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Cock of the Bay Yacht Race

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Bay Race distance:  TBA
Safety Category: 5
Start Location: Port Melbourne
Start Time:  10.30
Start Date: 26 December 2023
Race Record - Multihulls 03h 35m 23s by BACK in BLACK in 2019
Race Record - Blairgowrie course: 04h 40m 16s by GUSTO in 2010
Race Record - Old Rye course: 04h 42m 22s by STRATCORP 97 in 2002
Race Record - Mornington Course 04h 02m 09s by Extasea in 2020

 

This hugely popular race on Port Phillip Bay is held each year on Boxing Day (26th December).

The traditional course of approx 21nm starts near Station Pier in Port Melbourne and is designed to sail past major bayside locations for sailors and spectators alike to view. Some say there is no better way to work off the excesses of Christmas the day before.  

Besides being a great classic race in its own right, the event serves as a feeder for the blue water classic Melbourne to Hobart ocean yacht races. 

The record fleet size is over 100 yachts.  There are great vantage points for spectators at Port Melbourne, St Kilda pier, Brighton Pier, Sandringham and Hampton foreshore. 




Monday, 26 December 2022 21:42

MRV SETS NEW RACE RECORD IN THE COCK OF THE BAY YACHT RACE AND FIRMS AS FAVOURITE FOR THE 50TH MELBOURNE TO HOBART   The city of Melbourne is a sports mecca in summer and fans were treated to a sporting spectacle today with a 100-boat fleet competing in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s Cock of the Bay Yacht Race.  MRV on the way to victory and a race_record_in_the_2022_Cock_of_the_Bay_Yacht_Race_Image_Michael_Currie The stunning summer sunshine provided a picturesque backdrop for the race which started in a 5 to 10 knot building breeze on Port Phillip in Victoria....

Thursday, 22 December 2022 15:47

NEAR RECORD FLEET FOR 2022 COCK OF THE BAY YACHT RACE The Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s (ORCV) Cock of the Bay Yacht Race, or Boxing Day Dash, is living up to its reputation as a hugely popular 21 nautical mile post-Christmas race with over 100 boats entered in this year’s event, in what could be a near record fleet for the classic race. Port Philip Bay will be awash with colour as the 100-strong fleet race past major bayside locations, putting on a magnificent show for spectators and sailors alike. The race starts at 10:30 on Boxing Day (Monday 26 December) near Station Pier in Port...

Sunday, 26 December 2021 21:52

Line honours pending after closest race for years   Under grey skies and light rain falling, 84 yachts with more than 600 crew onboard, set sail from Port Melbourne in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s annual Cock of the Bay race to Blairgowrie. New arrival to the Victorian racing fleet, Leigh Dorrington’s Reichel Pugh Ccr 50 Original Sin has taken provisional line honours, ahead of John Paterson's Farr 45 Rush, which led the fleet across the start line off Port Melbourne at 10.30am. Original Sin crossed the finishing line at the Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron...

Tuesday, 21 December 2021 16:04

2021 ORCV Cock of the Bay Weather Prediction  Looks like the prediction is for a Southerly 15 - 20 knots for this Sunday's ORCV Cock of the Bay and it will be a tactical race for which way you choose to go. This video also includes a short forecast for the Offshore races which start at 2.30 on Monday from Portsea Pier.  

Tuesday, 21 December 2021 14:58

2021 Cock of the Bay, Berthing, Meals and How to Add Crew Berthing at Blairgowrie (BYS) marina for competing boats in 2021 ORCV Cock of the Bay has been kindly made available at no charge for the night by BYS.  We ask, where possible you try and use the clubhouse for food and drinks and acknowledge BYS members, volunteers and staff, for the amazing effort they go to host us so we can enjoy the beautiful clubhouse and Mornington Peninsula. It is a condition of entry that boats must berth in accordance with the directions of the BYS Marina Master and into the pens allocated below. ...

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