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“Westcoaster” Yacht Race Will Be Conducted on the Waters of Port Phillip, Bass Strait, the West and South Coasts of Tasmania, Storm Bay and the Derwent River OCEAN RACING Notice of Race 2011 Sovereign Series Incorporating the Melbourne to Hobart “Westcoaster“ Yacht Race WESTCOASTER WESTCOAST MELBOURNE - HOBART MELBOURNE - HOBART t h ORCV OCEAN RACE 1972 t h 1972 2011 V1.01 ORCV OCEAN RACE 2012 WESTCOASTER 40+30 = 70!WESTCOASTER See orcv.org.au for online entry and additional information WELCOME TO THE WESTCOASTER Arguably Australia’s most challenging ocean race, the Melbourne Heemskirk Consolidated Melbourne to Hobart starts Queenscli from Portsea Pier on 27th December each year. The Portsea course takes the competitors out of Port Phillip, across Bass Strait, travelling down the rugged West Coast of Tasmania and rounding the southernmost tip of Aus- tralia before heading up the Derwent River to the fin- ish in Hobart. This is a race run for yachties by yachties. It presents Grassy an amazing challenge to the participants and is run with a level of spirit and camaraderie not often seen. There are no fat wallet boats here, just great sailors Stanley working hard to earn the right to wear the yellow cap Low Head of a West Coast racer. Launceston The 480 nautical mile blue-water classic Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race was the brainchild of Stan Gibson from Hobson’s Bay Yacht Club in Melbourne and Dr Joe Cannon at Derwent Sailing Squadron in Hobart. It was intended as an alternative for Victorian and South Hobart Australian sailors who wanted to be in Hobart for the celebrations but did not want the logistical hassle of getting the boat up to Sydney to compete in the Syd- ney to Hobart. coast), the South West Cape and Maatsuyker Island to Initially, the new race received widespread criticism Whale Head (the south coast), Whale Head across the because of the fearsome reputation of the west coast bottom of Bruny Island and into Storm Bay and finally of Tasmania. Critics described it as Russian Roulette the Derwent into Hobart. with yachts. However, Stan Gibson had done a study of the weather patterns at the time and convinced The race starts in Bass Strait, a notorious piece of wa- critics that it was not as dangerous as initially believed ter which often experiences strong South Westerlies in its inaugural year of 1972. Now in its 40th year, and at this time of year. Add to this the fact that there are despite the early reservations, the race has proven some tricky currents, especially towards the gap be- to have an enviable safety record due largely to the tween King Island and the North West corner. Most careful management and education programs put in navigators concentrate on when they will arrive at place by the ORCV, a leader in ocean racing safety in the gap and where they should pass through it. This Australia. can significantly affect a boat’s position going into the coast. The race presents in five parts, each with its own chal- lenges. The Bass Strait crossing to the gap between The West Coast proper starts at Cape Grim. Although King Island and the north west corner, the north west the wind is often from the West or North West, there corner (Cape Grim) to the South West Cape (the west are many challenges in this section. This is a wild and 2 Ocean Racing Club of Victoria Inc beautiful part of the world not seen by many sailors. around and avoid tempting fate. Past the Friars and Below Maquarie Harbour, we leave the last vestiges the boats enter Storm Bay proper. At this stage you of civilisation behind and don’t rejoin them until we often gain sight of boats in the other race. Tactics vary reach Bruny Island. according to the wind. Most boats will try and keep The South Coast can often be the highlight of the trip. clear of the high headlands along Bruny Island which The South West Cape and the South Coast are some can often throw wind shadows. of the most beautiful areas of the world and the sail The race can be won or lost on the fickle section up across gives you a view of those from a perspective the Derwent River. Ideally no one wants to be caught rarely granted to the land based bush walker. How- in the river at nightfall. Local knowledge can be so ever there can be a cost as you are sailing on the edge valuable here as the Derwent offers the experience of of the Southern Ocean with strong Westerlies driv- complex wind patterns and mechanisms. ing the boats hard from behind and raising massive The warmest of welcomes awaits the finishers at the swells. The race goes south of Maatsuyker Island, a Elizabeth Street Pier. It is a point of honour in this race mark of the course and the furthest South the fleet that no boat finishes unheralded and many a yachty goes. After that there is a feeling that the worst is over has been roused from the local watering holes or and you are heading north again. comfy berth to meet late night or early morning fin- Past Whale Head, the end of the South Coast, the fleet ishers. Somehow a cold slab is always produced no heads east north east around Bruny Island and the matter what the time and the previous finishers raise Friars. Some boats with local knowledge have been three cheers in honour of the crew. known to go through the Friars but most tend to go BOXING DAY DASH SOVEREIGN SERIES OFFSHORE SERIES ORCV BAY RACE ORCV OCEAN RACING ORCV OCEAN RACING 2011 Sovereign Series & Westcoaster Notice of Race (V1.01) 3 NOTICE OF RACE THE 2011 HEEMSKIRK CONSOLIDATED MELBOURNE TO HOBART “WESTCOASTER” YACHT RACE WILL BE CONDUCTED ON THE WATERS OF PORT PHILLIP, BASS STRAIT, THE WEST AND SOUTH COASTS OF TASMANIA, STORM BAY AND THE DERWENT RIVER. OWNERS OF ELIGIBLE BOATS ARE INVITED TO ENTER THIS RACE UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THIS NOTICE OF RACE. THE RACE IS ORGANISED AND CONDUCTED BY THE OCEAN RAC- ING CLUB OF VICTORIA (ORCV) INC WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE DERWENT SAILING SQUADRON. THE PRINCIPAL SPONSOR IS HEEMSKIRK CONSOLIDATED. 1. SOVEREIGN SERIES RACES and the International Rule-Club (IRC) - the IRC Rules Parts 1, 2 and 3 shall apply; 1.1 Race 1: 2011 Boxing Day Dash Yacht Race • The International Regulations for the Preven- The warning signal for the race will be displayed tion of Collisions at Sea; at 1025 (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) on 26 December 2011. This is a Category 6 (plus VHF Except as amended by this Notice of Race and radio) race conducted in Port Phillip between the Sailing Instructions for each race. Station Pier and Blairgowrie and Mornington. 2.2 ORCV reserves the right to amend this Notice There will be a separate Notice of Race for this of Race. Amendments will be published on the race. event website (www.orcv.org.au). 1.2 Race 2: 2011 Heemskirk Consolidated Mel- 2.3 By entering this series, the owner of a boat agrees bourne to Hobart “Westcoaster” Yacht Race that this Notice of Race (including amendments) The warning signal for the race will be displayed and the entry form, the rules and regulations re- at 0955 (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) on 27 ferred to in paragraph 2.1 and the Sailing Instruc- December 2011. This is a Category 2 race con- tions shall be complied with by the boat and by ducted from Portsea through the Heads, across the owner. Bass Strait, down the West Coast of Tasmania, 2.4 The Sailing Instructions will be issued through across the South Coast to Storm Bay and up to the event website prior to the race briefing. Hobart. 1.3 Race 3: DSS King of the Derwent Yacht Race 3. CATEGORIES AND DIVISIONS The warning signal for the race will be signalled 3.1 The Sovereign Series will be conducted with the at 1255 (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) on 2 following handicap categories: January 2012. This is a Category 5 race conduct- • IRC ed on the waters of the Derwent River. There will • AMS be a separate Notice of Race for this race. • Performance 1.4 The details of courses including marks will be in • Double Handed the Sailing Instructions for each race. 3.2 The Race Committee may, at its discretion, al- locate boats to divisions within a handicap cat- 2. RULES egory. 2.1 The race will be governed by the current ver- 3.3 Within the IRC and AMS Handicap Categories, all sions of : boats will be scored in the combined overall re- • The 2009-2012 Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) of sult for that category as well as in the individual the ISAF, together with the prescriptions and divisions. safety regulations of Yachting Australia (YA); 3.4 Where less than 5 entries are received for a hand- • The Special Regulations of the Ocean Racing icap category, other than the Double Handed Club of Victoria (ORCV); Category, the Race Committee reserves the right to reallocate those boats to another handicap • Where applicable, the rules and regulations category. of the Australian Measurement System (AMS) 4 Ocean Racing Club of Victoria Inc 3.5 A boat may enter any handicap category for • complies with all of the current IRC Rules and which it is eligible and any combination of those Regulations, save to the extent they are spe- handicap categories. cifically amended or excluded in this Notice of Race or the Sailing Instructions (refer RRS 4. ELIGIBILITY 78.1). 4.1 General 4.4 AMS Boats The races are open to monohull yachts of a thor- A boat may only be entered in the AMS Handi- oughly seaworthy nature, which are entered by cap Category if the boat: a member of a yacht club recognised by a State • has a current, valid AMS Certificate issued by Yachting Authority.
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