Last week two HYC boats, Wayne Pitcher’s J122 ‘Lithium’ and Tony Brooke’s Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 42 ‘Mimosa’, completed the 700 nm Fremantle to Exmouth Race and Rally. On Saturday 6 May, following the compulsory safety brief, the fleet assembled off Hall Bank amidst cold gusty easterly winds and rain for the midday start. Once underway, the fleet headed for the day buoy off Cottesloe and then turned north, with the first 48 hours sailed in a rollicking beam reach of 30-40 kts.

We are in the final exciting days before Saturday’s start of the Fremantle to Exmouth Race and Rally 2023, with crews of the two participating HYC boats, Wayne Pitcher’s ‘Lithium’ and Tony Brooke’s ‘Mimosa’, busily getting ready, sorting sails, packing equipment, cleaning, repairing, and making everything

We are in the final exciting days before Saturday’s start of the Fremantle to Exmouth Race and Rally 2023, with crews of the two participating HYC boats, Wayne Pitcher’s ‘Lithium’ and Tony Brooke’s ‘Mimosa’, busily getting ready, sorting sails, packing equipment, cleaning, repairing, and making everything ship shape. The two HYC registered yachts are amongst the 35+ fleet participating in next week’s event.

Many hands make light work, but four are enough to get a racing yacht “around the cans”, as demonstrated by several boats of the Hillarys Keelboat Racing Division’s inaugural Double Handed Race Day