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	Yacht club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A yacht club is a club ostensibly for the owners of yachts but more generally serving as a social club.
		Yacht clubs are often associated with a particular marina or port.
		Yacht clubs are often organized in faux naval style.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yacht_club (110 words)

	Great Production - By-A-Nose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		August 2000 Ocean Racing Club of Victoria; Melbourne to Hastings Yacht Race.
		October 2000 Ocean Racing Club of Victoria; Melbourne to Stanley Yacht Race.
		November 2000 Ocean Racing Club of Victoria; Melbourne to Apollo Bay Yacht Race.
	www.pineapplehead.com.au /pub/text/saggy2.htm (727 words)

	Ocean Racing Club of Victoria
		These revised ORCV Special Regulations are effective from 1st October 2005 and apply to all ORCV races.
		ORCV is pleased to announce the 2006 Melbourne to Vanuatu Ocean Race.
		There is a new forum for the 2006 Melbourne to Vanuatu Ocean Race.
	www.orcv.org.au (484 words)

	Australian Three Peaks Race - Links
		Scottish Islands Peaks Race is a combined running and sailing race for seagoing yachts and fell runners conducted off the west coast of Scotland.
		The objective of the race is to provide the ultimate challenge for teams of hill runners and sailors over a long weekend around the beautiful West Coast of Scotland.
		The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is one of Australia' leading yacht clubs and organiser of the renowned 640 mile offshore classic, the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.
	www.threepeaks.org.au /links.php (523 words)

	Victoria Challenge
		Victoria’s best racing yachts are lining up this weekend for one of the State’s oldest and most competitive interclub team events, the Association Cup or, to give its original name the Victorian Yacht Racing Association Challenge Cup.
		Seven clubs have nominated three-boat teams, a total of 70 boats, in the various divisions — IRC A, IRC B, AMS A and AMS B for the Association Challenge Cup and for the Yachting Victoria President’s Challenge Trophy and the Yachting Victoria Vice-President’s Challenge Trophy.
		The Royal Yacht of Victoria team of Chuzpah (Bruce TAYLOR), Adams Den (Graeme PAUL) and Toecutter (Robert HICK) in IRC A faces strong competition in defending the Cup this year again teams from Royal Geelong Yacht Club, Royal Brighton Yacht Club, the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria and Sandringham Yacht Club.
	www.sailing.org /?id=j1fFhiBCC&MenuID=&Tkn=2119469 (273 words)

	examiner.com.au : Northern yachts to contest crossing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ocean Racing Club of Victoria spokesman Bob Tanner said that at least three late entries were likely for the dash across Bass Strait starting at Queenscliff on December 27.
		Spirit Silver Edition was to compete in a short-handed race across the Tasman earlier in the year but the event was cancelled.
		The Melbourne to Launceston yacht race is part of the ORCV's Rudder Cup regatta which is organised in association with the Tamar Yacht Club.
	www.examiner.com.au /print.asp?id=263889 (449 words)

	Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Commonly known as the Westcoaster, the Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race commences from Port Phillip and concludes in Hobart.
		It is run by the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria.
		This article related to water-transport is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Melbourne_to_Hobart_Yacht_Race (82 words)

	Ocean Racing Club of Victoria - Site Map (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		At 1028 today, the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria received a report that the Hobart bound yacht Affrayed Knot had been dismasted 45 nautical miles (83 km) south of Phillip Island. There were no injuries to the crew of 6.
		The race record of 1 day 23 hours and 15 minutes was safe for another year with the elapsed time for the line honours boat of 2 days, 16 hours, 27 minutes and 10 seconds.
		At the afternoon sked the surprise of the race was unfolding with the 47 foot Prowler sailing down the coast to be neck and neck with the Volvo 60 Indec Merit, having covered 175 miles in the 480 miles race.
	www.orcv.org.au /site_map.php (7924 words)

	Sandringham Yacht Club - Global News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A number of other boats raced to Moshio’s assistance and stood by the vessel as the bailed the water out of the boat. Coastguard Melbourne and the Melbourne Water Police were informed. The Water Police scrambled their Air Wing in response.
		There have been a total of 4 retirements from the Melbourne to Launceston Yacht Race and 2 retirements from the Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race. 8 of the Melbourne to Launceston entrants decided not to compete prior to the race as did 3 of the Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race boats.
		The Mariner Melbourne to Launceston Yacht Race is Australia's oldest offshore yacht race and the 5th oldest in the world.
	www.syc.com.au /newsitem.php?news_id=864 (298 words)

	British 'Firsts'
		The name of the club was changed in 1759 and moved to Musselburgh in 1836.
		The Isle of Man TT races were inaugurated in 1907 and are held over the island's roads.
		His first surface crossing by dog sledge of the Arctic Ocean 1968-69, from Alaska to Spitsbergen via the North Pole, was the longest sustained sledging journey (6,000 km/3,800 mi) in polar exploration.
	www.fatbadgers.co.uk /Britain/firsts.htm (6864 words)

	Melbourne-Vanuatu race - a welcome winter relief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A first-ever ocean race is to be sailed from Melbourne to Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila in July next year and within a week of announcing the 1,885 nautical mile event, sixteen yachts had already been signed-up.
		The Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV) today announced the 2006 Melbourne to Vanuatu Ocean Race, to start at Portsea in Port Phillip on Sunday July 2nd 2006 and finish at Port Vila a distance of...
		The Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV) is holding an information evening on Wednesday 17th August on Provisioning for Long Distance Voyages as part of the lead up to the 2006 Melbourne to Vanuat...
	www.sailing-news.net /melbourne-vanuatu-race-a-welcome-winter-relief,2634.html (183 words)

	Film locations - episode 22: 19 July - Postcards 2003 - visitvictoria.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Ocean Racing Club of Victoria was first formed as the Cruising Yacht Club of Victoria by a group of yachtsmen in 1949 and was renamed in 1973.
		The club was formed so that ocean races in Victorian waters could be efficiently run and developed by an organisation that would focus specifically on the needs of ocean racers.
		It functions as a not-for-profit club that draws its membership from all of the major Yacht Clubs in Victoria.
	www.visitvictoria.com /displayObject.cfm/objectid.000A701C-D2B9-1F14-86FB80C476A90000/vvt.vhtml (1299 words)

	Sailing in Australia - SailOz dot Net
		Bayview Yacht Racing Association- BYRA, 1842 Pittwater Rd, Bayview 2104.
		Gold Coast Cruising Yacht Club Inc, "is actively involved in offshore racing on the Gold Coast.
		Being a cruising yacht club, some of our members are doing just that, however we have a good number of skippers who particpate on our Sunday Sails.
	sailoz.net /auclubs.html (345 words)

	Ocean - welcome to Ocean Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Ocean City Marlin Club is a membership-based sportfishing club in Ocean City, maryland that works to create an interest in Ocean City fishing and to promote the conservation of the sea and her creatures.
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		Ocean Beach Club Resort, located in the Florida Keys is a tropical beachfront resort that offers both couples and families, comfort, spacious all-suite accommodations on one of the world's most beautiful islands. Newly renovated and proudly rising from a bright sandy beach on the glorious Atlantic Ocean.
	www.mglocean.com /oceanclub (2228 words)

	National Oceans Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Other than for the occasional ocean race, such as the Sydney-Hobart, and interstate boat delivery, most boats remain close to the coast.
		Exceptions also include group tours, such as that organised by the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria from Melbourne to Burnie in early 2001, or the occasional crossing of Bass Strait organised by the members of the Victorian or the New South Wales sea kayaking clubs.
		For instance, in Victoria, in the past twelve months up to the middle of the year, there were 10 fatalities involving recreational boating accidents, or 120 fatalities over the past 11 years (Victorian Marine Board data).
	www.oceans.gov.au /uses_pressures/page_005.jsp (1073 words)

	Fleet set for Mebourne-Hobart challenge » ABC Victoria » Local News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Seventeen yachts are preparing to tackle one of Australia's most challenging ocean races.
		The Ocean Racing Club of Victoria say the bluewater classic was thought too dangerous to race when it began in 1972, with critics describing it as a game of Russian roulette.
		Race director Ian McKenzie says today's conditions look challenging, with 25 to 35-knot head winds and waves up to four-and-a-half metres.
	www.abc.net.au /cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?/victoria/news/200412/s1272566.htm (181 words)

	MYCV Events
		The MYCV main racing event of the year is the Southern Oceans Multihull Regatta(SOMR).
		The regatta is held in early January on Western Port in Victoria.
		Run in conjunction with Ocean Racing Club of Victoria's Cock of the Bay Race: - Your chance to race against the cream of Melbourne to Hobart (Westcoaster Melbourne to Devonport Mono fleets, develop your skills for SOMR or simply sail along for the fun of it!
	www.mycv.asn.au /clubhouse-events.htm (303 words)

	TYC - Tamar Yacht Club Inc. Launceston Tasmania Australia - Yachting, Racing and Sailing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Commodore Jim Rogers of the Tamar Yacht Club and Commodore Ian McKenzie of the Ocean Racing Yacht of Victoria today announced that the 2003 Melbourne to Launceston Yacht Race would be sponsored by the new boutique merchant bank, Mariner Corporate Finance.
		The Melbourne to Launceston is the major race of the Rudder Cup series which was struck in 1907 for the inaugural Melbourne to Launceston Yacht Race.
		It is the nation’s oldest ocean yacht race, predating the Sydney to Hobart by 40 years.
	www.tyc.asn.au /mod.php?mod=userpage&menu=2300&page_id=42 (429 words)

	Easter Challenge — sailing offshore and up the mountains in Hydro Tasmania Three Peaks Race
		Three Peaks Race starts from Beauty Point on the Tamar River this coming Good Friday afternoon, taking the fleet of 14 yachts, their sailors and runners around the spectacular eastern coastline of Tasmania to finish at Hobart on the Derwent River on Easter Monday.
		Entries from Victoria include Ocean Racing Club of Victoria manager Bob Tanner who is competing for the first time in his 11.28m sloop Brunetti, and Anthony Cook’s Beneteau Oceanis 361, Liberte, back for a second year.
		Hydro Tasmania is sponsoring the event for a third year and Hydro representative Jane Crosswell has taken her involvement a step further by competing as a runner aboard David Taylor’s ex-Sydney Farr 37, Pippin, now based in Hobart.
	www.qldyachting.org.au /?Page=15887 (455 words)

	Boating OZ Victorian Events 2001 Cont'd
		Organised in conjunction with the ORCV Cock of the Bay - the feeder race for the start of the Melbourne to Devonport and Hobart races.
		Includes Dinghy and Catamaran Classics, Trailable and Keelboat Regattas, Southern Oceans Multihull Regatta as well as a number of World, National and State Titles.
		Notices of Race, on-line Entry, Sailing Instructions and a host of other information is available from the website.
	www.boatingoz.com.au /eventvic012.htm (185 words)

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		The mission of Ocean Futures Society is to explore our global ocean, inspiring and educating people throughout the world to act responsibly for its protection, documenting the critical connection between humanity and nature, and celebrating...
		The Ocean Alliance encompasses the Whale Conservation Institute and the Voyage of the Odyssey and is dedicated to the conservation of whales and their ocean environment.
		Ocean International - set in the natural surroundings of a gorgeous beachfront, dazzling blue sky and vibrant tropical gardens, this award winning hotel is a luxurious hotel that captures the essence of the tropics.
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	Portsea Online - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV) is introducing a new Bass Strait yacht race targeted at people who want to start ocean racing.
		The Latitude Race, starting off Queenscliff at 0900 on Saturday 26th November, is uniquely structured by the ORCV.
		Before the start of the Latitude Race, each yacht will be issued with its unique latitude: the southerly latitude, determined from the yacht’s handicap, that the yacht must reach on the outward leg before turning around for the return trip to catch slack water at Port Phillip Heads.
	www.portseaonline.com (394 words)

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	www.atozpages.com.au /atozpagesnetlinks/Clubs-Motor-Racing.asp (1242 words)

	Melbourne to Vanuatu yacht race - BoatPoint Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The race is scheduled to start from Portsea in Port Phillip on July 2, 2006; is open to single-hulled yachts of not less than 9m LOA (7.3m LWL); and carries a Category 1 safety rating.
		The race distance is 1850nm, which is approximately equal to three times the length of a Sydneyâ€“Hobart Race.
		The ORCV is offering a competitor support program to help competitors through their race preparation.
	www.pacificyachtinggroup.boatpoint.ninemsn.com.au /internallink.asp?ID=119744 (176 words)

	Clubs & Teams
		Dee Sailing Club on the estuary of the River Dee at Thurstaston in the Wirral Peninsula, England
		Palm Bay Club and Marina Miami, FL Percy Priest Yacht Club Percy Priest Yacht Club promotes sailing and sailboat racing on J. Percy Priest Lake.
		Yale Corinthian Yacht Club Branford, CT Yankee Cruising Club Boston MA
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	Strong support for inaugural Top of the Bay Regatta
		Melbourne’s Royal Brighton Yacht Club has received excellent support for its inaugural and innovative Top of the Bay Regatta to be sailed over this coming Labor Day long weekend, with more than 50 boats already nominated and other late entries expected today.
		Serious racing will start on Saturday with two windward/leeward races for all divisions, followed by two more similar races on Sunday and a final race around fixed bay marks on Monday.
		Apart from the yacht racing, Royal Brighton Yacht Club on Saturday will host a family day and festival on the new marina as well as offering Try Sailing and entertainment.
	www.wa.yachting.org.au /?Page=15715 (512 words)

	sail-world.com -- Melbourne-Vanuatu race - a welcome winter relief
		A first-ever ocean race is to be sailed from Melbourne to Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila in July next year and within a week of announcing the 1,885 nautical mile event, sixteen yachts had already been signed-up, with owners of another fifteen expressing interest.
		The Melbourne-Vila race is being organised by the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria, whose Event Manager, George Shaw, said would offer many challenges over an expected two-weeks at sea.
		The Club is planning a number of local and inter-island races and competitions between the Australia, New Zealand and the other entries from around the world that will be in Port Vila over winter 2006.
	www.sail-world.com /news.cfm?Nid=17736&RequestTimeOut=180 (458 words)

	Sailing in Australia - Events
		Australian Three Peaks Race A three to four day non-stop sporting short-handed sailing and endurance mountain running event around the magnificent east coast of Tasmania held at Easter each year giving crews an exciting, interesting and rewarding experience.
		Trans Tasman Masters Games 9 - 16 April 2005 at Newcastle NSW The Trans Tasman Masters Games is an annual event, held in the Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, and the Hunter Region - NSW Australia.
		Ocean Racing Club of Victoria lists events and results
	sailoz.net /events.html (176 words)

	Boat Trader Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Jacomo Sailing Club established in 1958 is one of the public sailing clubs of the greater Kansas City, Missouri area.
		Miramar Yacht Club, located on Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, NY is a great location for sailing, as well as a great place for visitors to New York City.
		The Vermilion Yacht Club is located in the Lagoons on the shore of Lake Erie and the banks of the Vermilion River.
	www.boattraderonline.com /linkbrowse.html?cat=200174 (888 words)

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		Beyond Outrageous is a specialised light displacement offshore race boat designed for long offshore passages with minimal crew.
		We are based at Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron on the North Eastern shore of Port Phillip.
		We are now in serious mode for the 2004/05 ocean racing season.
	beyondoutrageous.yachtsport.com.au (168 words)

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