Marlay Point Overnight Race
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56th Marlay Point Overnight Race

Run and Won – 9th March 2024

RESULTS time. 
 
Results – Found here
 
Entries – 119
Starters – 117
Finishes – 96
Two boats over at the start
One did not return. Identified as MPONR#4444. 
 
 
Thank you to all the competitors, from Jacqui,  Jenny and all the Marlay Point Committee, 
 
Ps, the winds did come in at 4 pm on Sunday …

 

Quick points for the race. – all information is found in the General information notes sent to skippers/person who entered.

  • CONTACT INFORMATION DURING RACE
    VHF: Ch 72
    Phone: 0490 803 590
  • Buses 
    • Buses will leave Paynesville from the King Street car park and GLYC on Saturday at approximately l:30 pm and 4:00 pm. Bus tickets will be available from the bus driver for $20 each.
    • Please note that the bus service is only for Saturdays.
    • The last bus from Paynesville will return to Marlay Point after the sign-on has closed.
  • Launching ramp;
    • Jetty Depth is relatively shallow in places. (Swan’s kneecaps can be seen)
    • Please listen to the ramp marshalls. As there are no facilities to tow anyone off.
  • Marlay Point is not a town; it has no town water and has septic toilet facilities.
    • Bring water, bring sunscreen, bring everything. 
    • There are no shops or fuel stations. 
    • Mobile phone reception is limited.
  • Gippsland Lakes YC is a cashless club. All transactions are via electronic facilities.
  • Once you leave Paynesville, you can only buy fuel from the Loch Sport,
    • The Marina by prior arrangement.
    • EXTRA note (thanks Robert)
      • You can get fuel 24 hours a day from the General Store, which has a card machine attached to the pump. It’s a 5-minute walk from the yacht club marina. 
  • Sign-on opens at 10 am. and shuts at 4.30 pm
  • Water taxis all start around 11 am to ferry people from boats. 
    • hail using the MPONR race frequency

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MARLAY POINT OVERNIGHT RACE

The Marlay Point Overnight Race has been running on the Gippsland Lakes since 1969. It is the only overnight race for trailer sailors in Australia and has earned the reputation as the Sydney-Hobart for smaller yachts. 

Previously hosted by the Lake Wellington Yacht Club (LWYC), this iconic race that runs on the Victorian Labour Day in March every year is now hosted by Gippsland Lakes Yacht Club (GLYC) under the guidance of LWYC. Starting at sunset, competitors sail across Lake Wellington, through the McLennan Straits into Lake Victoria for the run home to Paynesville.  

Regarded as Australia’s premier race for trailable yachts and multi-hulls, about 4000 boats and 11,000 sailors have been involved over the past 50 years, making the Overnight Race a must-do on every trailer sailors bucket list.

 In 2018, the CH Robinson Marlay Point Overnight Race celebrated its 50th anniversary.  An achievement of which the small club (LWYC) is very proud. More than 200 yachts, 600 crews, families, and supporters from all over Australia, plus hundreds of spectators, converged on Marlay Point, 22km from Sale on Lake Wellington, for another spectacular sunset start.  

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