The Ocean Racing Club of Victoria's Ripper Tour is on again!

8:55 PM Mon 8 Mar 2010 GMT

'Point Lonsdale in the bottom of the frame and Point Nepean in the middle of shot form the Heads to Port Phillip. - ORCV Rip Tour' John Curnow/ORCV Click Here to view large photo

The ORCV's much loved tour of the passage of water known around the world as, The Rip, is going to be run on April 18, 2010.

The Rip is the stretch of water between Point Nepean and Point Lonsdale and separates Melbourne's Port Phillip from that other really well-known paddock, Bass Strait.

Please see orcv.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&;view=article&id=1238&Itemid=462 for details and to enroll in this sell-out event.

by John Curnow

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