melbourne-osaka-cup
If you have family and friends planning to travel to Oska to celebrate your arrival , it is recommended that you book your accommodation through a Travel Agent.
Golden Week holiday season occurs from 27th April to 6th May 2013 making this a busy time for tourists.
Public transport by bus is available from Hokko to downtown Osaka and this may give you more accommodation options.
For more information check out this Osaka Guide.
With the 2013 Osaka Cup only two months away, the social calendar is filling fast for fun, frivolity and farewells. Competitors, friends and family are all welcome to join the festivities.
Hobsons Bay Yacht Club invite you to the Swing to Osaka party to farewell Robert and Joey aboard Escapade and Eric and Paul aboard Turbulence. Click Swing to Osaka Party for details.
Beyond Outrageous crew in conjunction with RMYS invite you to join them on 1st March 2013 for a Wetbar Party to send Tony and Andrew on their way. Click WETBAR Party for details
NORClick HERE for the amended NoR V1.10 as of 15/11/2012 NoR SIsComing soon.. ENTRANTSGo HERE to see who has already expressed their desire to participate. ENTERGo HERE to register your interest in this sensational race. RECORDSWho holds the race record? RESULTSCome back HERE for results FORMSClick HERE for Race Documents Race InfoRead a little more HERE TRACKERView the tracker HERE SPONSORWould you like to sponsor this race? Click HERE. |
MELBOURNE TO OSAKA - Japan
Ocean Race of 5500 nautical miles Race Start is off Portsea Pier at Slack Water, Port Phillip Heads.
STOP PRESS:
Originally designated a Category Zero- race, it is now a Category One+, with a starting window in the second half of March, 2013.
Please download the Notice Of Race (V1.10) for additional information.
Category: 1+
Description:
First run in 1987, the Osaka Cup starts in the first weeks of April. Massive two-handed fleets marked the early races and the next event in 2013 is set to make a very global statement about short-handed events. The race is also a true test of complete seamanship as crews go through all manner of prevailing weather, from the Roaring Forties to the Horse Latitudes, the Doldrums, Tropics and Asiatic systems. Please see the Notice of Race on this website for the specific starting time.
The 2013 M2O has been announced and the first Expression of Interest has already been received. Sister cities Melbourne, Australia and Osaka, Japan are proud to be offering this great event to celebrate 35 years since formally creating their relationship. The 2013 incarnation will be the eighth time this huge 5500nm two-handed race has been conducted since 1987. The Melbourne host will be the Sandringham Yacht Club, whilst Osaka Hokko Yacht Club will be attending to all formalities in Japan. The Ocean Racing Club of Victoria will be administering the on-water activities of Australia's only Category Zero yacht race. The Race Committee is keen to review all potential racing opportunities, including things like Class 40. The potential three week starting time window has been proposed to allow vessels of differing speeds to arrive in Osaka at a similar time. Please contact ORCV Vice Commodore, Simon Dryden to discuss your requirements: +61 418 145 909 and 
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2013 Osaka Cup AMSA Presentation
2013 Osaka Cup Kordia Presentation
2013 Osaka Cup Japanese Presentation
MelbourneOsaka Outside Assistance Form
2013 Osaka Cup AMSA Presentation
2013 Osaka Cup Kordia Presentation
2013 Osaka Cup Japanese Presentation
2013 M2O Simon Race Briefing Part 1
2013 M2O Race Briefing Simon Part 2
Yasuyuki Nakaji, owner and skipper of “Southern Cross” (formerly M2O competitor “Wild Honey”) a 1990 12.15 m Sayer designed yacht has left Osaka for Melbourne. He is hoping to arrive at Sandringham Yacht Club on 21 December.
The amended Notice of Race (V1.10) effective 15.11.2012 has been published.
This includes Appendix B Medical Kit. Click HERE for the Amended version..
Come along to hear all about preparing your boat for Category 1 and the additional requirements for this race.
Among the Stanley fleet were several of the 2013 Osaka Cup entrants out practising their skills and completing their qualifying passage.
Entrants for Osaka, Turbulence and Escapade were out practising their skills in the Hobsons Bay Double-Handed race on Sunday. Fresh south-westerlies strengthened throughout the race and Turbulence and the Secretary had a close tussle on the last leg with Turbulence getting ahead at the Williamstown breakwater.
Osaka Flag Flies High.
At the recent ORCV AGM and Presentation night held at Hobsons Bay Yacht Club, two entrants in the Melbourne to Osaka race were presented with backstay flags for their boats. Laurie Ford and his son will make the trip to Japan aboard Spirit of Downunder. Eric Marsh needed a wheelbarrow to take home his prizes with success in the ORCV Helly Hansen Winter Series, an Osaka flag and winner of the Helly Hansen door prize on the evening!
"Rip" Tour of Port Phillip Heads.
Do you want to escape the restriction of our vast Port Phillip Bay and venture outside to try out some ocean sailing in Bass Strait? For this you must first know how to safely enter and exit the bay through its very narrow opening - affectionately called "the Rip".
Find out how to get out of the bay and into Bass Strait by attending our next “Rip Tour” on Sunday the 21st of October, 2012. Make sure you are part of this informative and hands-on training session. Register now to secure your place.
“He sent me an email about a year ago and said, ‘What do you say we do the Melbourne-Osaka?’ says Trevor Taylor, 58. “I sent back, ‘Do you think we’ll put up with each other for a month or so?’ and he said, ‘We’ll only see each other at change of watch’.
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