Melbourne Osaka Double Handed Race- Finale!

Beyond Outrageous and Southern Cross arrived in Osaka at 09:54:00 and 15:03:40 on Friday- the last of the race fleet to finish their epic journeys.
Deputy Race Director, Rik Head said “This is appropriate time the say an enormous thankyou to the volunteer race management/incident coordination team for the work they have done prior to and during the race. A special thankyou to the duty Race Directors who, for their week on duty, were available 24hrs a day and have been up each morning at a very early hour ready for the 0600hrs sked and then each evening for the 1800hr sked.”

Principal Race Office, Simon Dryden posted, “The results for the Melbourne to Osaka Double Handed Yacht race have been published. Congratulations to all the competitors in the race, what a fantastic achievement. Who would have thought with over thirty day of racing and Escapade won the AMS division by 7 hours, Cadibarra won the IRC division by 9 hours and Spirit of Downunder won the performance division by 7 minutes.I would like to thank everyone who made this race possible as it was a fantastic success.”

Presentation was held at Temangu Shrine yesterday. We are eagerly awaiting some photos and information from the ground crew!