Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race Brekky Meeting Then To Watsons Bay For Race Start

Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race - Breakfast Meeting at Rose Bay and Then To Watsons Bay For Race Start

DATE: THURSDAY, December 26, 2024 9.30AM for breakfast at Rose Bay

Event Fee: $10 per person please pay at start on your arrival to David Newton to join our group on the day.

Pre Yacht Race Start Breakfast ... at 9.30AM
Venue: Jezve Coffee - Rose Bay Ferry Lyne Park (Op Rose Bay Ferry Terminal) 4.3 stars rated - Great coffee and breakky menu please buy what suits your needs at the cafe.

AFTER BREAKFAST
We then need to arrive at Watsons Bay Robertson Park final bus stop by no later than 12noon. Actual race begins at exactly 1PM. ... At Dunbar Anchor location where we normally visit each year.

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About This Race: The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race (sometimes referred to as the Bluewater Classic in the Australian media) is an annual event hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney, New South Wales on Boxing Day and finishing in Hobart, Tasmania. The race distance is approximately 630 nautical miles (1,170 km).[1] The race is run in co-operation with the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, and is widely considered to be one of the most difficult yacht races in the world.[2] The race was initially planned to be a cruise by Peter Luke and some friends who had formed a club for those who enjoyed cruising as opposed to racing, however when a visiting British Royal Navy Officer, Captain John Illingworth, suggested it be made a race, the event was born. The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race has grown over the decades, since the inaugural race in 1945, to become one of the top three offshore yacht races in the world, and it now attracts maxi yachts from all around the globe. The 2004 race marked the 60th running of the event.
(Excerpt from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_to_Hobart_Yacht_Race )

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How To Get There:
Buses 324 and 325 from city or Edgecliff Station (Buses at Rooftop area)
***PLEASE leave your home at least 90 minutes to 2 hours before our pre-race breakfast meeting time of 9.30AM

Use this site to help your journey - http://www.transportnsw.info
VERY IMPORTANT: I have done this event on both sides of the harbour since 2008 and many people blindly assume that getting there will be easy. This is sadly not true, the race is now so popular if you are not early I guarantee you will miss it altogether, so be prepared. Leave your home very early on the boxing day morning.