Vale - Angus Fletcher
Vale - Angus Fletcher
Friday around 4pm whilst returning from Flinders, Angus was involved in a vehicle accident whereby his car left the road in the vicinity Mornington, struck a tree and resulted in his passing. Angus was a fiercely competitive and successful sailor and former ORCV commodore 2004-2006 and Ocean Racer of the Year 2020.
Angus Fletcher at the helm
He figures in...
Smiles all round on the Coastal Sprint
Smiles all round on Coastal Sprint
For many, the West Offshore Products Coastal Sprint is a Category 3 race for the more seasoned skipper to test their crew and boat or for a newer skipper to build their confidence before taking that next longer passage. What a perfect day it turned out to be for race 2.
With light winds at the scheduled start, ORCV Race Directors shortened the course and...
King Island Race, Rally and SSSC Open
January News
Sail long enough and you're sure to have had a leg where all factors conspire against you: wind, tide, waves, competitors, sheets coming out of cleats, passing motorboats, knots coming loose, everything!
That's what 2020 was like for the ORCV organisers of our sailing and training events. But, determined to exhaust every opportunity to get our sailors on the water and trained, the...
Onboard White Spirit
Onboard White Spirit Step onboard and be part of the crew of White Spirit and re-live it as they prepare, sail the Cock of the Bay, work out tactics and race across Bass Strait to Devonport to try and win the Rudder Cup. Gear on, radio check done, let's go. White Spirit - over and out. Thanks Aaron Hudon for your video
Read all about it, Result are in
RMS Cole Walker win the Rudder Cup - Read all about it
Congratulations to all those that entered and participated in this year's Rudder Cup. A big thank you also to all those you volunteered their time to support getting the race up and onto the water so quickly after we came out of lockdown and thank you to Mersey Yacht Club and all their volunteers for hosting us on arrival.
Results...
Cole and Walker win the Rudder Cup
Cole and Walker win Rudder Cup for yacht race from Melbourne to Devonport
Guillaume Leroux’s Class 40 Lord Jiminy took line honours in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s “Rudder Cup” Melbourne to Devonport Race, crossing the finish line at 10.45.55 this morning. That gave the boat an elapsed time of 23 hours 29 minutes and 5 seconds for the 195nm race.
Paul Buchholz’s Cookson 50 Extasea was...
Extasea on record pace in the Melbourne to Devonport Yacht Race
Extasea on record pace in Melbourne to Devonport Yacht Race
Perfect wind conditions over choppy seas greeted the 19 starters in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s “Rudder Cup” Melbourne to Devonport Yacht Race this morning. Northerlies blowing 25 to 35 knots allowed for a fast reach from Portsea to Port Phillip Heads under cloudy skies with a threat of rain. Here the fleet turned south,...
Xpresso takes Cock of the Bay hat-trick on Perfect Boxing Day in Melbourne
Xpresso takes Cock of the Bay hat-trick on a perfect Boxing Day in Melbourne
Under clear blue skies and with Melbourne’s Port Phillip bathed in sunshine, a record fleet of 112 yachts, carrying 618 crew, set sail on Boxing Day in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s annual Cock of the Bay race.
Paul Buchholz’s Cookson 50 Extasea took line honours, ahead of Gerry Cantwell’s Marten 49 Carrera S,...
2020 Cock of the Bay Line Honours on a perfect day
Extasea is Cock of the Bay line honours winner on a perfect Boxing Day in Melbourne
Under clear blue skies and with Melbourne’s Port Phillip bathed in sunshine, a record fleet of 112 yachts, carrying 618 crew, set sail on Boxing Day in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s annual Cock of the Bay race.
Paul Buchholz’s Cookson 50 Extasea took line honours, ahead of Gerry Cantwell’s Marten 49...
Melbourne’s Christmas yacht races draw huge fleets
Melbourne’s Christmas yacht races draw huge fleets
Victoria’s yacht racing community will be out in force between Christmas and New Year as sailors shake off the cobwebs after a long winter in lockdown.
More than 120 entries have been received for the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s two Christmas events, the Cock of the Bay and the Rudder Cup.
Cock of the Bay Start Photo Dave...
Special $75 off RRP for award winning TeamO back tow life jacket!
ORCV Members and Friends TeamO Special Offer
Modern lifejackets, how they have evolved! ORCV is pleased to announce our partner Adventure Safety is now selling the TeamO back tow life jackets, a jacket that is being used more and more globally in today's Ocean Races. It is the only lifejacket with integrated harness on the market with Back Tow Technology. The BackTow lifejacket is the only life...
We're Back, Check out the Calendar
We're Back with a New Calendar
There's a new updated ORCV Sailing Calendar is now available here.
Entries are now open for the first West Offshore Products Coastal Sprint 1 on November 21. https://www.orcv.org.au/sailing/races/coastal-sprint-series You can join the existing 8 entries today and pay later. If we are required to delay due to Government regulation, we...
Planning for a race
Planning for a Race
Article by Rod Smallman
Earlier this year the ORCV asked us to provide comments in a possible race to the Pacific. I started to imagine escaping Melbourne in winter and going somewhere warm, possibly Noumea. I thought I'd share my thinking and planning. I am intending on participating in this event when it's announced and, as part of my initial...
A race is the best way to get to where the cruise begins.
A Race is the best way to get to where the cruise begins
For a race when the appointed time begins, you go whatever the weather and start time. After arrival however it is a different story, the return home can be planned for as many stops as required and to any destinations desired. The thrill of cruising is firstly ‘getting there’ and secondly ‘having a look round’, and thirdly enjoying...