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29 September 2022

Sailonline is delighted to announce that it will be partnering with Ocean Racing Club of Victoria , for the running of the Melbourne to Devonport “Rudder Cup” Race 2022 which starts in Melbourne, Australia, on Sunday, October 28, at 16:00AEDT (05:00UTC). The Rudder Cup is Australia's oldest ocean race and the 5th oldest organised ocean yacht race in the world, pre-dating the Fastnet by nearly 20 years and the Sydney Hobart by nearly 40 years. It was in 1907 when Thomas Fleming Day, editor of the American magazine "Rudder," first wrote to his friend, the Commodore of the Geelong Yacht Club, T. A. Dickson, suggesting a race across Bass Strait to Tasmania in order to promote the sport of yachting. Day struck a trophy worth 60 guineas, a fortune at the time, as a prize for the winner. It is a tribute to all sailors that 113 years later, yachts are still racing the 195nm across Bass Strait for the honour of winning the Rudder Cup. The Sailonline virtual race will open for practice on 21 October at 05:00UTC, to enable everyone to learn the ropes in time to be competitive.

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Friday, 30th December 2016

The start of the Melbourne to Devonport and Hobart Race saw drama for four boats in collisions, while the rest of the fleet took off to a flying start. With testing conditions many of the yachts got in plenty of practice reefing and sail changes as they crossed Bass Strait, with speeds averaged around 7 knots this meant for a fairly quick but wet race.

With the Melbourne to Devonport race now done and dusted. We would like to congratulate to the following boats who claimed podium positions:

• White Noise – Daniel Edwards- 2nd place Line Honours Monohull, 1st place IRC, 2nd place AMS and 2nd place PHS
• Archie- Simon Bell Jeff Sloan – 2nd pace IRC and 3rd place AMS
• More Noise- Jason Close- 3rd place IRC

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With the Melbourne to Hobart still in progress, we would like to congratulate Chris Barlow and Jamie Christensen who sailed Lord Jiminy 2 handed crossing the line in 2nd place.With the remained of the fleet are due in late on the 30th or the early hours of the 31st.

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Extasea on record pace in Melbourne to Devonport Yacht Race

Perfect wind conditions over choppy seas greeted the 19 starters in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s “Rudder Cup” Melbourne to Devonport Yacht Race this morning. Northerlies blowing 25 to 35 knots allowed for a fast reach from Portsea to Port Phillip Heads under cloudy skies with a threat of rain. Here the fleet turned south, awaiting the forecast south-westerly of up to 30 knots to propel them very quickly towards their destination on the northern coast of Tasmania.

Paul Buchholz’s Cookson 50 Extasea started towards the back of the fleet, allowing a short-handed entry, RMS, the honour of leading across the line. How Bizarre and Faster Forward were close behind.

Line honours favourite Extasea was first to turn south out of Port Phillip. Photo credit Steb Fisher.

But it didn’t take the big Cookson long to make her mark. Fresh from a line honours win in yesterday’s Cock of the Bay, Extasea hit the lead only 1600 metres into the race and was first to turn south through the Heads. Travelling at more than 10 knots, after less than an hour of racing her lead was substantial over the following pack. The front came through much earlier than predicted and was preceded by a short transition period of no wind at all. Boats that had flown spinnakers out of the Heads quickly dropped them and settled in for a wet and wild ride. Extasea immediately began to lift her speed towards 15 knots, which could see her break Prowler’s race record of 19 hours, 32 minutes and 56 seconds, set in 1998 – by hours rather than minutes.

Blue Water Tracks, owned by ORCV Commodore Grant Dunoon, headed further west than most boats, looking to pick up the westerly early and have a better angle of attack. Just before 2pm, they spoke to race management, advising they were in a 25 knot westerly. “We have the main well reefed and the self-tacking jib has six turns on the furler, so not much sail up at all. Our boat speed is 9 knots and we’re pointing directly at Devonport.”

With tactics and positioning vital in the first 24 hours of the race, favourites for the Rudder Cup, Australia’s oldest ocean race trophy, will probably not emerge until tomorrow morning at the earliest. The cup is presented to the winner of the AMS handicap category, which this year includes 17 of the 19 starters. At 3pm AEDT the leader was RMS, followed by Patriot and Arcadia. RMS had also moved into third place for line honours, behind Extasea, which had come back to the pack a little as the wind went light, and Lord Jiminy. The three boats were in sight of each other and less than five nautical miles apart.

If the westerlies continue to build, Extasea should reach Devonport shortly after first light tomorrow morning, with the rest of the fleet following throughout the day and into tomorrow night. The fleet can be tracked at https://race.bluewatertracks.com/2020-orcv-melbourne-to-devonport. - ORCV media

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An Early Look - Devonport

Another meeting on the Devonport Synthetic this Sunday. Expecting the track to race fair and every horse to get their chance.

Apprentice jockey Erica Byrne Burke rode a double here last Sunday and has a good start to the new season striking at 20%. She has six rides this Sunday, with Pasheona in Race 3 her best winning chance.

Race 3 – 6. Chicane

Very honest galloper who ran an improved race last start with the blinkers on. On the quick back-up from last Sunday and should get a nice run on the map. I'd expect him to start favourite and be hard to beat.

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Melbourne to Hobart and Devonport yachts ready to race

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 nearly impossible for many. However, some have managed to maintain and prepare their yachts and crew and eager to meet the challenges of sailing in Bass Strait.

Race officials are closely watching two high pressure systems that are set to dominate the early part of the races.  As the fleets enter Bass Strait, the predicted wind will be strengthening to 22 knots and then as the sun sets the fleet will be experiencing light winds.  Skippers and tacticians’ skills will be tested as the route plotted at this point will determine where you finish.

Brian Pattinson is a veteran of ocean racing, having completed multiple Tasmanian Melbourne to Osaka, Melbourne to Vanuatu and Melbourne to Mackay races.  He is in the early days sailing his new boat Gusto Solo, a Don Jones 42, and will be sailing double handed with his son Tristan. 

Pattinson said, “It is a very exciting boat nothing like the previous two Gusto’s. We haven’t had much sailing time together between COVID restrictions and, when we have tried to hit the water, we have had some big blows that have stopped us.” He continued, “Unlike the other two boats it is lighter and comes up to speed more quickly.”

It is hard to see Pattinson and son Tristan not being the first yacht across the line in Devonport.  If they have a challenger, Alex Toomey in his Sayer 12 Ryujin would be it.  Toomey is sailing Ryujin fully crewed, but this boat was designed to be sailed short-handed on long ocean races and in the light air can be ‘driven’ with minimal crew movement.

Weather for the Hobart race is a little harder to predict this far out from the start. Naturally, they will benefit from the good starting conditions and, as they track closer to King Island, the prediction is that the wind will stay in for them longer.

Race Director Jeremy Walton even quipped, “Maybe this is the year to go to the west of King Island,’ a course that has been pursued in the past without good results.

“At the moment, the weather on the North part of the West Coast shows some good promise but with a lighter ‘hole’ towards the middle of the Coast around Strahan. Always a very tactical race the lighter breezes will challenge the crews, questions of whether to stay in and ‘rock hop’ the coast versus head out and hope for the change to push you back across to make the turn at Maatsuyker Island.”

Looking at the Line Honours possibilities, the Double Handed yacht, Alex-Team Macadie, a Jones/Hart 14 is one of the front runners. Jock Macadie is not just an experienced double handed sailor but indeed one of its pioneers and greatest proponents. For many years, his crew was his son and the two were a formidable force in every race they entered.Jock’s son has been in the USA for some years now and a new crew was not always easy to find.

Lord Jiminy, an Open 40 which is sailing shorthanded as ‘Four crew plus Auto Helm’, will be quick and dangerous. Skipper Guillaume Leroux is a wily competitor, and nobody can afford to let them out of their sight.

As much a sentimental favourite as beautifully sailed by an efficient team is Tevake ll. Both Tevake l and Tevake ll were fixtures of the ocean racing and club racing scene for decades.  Fletcher was the Commodore of the ORCV from 2004 – 2006 and was Ocean Racer of the Year in 2020.  Unfortunately, we lost Angus early in the year. Fletcher’s wife Holly has always been a fixture of the essential ‘ground crew’ supporting Tevake and she has supported this tight knot crew to continue in Angus’s memory.

Skipper Paul Neilson said, “It’s weird to be sailing without him. We now know how much paperwork is involved in Ocean Racing.  We have been so well supported by Holly.  She has had new rigging put in. She wants the boat raced and campaigned properly.

“We will be racing in Angus’ honour but it’s never going to be the same. We don’t really like the light weather that’s showing.  We would prefer the heavy stuff, but we will be giving it everything.”

No matter who is first across the line, all crews are grateful to have the opportunity once again to do what they love – ocean sail.

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