Registrations for this event are closed.
Please be advised that to use this registration form you will need to have completed the ORWA Season registration. If you have not done this you can do it via this link:
Register for the 2019/20 ORWA Season
Event Details
| Organising Authority: |
Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club |
| Warning Signal: |
All divisions
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1725
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| Safety: |
Category 3+ |
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See additional requirements in the ORWA Handbook and the Individual Race Notice.
The following will be required (full details in race notice):
- A permanently installed inboard engine (outboard engines will not be permitted).
- Liferaft(s) complying to Australian Sailing Special Regulations (ASSR) 4.19 for Liferafts in Category 2 events and grab bag, ASSR 4.20.
- An EPIRB for each liferaft to comply with ASSR 4.18.4.
- At least one spare lifejacket, ASSR 5.01.1(f).
- All crew must carry a 406 MHz Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) with GPS.
- At least 2 crew must have a valid Safety and Sea Survival Course qualification.
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| Trophies |
IRC & PHS |
| Series: |
Siska Series, Blue Water Series and 43rd Farrawa Cup Series
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| Entry Fee: |
$150 |
| Early Bird Entry: |
Enter online by 1800 Friday 31 January 2020 |
| Entries Close: |
1700 Friday 07 February 2020 |
Event Description:
RACE RECORD the current race record is held by Indian.
2016 Indian C. Carter 17:42:09
TROPHY - FIRST TO BUNBURY
Awarded to the first yacht to arrive at the turning boat in Bunbury on IRC corrected time.
RACE HISTORY
The Bunbury & Return was first raced on 24 February 1948. The start line was inside Fremantle Harbour, opposite ‘B’ shed on Victoria Quay. The course was around Bell and Fairway Buoys, then the west end of Rottnest with its two lighthouses, one manned, then south to Bunbury. Moorings, tenders and a mayoral reception at the golf club awaited them. Fifteen yachts entered for this initial overnight offshore race. From 1949 onwards the race became Bunbury and return, along with a mid-morning start. The 169nm race grew steadily in popularity. By the 1960’s this major offshore event was attracting considerable media coverage. From 2016 there was a lap in Koombana Bay and a Friday evening start which saw most of the fleet turning in Bunbury during daylight hours to connect the race with the locals. In 2018, a spectacular Fremantle Harbour start celebrated the 70th race. Sadly tragedy struck later that night and two lives were lost.
The Bunbury and Return is not the longest but it is the oldest offshore race in Western Australia, it will always have a special place in history.
