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
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.
To keep up to date with their progress you can follow them on the tracker, by clicking on the link below:
https://race.bluewatertracks.com/melbourne-hobart-race-2016