Melbourne to Stanely Ocean Yacht Races
Supporters
Race Organising Authority
The Ocean Racing Club of Victoria Inc is the Organising Authority for the race.
Host at the Finish
The Stanely Lions Club is the host in Stanley, Tasmania, the destination of the race.
Yacht Trackers
As part of the ORCV's ongoing continuing improvements, Satellite Yacht Trackers are being used for all major events. The Trackers obtain a position using the GPS satellites and are set to transmit position updates at an interval that makes sense for the duration of the race. Yacht positions are then plotted on the race Yacht Tracker map. The Yacht Tracker map will automatically update whenever a new position report is received.
The new ORCV inReach Satellite Trackers from Delorme and the web interface Yacht Tracker map, developed by ORCV Member Grant Dunoon from TryBooking.com, was first tested during the 2015 Melbourne to Stanley yacht race. Further development and improvements to the Yacht Tracker have been made for each event since and are continuing.
Prize Sponsors
Chirpring Bird wine provide bottles of their award winning wines as prizes for Line Honours and Division podium place winners at results presentation in Stanely. Trophies are presented at the ORCV Annual Presentation night.
Marine Radio
- Kordia/Charleville Radio will be conducting mandatory position reporting schedules for the fleet and monitoring the HF race frequencies during the race.
- Smithton Radio provide marine radio support for the fleet
Weather Forecasting
Start and Course laying boats
Berthing in Stanley
TasPorts provide raft up mooring in Stanley Harbour.
Yachting Associations