Apparently, the insurance company rejected the initial salvage quote - which will likely be cheap when they pay for the shitshow they may now have facilitated.
Didn't the crew step off because they were all imminently going to die of seasickness? The boat was not taking water. In 2018...
Hasn't done many races in Hobart - IRC 1.07 - got an IRC 3rd in an 82 Nm passage race - https://dssinc-results.org/results/2021/summer/2capes/01RGrp2.htm?ty=80235
Had an ally mast but lost the top of it in the 2020 Launceston to Hobart in a bit of a blow and bump in Bass Strait.
Done up as a...
From the Tasmanian Premier today - Mercury Newspaper 29th September 2021.
THE Sydney to Hobart yacht race is likely to go ahead this year, Premier Peter Gutwein says.
Talks with organisers were at an advanced stage for the race to return after last year’s cancellation.
But it would be subject...
RQ4077 raced @ 1.042 in Hobart.
RQ4077 IRC appears in this years IRC list (14th December 2020) @ 1.045
Both ratings are pretty low for a 40.7 anyway.
Increase could be a number of factors - this season with more sail area, bling ..... or measurement correction. Usually would expect if...
Fair enough - scratch a bit deeper.
"Transiting through a medium or high-risk area: The traveller transits directly from the low-risk area to an airport or seaport by vehicle, only stopping for fuel." That is consistent with what Public Health have confirmed with a few today. I guess if they...
There is a transit provision in the Tassie health act which captures Tasmanians who transit a designated low or medium risk region. If a Tassie race boat is in Sydney and their Tassie delivery crew fly to Sydney - transit straight to the boat and piss off - they're all good. If you transit...
Hobart comprises a fleet that is the bread and butter of Australian Sailing - same as 99% of the Australian racing fleet. Fleets that give the megabuck snoozers a platform for their own lunchboxes.
The Australian Yachting Champs should be held in Hobart every year - starting after New Year...