Ocean Racing Club of Victoria
Steb Fisher

West Offshore Products Coastal Sprint Race 1 Updates

 

Results

Results are in for the first race of the season, the West Offshore Products Coastal Sprint. Congratulations to all who raced today in Bass Strait in some challenging conditions.
AMS 1st True Colours, 2nd Archie, 3rd Ruyjin
ORCc 1st True Colours, 2nd Maverick, 3rd Audere
PHS 1st Maverick, 2nd True Colours, 3rd Blue Water Tracks
DH 1st Maverick
Line Honours Extasea
 

True Colours crew

12 noon Race Director Update

Soon after the start, with all the fleet bunched up and heading South, we saw Maverick take a different strategy turning back towards the coastline towards Portsea Back Beach.   By 12 noon, the fleet has spread out a little with Extasea and Hartbreaker rounding the first mark and leading the fleet.   

It's a magnificent day on Bass Strait with sunshine and a good amount of breeze giving the crews heading offshore at Christmas on a Hobart or Devonport race the opportunity to settle back into ocean racing for the upcoming season.

We say goodbye to Jaffa and Ca Bouge who retired due to gear failure and Foxy Lady retiring with some crew suffering sea sickness but all OK otherwise.

Looks like some of the Foxy Lady crew will be attending the next ORCV Webinar on Sea sickness this Tuesday 29th November at 8pm  (Register for the webinar here)

Photo on Faster Forward Photo Nadine Tabak

Onboard Faster Forward Photo Nadine Tabak 


Just After the Start at 9am

Another ocean season has begun at 8.20am with 23 starters in the West Offshore Products Coastal Sprint 1.

As the fleet head towards Cape Shanck on the Easterly course, they have 20 knots SE and 2m seas with clear skies. You can follow the fleet on marine traffic today for this sprint race and the 55nm. Jaffa has retired just after starting, all onboard OK.

Start of CS1 Photo Neville Rose

Just after the start Photo Neville Rose

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