Bellerive Yacht Club

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First Reported Apr 08 2012 - Updated Apr 09 2012 - 3 Documents

Fleet battered by winds

With north-westerly winds howling down the river, one boat was dismasted, two others broke rudders and many sails were blown out of shape.After two races in winds of 20-plus knots, and squalls exceeding 30 knots, Bellerive Yacht Club race officers called ... [ Published Apr 08 2012 by Tasmanian Examiner ]
First Reported Apr 05 2012 - Updated Apr 06 2012 - 2 Documents

Australian Sportsboat Championships Day 1 - Light and flukey winds

Australian Sportsboat Championships are currently underway on Hobart’s River Derwent. Tamar River yachtsman Sam Edmunds missed out on sailing in his 17th Tasmanian Three Peaks Race with his father Bruce today but instead scored a brilliant win of his ... [ Published Apr 06 2012 by SailWorld.com ]
First Reported Mar 31 2012 - Updated Apr 01 2012 - 2 Documents

Clarks grab dramatic finale

BELLERIVE Yacht Club father-son combination Darren and Harold Clark yesterday achieved a remarkable victory on the final day of the Combined Clubs Harbour Series on the River Derwent.With Darren at the helm and Harold calling tactics on their Farr 1104 ... [ Published Apr 01 2012 by Tasmania Mercury ]
First Reported Mar 31 2012 - Updated Mar 31 2012 - 1 Documents

Australian Sports Boat and Trailable Yacht Championships preview

Many of Australia’s fastest sports boats will be racing on Hobart’s River Derwent over the Easter weekend, with Bellerive Yacht Club hosting the 2012 Australian Sports Boat and Trailable Yacht Championships. A fleet of 14 custom-designed, high-performance ... [ Published Mar 31 2012 by SailWorld.com ]

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...on not making mistakes,' commented Kaito’s co-owner Darren Spence, who is also national president of the Australian Sports Boat Association. "We had our regular crew, plus the good local input from Henry Goodfellow, and we ended up never worse than fourth and with three first places." Tasmanian boats won both trailable yacht divisions, although the heavy conditions saw fleets depleted by the end of the final race yesterday...
...Shaw Contracting, David Shepherd’s Elliott 780 from the Port Dalrymple Yacht Club broke its mast in the first race yesterday. "Running downwind, she nose-dived off a wave; the boat stopped but the spinnaker kept going and the backstay snapped and the mast went too" race officer Chris Sheehan said. Another casualty in the sportsboat division was Hobart boat Fang to the Max, skippered by Fred Barrett...

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Australian Sportsboat Championships Day 4 - Cha... [ Published Apr 09 2012 by SailWorld.com ]
Fleet battered by winds [ Published Apr 08 2012 by Tasmanian Examiner ]
Derwent dishes-up damage [ Published Apr 08 2012 by Tasmania Mercury ]
Australian Sportsboat Championships Day 3 - Spe... [ Published Apr 08 2012 by SailWorld.com ]
Australian Sportsboat Championships Day 1 - Lig... [ Published Apr 06 2012 by SailWorld.com ]
Sailing close to the edge [ Published Apr 05 2012 by Tasmania Mercury ]
Clarks grab dramatic finale [ Published Apr 01 2012 by Tasmania Mercury ]
Combined Clubs Harbour Race Series finale on th... [ Published Mar 31 2012 by SailWorld.com ]
Australian Sports Boat and Trailable Yacht Cham... [ Published Mar 31 2012 by SailWorld.com ]
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