Select to expand quoteDonk107 said..twodogs1969 said..
HG02 said...
Perhaps they should just start making vintage sailboat racing hang it on the end of the same hobart race
Just like in vintage motorcycle racing
I think you are on to more than you think here.
The glamour clubs are not interested in the older boats and I don't think they really want them in the Hobart.
But the older ior boats have become affordable for the average person so something like this would make it affordable similar to the old ior racing in Europe.
Not sure that I agree that the older boats are not wanted in Hobart as I for one enjoy wandering around and looking at the slower boats after they arrive and sometime the fast maxi's don't hang around for too long after the finish
Also in Hobart the boats finish up and berth at the main public waterfront area in town which is not part of a yacht club with full access to the public and clubs I have visited down here are all fairly casual
if if I ever get the opportunity I wouldn't mind stopping up in Hobart for a few days and cheering each boat as it finishes from the first to the last one as I reckon the slower boats do it a lot harder and longer than the fast ones and deserve a good welcome in
Regards Don
Hey Don back in the 70/80,s it was tradition to allow the public to go along for the ride on the Sydney and Melbourne boats competing in the King of the Derwent . All they had to do was be on the dock on time and ask. We would take up to five.
I wonder if that is still allowed it was a real fun day.
Aah..war stories at the bar. Good times had by all it looks like 
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