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INAUGURAL 2011 EVENT DELAYED.
We recently announced that we are out of time to secure the support necessary to stage the inaugural Around Australia Race & Rally events as programmed in 2011. Please read this announcement.
We are continuing to build on the work done to date. We thank everybody for your encouraging emails and ongoing support.
Bob Williams +61 (0) 413 057 559
Australia's 'Tour de France' on the water.
Longest Coastal Yacht Race in the World. Longest Coastal Rally in the World.
- A challenging 7,500 NM Ocean Race - 'Around Australia Ocean Race' - Raced over 14 Stages
- A big adventure Ocean Rally - the 'Around Australia Ocean Rally'
- Made easy by starting and finishing from your home port or a port near you
- Stop-overs incorporated - 14 for the Race, 14 Rally Rendezvous Ports plus many places to visit in between.
- Crew changes permitted.
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DRAFT RALLY MASTERPLAN NOW AVAILABLE Click Here. Feedback and questions welcome admin@sailaroundaustralia.com.au
Stop-Over Ports combining coastal metropolitan Australia cities, resort islands, outback Australia townships. Places to delight and excite you and your family and friends as they follow you around Australia.
Current Entrants across both Race and Rally - 262
- Race 97 (81 Monohull, 16 Multihull - International Entrants 8) .
- Rally 165 (132 Monohull, 33 Multihull - International Entrants 20)
Safety is high on our agenda. The Crusing Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) and the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV) are providing us with invaluable assistance in this regard. The recent 'Flinders Islet Yacht Race Inquiry' - internal inquiry conducted by CYCA we encourage every entrant in the 'Around Australia Ocean Race and Rally' to read http://www.sail-world.com/indexs.cfm?Nid=66776
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RACE START - Bunbury 25 June 2011 - Individual Race Port Start Dates: (Start/Finish Ports)
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- Nine ports from which to start and finish the Race. Crew changes permitted. Race 'Home' port to 'Home' port duration around 112 days (7,300+/- NM).
- Asian based participants can start and finish in Broome in Western Australia.
- Multiple ports from which to join the Rally. Crew changes permitted. Rally duration around 12 months.
- We extend a warm welcome to entrants from outside of Australia.
- Overseas entrants can select a designated port around the coastline of Australia that they would prefer as their preferred ’home’ port .
- Sports Sponsorship arrangements will allow qualifying overseas participants to access visas for sufficient duration to allow them to complete the Rally.
Make your Slot Reservation now!
For information and feedback : Ocean Events Pty Ltd, +61 (0) 413 057 559, info@sailaroundaustralia.com.au
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Latest News
Around Australia Ocean Race and Rally- Out of Time for 2011
By Bob Williams, 2:59 AM Sun 6 Jun 2010 GMT
The Around Australia Ocean Race and Rally event has received unprecedented interest from local and international yacht owners, crew and supporters, along with a ground swell of enthusiasm from potential event hosts around Australia – including yacht clubs, local councils, port authorities, tourism and development authorities and governments. ... [more]
Around Australia Ocean Race and Rally Entries Tops 250!
By Bob Williams, Perth , 7:32 PM Tue 9 Feb 2010 GMT
Another major milestone reached in what is being hailed as Australia's ‘Tour de France' on the water. The ‘2011 Around Australia Ocean Race' and ‘2011-12 Around Australia Ocean Rally' events announces that less than eight months after launching and nine months before Rally entries, and 13 months before Race entries close, collective slot reservations have now topped 250. ... [more]
How to create a great around Australia event? Learn from the best!
By Bob Williams, Perth , 3:41 AM Sun 20 Dec 2009 GMT
As the 2011 Around Australia Ocean Race will finish in October-November 2011 depending on starting point, this allows ample time for our international competitors, battle hardened after 7500 nautical miles around the Australian coastline to fine tune their boats for the 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race. Every yacht that is eligible to compete in the Sydney to Hobart is eligible to compete in the Arou ... [more]
A big event development year behind us - An even bigger year ahead!
By Bob Williams, Perth , 11:08 PM Fri 18 Dec 2009 GMT
From Bob Williams, CEO, Ocean Events, the Western Australian company behind the Around Australia Ocean Race and Rally events. 'This year is almost done and what a wonderful year it has been. First half of the year saw sailors from Australia and around the world responding to our on-line questionnaire asking what they would like in the way of a Race and Rally around Australia. ... [more]
211 Entrants and growing - offshore yachting event organisers dream
By Ocean Events Media, 6:51 AM Sun 22 Nov 2009 GMT
It’s not often that a yachting event organiser is dealing with a potential fleet in the several hundreds rather than tens of entrants – and many months before entries close. Such is the case with the ‘2011 Around Australia Ocean Race and the ‘2011 Around Australia Ocean Rally’. Two major circumnavigations of Australia events overlapping. ... [more]
Giant 200+ boat fleet to sail around Australia
By Ocean Events Media, 6:40 AM Thu 12 Nov 2009 GMT
Event organiser Bob Williams has announced that an astounding 203 boats have already reserved places to sail around Australia in the 2011 Around Australia Ocean Race and the 2011 Around Australia Ocean Rally. This news comes less than five months after slot reservations were permitted. ... [more]
2011-12 Around Australia Ocean Rally - interest booming
By Ocean Events Media, 7:25 AM Tue 29 Sep 2009 GMT
The 2011-12 Around Australia Ocean Rally is an anti-clockwise circumnavigation of the coastline of Australia for ocean going cruising yachts. ‘Australia to Port’. An appealing feature of the Rally event is that yachts can join the Rally from various ‘Rally Rendezvous Ports’ (RRP) around the Australia coastline. Rally participants from RRP Fremantle in Western Australia are the first to start on ... [more]
2011 Ocean Race and Rally Race Organisation flies around Australia
By Ocean Events Media, , 3:28 AM Tue 29 Sep 2009 GMT
Like the song says ‘I’ve been everywhere man’, well not quite but I’m getting close in my travels around the coastline of Australia visiting our Around Australia Ocean Race start/finish ports and our Around Australia Ocean Rally ‘Rendezvous Ports’. ... [more]
Overview of the 2011 Around Australia Ocean Race and Rally
By Ocean Race Media, 5:22 AM Mon 28 Sep 2009 GMT
Overview of the 2011 Around Australia Ocean Race and the 2011 Around Australia Ocean Rally – Key Features explained. Important Key Feature for both the Race and the Rally. Participants can select where on the Coastline of Australia they start in The Race or Rally and finish. ... [more]
2011 Around Australian Ocean Race - a short explanation of the concept
By Ocean Race Media, 5:07 AM Mon 28 Sep 2009 GMT
For the 2011 Around Australian Ocean Race we have nominated seven ports around Australia from which Race participants can elect to start and finish; Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Southport, Brisbane, and Hamilton Island. ... [more]
Another Sydney to Hobart big boat joins 2011 Around Australia Race
By Ocean Race Media, 3:14 AM Thu 24 Sep 2009 GMT
Four out of the top five line honours winners in the 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart have now reserved slots for the 2011 Around Australia Ocean Race. Grant Wharington’s 98 footer Wild Thing, previously known as Skandia, Matt Allen’s modified Volvo 70 Ichi Ban, Andrew Short's 80 footer Shockwave registered over the last few months and now the fifth fastest boat south in last years blue water classic i ... [more]
Korea and Kiwis set for 2011 Around Australia Ocean Race
By Event Media, nth fremantle , 12:11 AM Thu 10 Sep 2009 GMT
2011 Around Australia Ocean Race Stop-Over Ports around Australia looking good - Korea and New Zealand gearing up for the race action ... [more]
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For all enquiries please contact Ocean Events Pty Ltd email: info(at)sailaroundaustralia.com.au
Phone: +61 (0) 413 057 559 Management Site
Phone: +61 (0) 413 057 559 Management Site
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