Every couple of years, the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania conducts a cruise-in-company to circumnavigate the Tasmanian coast. It is called the Van Diemens Land Circumnavigation Cruise or VDL-C for short.
A cruise-in-company provides an opportunity for visitors from other parts of the world, as well as the Australian and local cruising communities, to undertake one of the world's more adventurous and spectacular cruising experiences, supported by people with practical knowledge of conditions likely to be encountered on the Tasmanian coast as well as of the coast itself.
Planning has begun for the VDL-C 2009 to be conducted by the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania in conjunction with the Royal Geelong Yacht Club. This will be the 9th VDL-C since 1992. This cruise will take 5 weeks which should allow participants time to enjoy something of Tasmania’s wonderful cruising grounds. (It takes a lifetime to explore them thoroughly!)
The cruise begins in Hobart on Wednesday 11th February 2009. This is two days after the long weekend during which the 2009 Australian Wooden Boat Festival will be held. The route takes an anticlockwise route around the island, with a planned return date in Hobart of Tuesday 17th March 2009. For full details are contained on the RYCT website: <www.ryct.org.au/circumnavigation>.
Previous experience suggests that participants get the most out of the cruise by starting from Hobart. However, it is possible to join at some point along the way, such as Beauty Point at the mouth of the Tamar River or in the Hunter Group at the north-west corner of Tasmania. There is a possible cruise plan on the website for participants leaving from Geelong and joining at the Hunter Group.
The Preliminary Notice of Cruise gives more details including conditions of entry such as minimum crew experience, safety requirements and other useful information about cruising in Tasmania.
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