Roller Coaster Stop & Go For Sydney Hobart Fleet
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- Roller Coaster Stop & Go For Sydney Hobart Fleet
- Inaugural Launceston to Hobart Race start report
- Swimmer drowns after group swept away
- Tourism industry unconcerned by airfare rises
Roller Coaster Stop & Go For Sydney Hobart Fleet
Scoop.co.nz – Scoop.co.nz (press release) – Dec 28, 2007
To beat the recordtime of one day 18 hours 40 minutes and ten seconds shewould have to finish before 0740 tomorrow morning (Dec 28). Throughout today Wild at’s estimated finish time blew outfrom two hours outside the record to five hours. Forecastsand weather observations from Tasmanian coastal stationswere not promising for the leaders closing in on Tasmania inthe last critical miles of the 628nm course. Variable 5-15knot winds were forecast for the waters east of FlindersIsland in Bass Strait and the upper east coast ofTasmania. Eddystone Point at the northeastern tip ofTasmania reported 15-19 knots from the southeast and StHelens a third of the way down the east coast had asouth-sou’easter of 9-14 knots. A light southeaster isblowing in Hobart this evening. IRC handicap overallleader was reckoned to be Huckleberry a 25-year-old S&S 34owned by Steve Humphries of Perth and one of the smallestboats in the race followed by the maxis Wild ats XISkandia Leopard and then Rosebud American Roger Sturgeon’sFarr-designed STP 65… Forecastsand weather observations from Tasmanian coastal stationswere not promising for the leaders closing in on Tasmania inthe last critical miles of the 628nm course. Variable 5-15knot winds were forecast for the waters east of FlindersIsland in Bass Strait and the upper east coast ofTasmania. Eddystone Point at the northeastern tip ofTasmania reported 15-19 knots from the southeast and StHelens a third of the way down the east coast had asouth-sou’easter of 9-14 knots. A light southeaster isblowing in Hobart this evening. IRC handicap overallleader was reckoned to be Huckleberry a 25-year-old S&S 34owned by Steve Humphries of Perth and one of the smallestboats in the race followed by the maxis Wild ats XISkandia Leopard and then Rosebud American Roger Sturgeon’sFarr-designed STP 65. Alan Whiteley’s TP52 Cougar IIretired from the race with chain plate damage and headed toEden on the New South Wales south coast bringing the totalnumber of retirements to three in this unusually benignHobart race. Seventy-nine boats are still racing.
Inaugural Launceston to Hobart Race start report
Sail World – Dec 28, 2007
The start was made difficult because of the rapid outgoing tide sweeping out from the river but no boats broke the start. The Tasmanian boat Host Plus Executive a Mumm 36 skippered by Geoff Cordell from the Bellerive Yacht Club won the start and led the fleet into Bass Strait. By mid afternoon Host Plus Executive was maintaining its lead along the north-east coast of Tasmania towards Banks Strait the narrow passage between the Tasmanian mainland and the Furneaux Group of islands. nce through Banks Strait the fleet should benefit from the strong northerly winds in the Tasman Sea as they head down the East Coast mixing it with yachts in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race still sailing south across Bass Strait. Dianne is skippering Asylum a Sydney 38 that raced originally with the Hamilton Island Yacht Club and is the first of the one design class to be based in Tasmania… Dianne is skippering Asylum a Sydney 38 that raced originally with the Hamilton Island Yacht Club and is the first of the one design class to be based in Tasmania. The Barkas are members of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania and the Kettering Yacht Club but this is Dianne?s first major bluewater race. At the time of this report Asylum was in sixth as the fleet sailed past the Tasmanian north-west holiday and fishing towns of Weymouth and Bridport. The Tamar Yacht Club and the Derwent Sailing Squadron are conducting the Launceston to Hobart Race. by Peter Campbell – 8:31 PM Fri 28 Dec 2007 GMT.
Swimmer drowns after group swept away
NEWS.com.au – Dec 28, 2007
"An ambulance dispatched from St Helens arrived at the scene and the male was pronounced deceased. "Insp Elmer said the drowning was the second incident on the east coast which had resulted in a "tragic loss of life". "Tasmania Police would like to remind all people holidaying or visiting areas that are not familiar to them to take extra care in the water" Insp Elmer said. "Local advice should be sought before entering any waterway and people should be aware that conditions can change rapidly particularly at beaches and river mouths. "Police are preparing a report for the coroner in relation to the drowning. Share this article.
Tourism industry unconcerned by airfare rises
abc.net.au – Dec 28, 2007
“But I think with strong competitive forces now we won’t see any impact on overall visitation because visitors have other choices. “It’s a well established practise that most airlines do pass on additional costs to customers” he said. “But thankfully at the moment in Tasmania we’ve got strong competition and visitors in and out of the state have never had better choice and arguably never better pricing either. Tags: tourism travel-and-tourism air-transport tas.
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