Apollo Bay race results have now been corrected and complete provisional results have now been uploaded to the website.
Please note these results are classified provisional as there are still be some protests to consider as well as well as a possible "request for redress" by Magazan 53 who went to the aid of a fellow competitor.
The skipper of Magazan 53, Nick McGuigan, and his crew received high praise from members of the Victorian ocean racing fraternity when they went to the aid of a fellow competitor in last Saturday's Apollo Bay race.
Dekadence took line honours in the 2012 Apollo Bay race at 16:00:02 on Saturday afternoon. Followed by Spirit of Downunder at 17:00:39.
At 2000hrs there are still five boats to finish including Deliverance, Magazan 53, Magic, Streetcar and TryBooking.com.
The wind has decreased further late this afternoon to below 10 knots making for a very slow race for the tailenders. And with no cloud cover tonight the crews will be trying to keep warm on this starlite freezing night.
At the 1505 Position sched, Dekadence is still leading the fleet down the surf coast to Apollo Bay.
As expected, wind strength has reduced which will make progress in the last part of the race, much slower.
The races within the race are well and truly on. We have several yachts reporting the same positions.
Dekadence reported that they were 30 minutes from the finish line during the 1505 Position Report. They have a little over 4 nautical miles to go to the finish. The other 19 boats in the fleet are spread out over 17 nautical miles. The tail enders are off Lorne.
Reports just in from Sally Williams, media correspondent on Dry White, is that conditions in the race are definitely easing from this morning.
Currently they are experiencing a 13 knot south-westerly. The sun is shinning and the crew has been working hard, tacking, tacking and tacking again … on their way down the coast.
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