News - Melbourne Osaka Cup

Virtual Fleet Split by Doldrums

The “parting of the blue goo” is reminiscent of the biblical “parting of the red sea”. In the Sailonline (SOL)

Keeping Us in Touch

The safety and welfare of our competitors is a major part of the organization of the Melbourne to Osaka cup.

A Day in the Life of a Race Director

The Duty Race Director team (Simon Dryden, Ray Shaw, Martin Vaughan, Don Fraser, Neville Rose, Rob Tanner, Rik Head) continue

A Day Full of News

With the majority of the fleet back racing by the weekend, most crews quickly settled into their routines again and

Getting Around Iris

Unlike the vulnerable and manipulated Iris in the movie “Taxi Driver”, this one was was strong, demanding and in charge

Weekly Wrap No 5

A busy week in the Sundance Marine Melbourne Osaka Cup that saw our 4th start plus the suspension of racing

Fleet Status Details

Most of fleet who suspended racing due to severe weather (Tropical Cyclone Iris) have departed their chosen safe harbour. Some

A Catch-Up in Southport

With several of our competitors waiting out the weather in Southport on the Gold Coast, George Shaw took the opportunity

Plans to Rejoin the Race

After careful review of the weather situation, and conditions relating to safe exit from refuges, the Race Director Simon Dryden

Contact from our Fleet No 2

With a large part of our fleet currently in various ports up the Queensland coast, it’s given a few skippers

Sail Online Report

The SailOnline (SOL) Virtual Race started from the Port Philip heads at 0400utc on March 25th. That was an hour

Friday Restart Likely

A message sent to competitors by Race Director Simon Dryden at around lunch time today indicates a restart on Friday