This challenging 800M 5-week cruise-in-company is held every 2 years. The next one begins in Hobart on 15th February 2017 and ends there on 21st March 2017. For full details, visit the Royal YC of Tasmania 'a website www.ryct.org.au.

VDL-C cruises have a fleet limit of 45 boats. In May 2016, the 2017 cruise is already over-subscribed - as it usually is at this stage of the biennial cycle. So far, nobody still ready and able to come at a cruise commencement date has ever been left behind. For boats not based in Tasmania, part of the challenge is getting to Hobart in the first place! In any case, any international boat turning up in Hobart and satisfying the entry criteria is highly unlikely to be excluded even if its position in the entry queue remains greater than 45.

Please feel free to contact OCC member Jeremy Firth (jwfirth2@bigpond.com) with any questions not answered by information on the RYCT website.