention for line honours with monohulls Ginan, Ryujin, Joker x2 and Lord Jiminy, skippered by Jimmy Oosterweghel from the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron, the boats to watch.

The prestigious Heemskerk Perpetual trophy will go to the handicap winner on AMS.

Handicap predictions for the 2023 race include Ginan, Jaffa, Alien and Vertigo, skippered by father and daughter combination Tim and Clare Olding from the RYCV.

Other prizes on offer include the Zeehan Trophy for the Navigator of the Heemskirk Trophy winner, the Wrest Point Abel Tasman Trophy for the winner on line honours, and the City of Melbourne Perpetual Trophy for first on corrected time on the performance handicap.

The Westcoaster, as the race is affectionately known, is one of the world’s great ocean races, covering 435 nautical miles from the start in Port Philip Bay to the finish line in the River Derwent in Hobart.

The race starts with a 125 nm passage across Bass Strait before the fleet sails 200 nm south down the West Coast of Tasmania, past Maatsuyker Island, east to South East Cape then turning northeast towards the more sheltered, but equally challenging waters of Storm Bay and the River Derwent.

Line honours contenders are expected to arrive in Hobart in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The fleet is carrying trackers enabling race followers to track the action from start to finish. To follow the fleet, go to  race.bluewatertracks.com/2023-melbourne-to-hobart-westcoaster

The monohull race record of 1 day 17 hours 28 minutes 59 seconds was set by Shortwave in 2008, winning the race with an average speed over the course of 10.49 knots.

The race is run with the cooperation of the Derwent Sailing Squadron.

For Entry, Notice of Race and List of Entries, please visit:  www.orcv.org.au/hobart

by Jane Austin/ORCV media

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Tasmanian Boats in hunt for the prestigious Heemskerk Perpetual Trophy in the 50th Anniversary Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race

Tasmanian boat Rumbeat, skippered by Justin Barr from the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, with co-skipper and fellow Farr 1104 yacht owner Stewart Geeves, is currently leading on overall handicap in the 50th Anniversary Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race, placing them firmly in the hunt for the prestigious Heemskerk Perpetual Trophy.

Barr’s local rival Bryan Walpole, skipper of the Farr 1104 Invincible, is currently in second place with Michael Culhane’s Northshore 38, Weekend Option, in third place overall.

The Tasmanian boats are also applying pressure at the front of the fleet with Port Dalrymple Yacht Club’s Andrew Jones, skipper of the Inglis 47 AdvantEDGE, in second place in the fight for line honours, 11 nautical miles behind race leader Maritimo.

Scarlet Runner, the slick Carkeek 43 high performance boat skippered by Rob Date and winner of the Port Phillip Sea Pilot Perpetual Trophy for first out of the Port Phillip Heads yesterday, is in third place four nautical miles behind AdvantEDGE with the Cookson 50, Extasea, skippered by Paul Buchholz in fourth place.

Brent McKay’s Bakewell White Z39, Jazz Player, representing the Kettering Yacht Club and race partner, the Derwent Sailing Squadron, is in seventh place.

After a good reach across Bass Strait overnight, the fleet is experiencing stronger north to north easterly winds of 20 to 30 knots as they race down the West Coast of Tasmania, with a south westerly front expected later in the morning bringing similar wind strengths.

Race Director, Jeremy Walton, predicts the experienced double-handed crews will benefit from the stronger conditions and may be the boats to watch over the day.

Blue Water Tracks, the Moody 54 skippered by Grant Dunoon is leading the double handers with Joker on Tourer closing in.

On current estimates, the first boat is likely to arrive into Hobart around 9am on December 29th, approximately four hours outside the race record, however, if they can pick up time over the day, the race record could still be in reach.

Follow the race live on https://race.bluewatertracks.com/50th-melbourne-to-hobart-westcoaster-2022

The 435 nautical mile Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race, is organised by the ORCV with the cooperation of the Derwent Sailing Squadron.

For further info, please visit: www.orcv.org.au

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  1. ORCV Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race sets off

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  3. Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race 50th anniversary

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  1. Melbourne to Hobart Westcoaster

    10:00 (10am) (Australian Standard Eastern Daylight Time) Start Date. 27 Dec 2024. Race Record monohull. 1d 17h, 28m 59s Shortwave in 2008, skipper Matthew Short. Race Record Multihull. 3d 03h 35m 32s Bagatelle in 1988, skipper Lindsay Cuming. Known also as: Westcoaster.

  2. Tracker

    The ORCV's Melbourne to Stanley yacht race starts off Queenscliff and finishes at Stanley in Northwestern Tasmania. It is held each year on the Melbourne Cup long weekend. Please also note, that this is a qualifying race for both of the Melbourne to Hobart races, the Rolex Sydney Hobart yacht race but not required for the Melbourne to Devonport ...

  3. 2023 Melbourne to Hobart "Westcoaster'

    10am Tuesday 2 January 2024. Skippers, sailors, supporters and plenty of locals finally got to soak up some Tasmanian summer sun in the Willie Smith Race Village in Hobart on Sunday afternoon for the presentation of trophies for the 2023 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race (the Westcoaster). This year's fleet had a quick but intense race to Hobart ...

  4. Blue Water Tracks, yacht race tracking

    Ocean yacht race and rally satellite tracking with public race map, bio's, boat and crew photos. Perfect for all ocean yacht races and rallies. ... data from each tracker and display the boats progress through the live public race page. Statistics. 38. Races. 12,687. Distance. 615. Boats. 4,000. Crews. ... Melbourne to Hobart 2023: 2023-12-27 ...

  5. 2023 ORCV Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race Westcoaster

    The 2023 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race was one of intensity and diversity, and of personal and team achievements. This year saw the return of the first multihull in 35 years and continued representation in the double-handed division, a division the ORCV has been promoting for over 20 years. The exhausted but relaxed award-winning co-skippers ...

  6. 50th ORCV Westcoaster Melbourne to Hobart RMYS Results

    Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron is located in St Kilda, Australia. The squadron was founded in 1876, with over 140 years historic history. Become part of a vibrant social and sailing community at one of the friendliest yacht clubs on Port Phillip. Swing moorings at Marina Berths available in a location like no other - enjoy panoramic views everyday of Melbourne CBD & sunsets. Home to the ...

  7. Westcoaster

    The Westcoast Challenge. The Melbourne to Hobart Westcoaster is a blue water ocean racing classic of unusual challenge in which seamanship, navigation and tactical skills drive the race outcome. Skippers and crews face diverse conditions of sea state and tide uniquely associated with Bass Strait and the Southern Ocean plus wind conditions which ...

  8. Ocean Racing Club of Victoria Inc. (ORCV)

    Ocean Racing Club of Victoria Inc. (ORCV), Albert Park, Victoria. 4,829 likes · 372 talking about this · 214 were here. A club dedicated to encouraging all forms of ocean yacht racing to all sailors.

  9. Maritimo 11 wins Line Honours in 50th Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race

    Maritimo 11 has won line honours in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria's 50th anniversary Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race in Hobart today.. In a time of 2 day 1 hours 22 minutes and 2 seconds, Michael Spies skippered the 54-foot Schumacher to victory in a race which tested the resilience and patience of the entire fleet, but none more so than the Maritimo crew.

  10. Melbourne to Hobart and Devonport yachts ready to race

    Melbourne to Hobart and Devonport yachts ready to race. 24/12/2021. Yachts will set sail from Portsea on the afternoon of December 27 to Hobart and Devonport. Preparation for long distance ocean races, particularly those that start in Bass Strait, is onerous in any year. In 2021, with multiple lockdowns and travel restrictions, it has been ...

  11. Melbourne to Hobart Westcoaster Yacht Race

    The 2023 ORCV Melbourne to Hobart Westcoaster Yacht Race will be conducted on the waters of Bass Strait. The race is organised and conducted by the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria, Inc with the co-operation of the Derwent Sailing Squadron. 1. Rules. 1.1.

  12. Thick sea fog hits the 2023 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race

    The 2023 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race started in sunny conditions on Port Philip Bay today with competitors set for a quick race to Hobart. The fleet started the 51st race in a steady 13 knot southerly breeze under blue skies but an eerie sea fog rolling over Point Nepean enveloped the boats soon after the start, reducing visibility for competitors and crews alike, as they made their way to ...

  13. ORCV Melbourne to Hobart: Westcoaster debutantes all set

    Related Articles 2024 Apollo Bay Race Tactics and determination secures Valiant the win Valiant, an Adams 10.6 skippered by Jason Farnell from the Royal Geelong Yacht Club, is the overall winner of this year's Melbourne to Apollo Bay Race. Posted on 27 May Near record fleet for 2024 Apollo Bay Race The ORCV Coastal Championship decider As the sailing season draws to a close, offshore sailors ...

  14. 2023 ORCV Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race Westcoaster

    The 2023 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race was one of intensity and diversity, and of personal and team achievements. This year saw the return of the first multihull in 35 years and continued representation in the double-handed division, a division the ORCV has been promoting for over 20 years.

  15. Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race

    The 2023 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race started in sunny conditions on Port Philip Bay today with competitors set for a quick race to Hobart. The fleet started the 51st race in a steady 13 knot southerly breeze under blue skies but an eerie sea fog rolling over Point Nepean enveloped the boats soon after the start, reducing visibility for competitors and crews alike, as they made their way to ...

  16. Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race

    Commonly known as the Westcoaster, the Melbourne to Hobart Ocean Yacht Race also known as M2H commences from Port Phillip, Victoria and concludes in Hobart, Tasmania. It is run by the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria . In 2007, to honour the 100th anniversary of the first sailing of the Rudder Cup, the ORCV broke with a 35-year tradition by ...

  17. Half of the fleet still at sea in 50th Melbourne to Hobart Race

    7:30am 30 December 2022. While the crew of line honours winner Maritimo 11 is celebrating their win and have their fingers crossed for a clean sweep of all handicap divisions, half of the fleet is still at sea in the 50th anniversary Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race. In a race that has delivered stunning summer sailing conditions under blue skies ...

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  19. Race record under threat in 50th Anniversary Melbourne to Hobart Yacht

    This equates to a race time of 1 day and 9 hours, smashing the race record by more than eight hours. Race contender Audacious will be looking forward to a swift sail to Hobart in the 50th Anniversary Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race 2022 Photo credit Richard B. But the big boats may find they are fighting it out with several of the smaller and ...

  20. Melbourne to Hobart Westcoaster

    ORCV 2023 Melbourne to Hobart Westcoaster | Notice of Race 2023 M2H NoR V1.00 Final.docx The 2023 ORCV Melbourne to Hobart (Westcoaster) Yacht Race will be conducted on the waters of Bass Strait from a start at the entrance to Port Phillip Bay. Owners of eligible yachts are invited to enter this race under the conditions of this notice of race.

  21. Maritimo Wins 50th Melbourne To Hobart

    Maritimo Racing have taking out line honours in the 50th Melbourne to Hobart, giving them rich consolation for having to pull out of the Sydney to Hobart. The team's Maritimo TP52 yacht was supposed to start in Sydney on Boxing Day, but was damaged in rough seas while sailing to the race. They tried to enter their Schumacher 54 boat instead ...

  22. Tasmanian Boats leading Melbourne to Hobart Race

    28/12/2022. Tasmanian Boats in hunt for the prestigious Heemskerk Perpetual Trophy in the 50th Anniversary Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race. Tasmanian boat Rumbeat, skippered by Justin Barr from the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, with co-skipper and fellow Farr 1104 yacht owner Stewart Geeves, is currently leading on overall handicap in the 50th ...

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    The Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV), was formed as the Cruising Yacht Club of Victoria by a group of yachtsmen in 1949 and renamed in 1972. We are a non-profit organisation which draws its membership from major yacht clubs in Victoria, Australia. Read More.