Rally circumnavigates Tasmania - five weeks and 800 nautical miles



11:29 PM Sun 20 Mar 2011 GMT
'Schooner Cove' . Click Here to view large photo
Tasmania. The closest big island to Antarctica. Lush, mountainous, secluded anchorages. With splendid weather in the summer. So why wouldn't you organise a yacht rally to circumnavigate it? The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania has been doing just that for the last 20 years or so, and the latest one has just finished. See the pictures, to envy, or maybe to think about joining the next one. This rally was the 10th to run - they run about every two years, and they are called the 'Van Diemen's Land Circumnavigation ...


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by Sail-World Cruising/Lois Ryan





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