Osaka Cup 2007 - Latest News
Prize Awarding Ceremony held on May 10, 2007 16 May 2007
The MELBOURNE OSAKA CUP 2007 Prize Awarding Ceremony was held at ‘Fespa’ located in the Osaka World Trade Center Building at 3pm on 10 May 2007. The ceremony was open to the public with...
Day 44: Esotericas finish heralds end of race 07 May 2007
Campbell Reynolds/David Best (Esoterica) this afternoon AEST crossed the finish line of the double handed 2007 Melbourne Osaka yacht race, bringing the event to an end. Esoterica...
Day 43: Esoterica crew face gales today 06 May 2007
Only Campbell Reynolds/David Best (Esoterica) remain at sea in the double handed 2007 Melbourne Osaka yacht race and today were expected to face gale force sou-east and sou-westerly winds of 35-40...
Day 42: Ingenue and Wild Boar finish one to go! 05 May 2007
Ingenue (Vic) and Wild Boar (JPN) finished the Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race in the early hours of this morning, nearly five hours apart, and despite the early hour,...
Day 41: Ingenue 61 miles from finish 04 May 2007
According to the latest information, the Victorian yacht Ingenue will be the next finisher in the double handed 2007 Melbourne Osaka yacht race; David James and Rosie Colahan are only 61 nautical...
Day 39: Hullabaloo beats Asadori home 03 May 2007
Jim and Joe O’Keeffe from Yamba in NSW have ‘blown in’, the second finisher today and eight on line in the 2007 Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race, finishing at 12 hours 51...
Day 39: Southern Light finishes in early hours 03 May 2007
Tom Crabb and Trent Justice sailing their Adams 11.9 metre yacht, Southern Light, the lone South Australian entry in the 2007 Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race, in the early hours of this...
Day 40: Ingenue leads the rearguard 03 May 2007
Three yachts are left at sea in the 5,500 nautical mile Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race today and current leaders, and only husband and wife crew, David James and Rosie Colahan (Ingenue),...
Day 39: Asadori arrives to resounding Japanese reception 02 May 2007
The weather battered Japanese crew on the Iain Murray 13.1m Asadori finally reached their Osaka destination in the 2007 Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race this afternoon, one day after the...
Day 38: Gale conditions hit fleet 01 May 2007
Six yachts have finished the 2007 Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race with six remaining at sea and the top three have been hit by gale force winds which are expected to continue through...
Day 37: Dekadence overcomes Tamagomalu to finish fifth 30 April 2007
The Victorian yacht Dekadence has overcome a race-long challenge from the Japanese rival Tamagomalu to finish fifth over the line in the 2007 Melbourne Osaka yacht race this morning. ...
Day 37: Tamagomalu finishes six on line 30 April 2007
Japanese entry Tamagomalu this afternoon became the sixth yacht to cross the finish line of the 5,500 nautical mile 2007 Melbourne Osaka yacht race. Makoto Hisamatsu and is Queensland...
Day 36: RYU-JIN fgi fourth yacht home 29 April 2007
Against extraordinary odds, following damage to their keel and a subsequent pitstop to Bundaberg in Queensland for nearly seven days, Queenslanders Murray Bucknall and Jon Sayer have brought RYU-JIN...
Day 34: COCORIN interland second over finish line 28 April 2007
COCORIN interland is the second yacht to cross the 2007 Melbourne Osaka yacht race finish line today, following a drawn out battle overnight and this morning with line honours winner, Alex, which...
Day 35: Gusto finishes and the race heats up 28 April 2007
The 2007 Melbourne Osaka chase for line honours may be over, but the 5,500nm double handed yacht race is just heating up, as three groups of boats chasing class wins have constantly played on the...
Day 34: Alex takes Melbourne Osaka line honours 27 April 2007
Melbourne father and son duo Jock and Hamish MacAdie have sailed their Jones/Hart 14m yacht Alex - Team MacAdie to a line honours win in the 5,500 nautical mile Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht...
Day 33: Alex battles COCORIN for lead on final stretch 26 April 2007
At 11.00am AEST, COCORIN interland was 113 nautical miles from the Melbourne Osaka finish line on the final stretch of the race positioned between Muroto and Tanabe at the southern end of Japan, Alex...
Day 33: Last hurdle of race proving to be hardest 26 April 2007
The very last part of the Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race is proving to be the most difficult as COCORIN interland and Alex battle for line honours supremacy of the 5,500 nautical mile...
Day 32: Gusto takes lead 250 miles to sail! 25 April 2007
Having led the Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race since the afternoon of April 2, Japanese entry COCORIN interland lost her lead to both Gusto and Alex yesterday afternoon...
Day 32: Tables continue to turn COCORIN back in lead 25 April 2007
As at the 4.00pm AEST sked, a number of tables have turned in the Melbourne Osaka race over the last eight hours, most significantly, the Japanese 16m schooner COCORIN interland has regained the...
Day 31: The race is on Pattinson defies the odds 24 April 2007
Only 12 nautical miles separates Gusto and the race leader COCORIN interland in the final stages of the Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race this morning with Alex knocking on the door a...
Day 30: Race heats up Gusto and Alex challenge COCORIN 23 April 2007
The Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race has heated up on all fronts this morning as Gusto and Alex halve the distance between themselves and the race leader COCORIN interland and the...
Day 29: RYU-JIN and Gusto on the rampage 22 April 2007
Those cool Queensland speedsters on RYU-JIN – fgi are at it again – clocking up a massive 244nm in a 24 hour period, yesterday afternoon waving bye bye to the Japanese entry Asadori...
Day 28: Race record passes by COCORIN hangs on 21 April 2007
Grant Wharington/Scott Gilbert’s 1995 Melbourne Osaka race record came and went at 09.47.06 hours AEST this morning, and while the Japanese schooner, COCORIN interland continues to hold on at...
Day 27: Top three slogging it out for line honours 20 April 2007
Things are heating up at the front end of the Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race this morning as Gusto and Alex slowly but surely eat away COCORIN interland’s lead. Sailing...
Day 26: Last yachts cross equator Shozi Yoneda celebrates birthday 19 April 2007
All 12 yachts remaining in the Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race have now crossed the equator, Queensland’s Esoterica and Japan’s Wild Boar crossing last evening and a couple of...
Day 25: Two more equator crossings Gusto reclaims second place 18 April 2007
Asadori and RYU-Jin – fgi are the latest boats to cross the equator in the Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race and Ingenue is due to cross this afternoon some time. ...
Day 24: Alex and Gusto keep COCORIN honest 17 April 2007
Another hot day in the tropics and 9 knot south-easterly breezes forecast for the Melbourne Osaka race today as Japan’s COCORIN interland leads Victorian yacht Alex by approximately 52...
Day 23: Trades arrive - RYU-JIN taking no prisoners 16 April 2007
The prevailing winds of the tropics, the east-sou-easterly trades, have materialised and the top four line honours contenders in the Melbourne-Osaka double handed yacht race have put in some big...
Day 22: Brian Pattinson goes it alone on Gusto 15 April 2007
The Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race has taken an extraordinary twist with Brian Pattinson (pictured) informing the Race Committee yesterday that whilst Gusto was in Honiara, Patrick Giudice,...
Day 21: Gusto reaches the equator and the race is on! 14 April 2007
The Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race is well and truly on this morning as the top five yachts leave the Doldrums behind them and the next group not too far from doing the same. ...
Day 20: Black Friday in the Doldrums! 13 April 2007
Conditions most sailors dread has hit the Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race fleet and only Rosie Colahan on Ingenue has made mention of those two words ‘The Doldrums’ publicly when...
Melbourne Osaka Day 20 update: Gusto takes lead closing in on equator 13 April 2007
In a sked update with Race Director Kevin Wilson a short time ago, Gusto (pictured), co-skippered by Victorians Patrick Giudice and Brian Pattinson have taken the lead in the Melbourne Osaka double...
Day 19: Gusto chases COCORIN - Southern Light making up miles 12 April 2007
Some changes on the Melbourne Osaka double handed race track in the past 24 hours as Gusto’s unusual move to sail to the east side of the Solomon’s has paid big dividends, Patrick...
Day 18: Fleet closes in on COCORIN interland 11 April 2007
No let up for the 12 remaining yachts in the 5,500 nautical mile Melbourne Osaka race today, as meteorologist Roger Badham says to expect gale and near gale conditions, and more strong...
Day 17: Hard going at the front back markers sailing fast 10 April 2007
Grant Wharington and Scott Gilbert’s Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race record of just over 26 days looks impossible to beat, as the front runners faced another 24 hours of slow going;...
Day 16: Frustration at front Japan still top two 09 April 2007
Four days of light breezes in the Solomon Islands and fresh south-easterlies further down the track has turned the Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race into a game of frustration for the front...
We lost our keel on Day 9 of race 09 April 2007
In the midst of a Tsunami warning and damage occurring to some competitors, James Ryssenbeek and Andrew McCole reported what was initially thought to be a damaged keel on Melbourne Osaka yacht race...
Melbourne Osaka Day 15: RYU-JIN fgi back racing gales on the menu! 08 April 2007
Just when life was settling down to a pleasant pattern in the Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race, meteorologist Roger Badham has told the fleet that a small area of gales may develop on Sunday...
Melbourne Osaka Day 14: Japan top two race gets interesting 07 April 2007
The Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race has heated up in the last 24 hours, as the fleet closes in on race leader COCORIN interland due to different weather patterns as was predicted...
Melbourne Osaka Day 13: Good Friday brings promise 06 April 2007
Sailing off the Deboyne Islands to the east of Papua New Guinea in the Solomon Sea, the Japanese 16m Schooner, COCORIN interland Itaru Matsunaga/John Bankart is still in the lead of the 5,500 nautical...
Day 12: Pippin retires two others rejoin race 05 April 2007
Pippin is the latest casualty of the Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race, owner/skipper Roger Sayers reporting to Race Director Kevin Wilson of his and Anthony Bown’s official retirement...
Runaway retires RYU-JIN set to make comeback 04 April 2007
Sadly, the Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race dream has come to an end for Melbourne’s James Ryssenbeek and Andrew McCole, who have advised race officials they are officially retiring...
Japanese entries shine - RYU-JIN down but not out 03 April 2007
Japanese sailor Itaru Matsunaga and his Queensland co-skipper John Bankart have kept COCORIN interland in the lead of the Melbourne Osaka double-handed yacht race overnight with Victorians...
Damage control for some - a quieter day for others 03 April 2007
No changes in the 5,500 nautical mile Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race this afternoon, Itaru Matsunaga and John Bankart (COCORIN interland) continue their charge to be first to Osaka,...
RYU-JIN and others suffer damage 02 April 2007
At 3.31am Diane Sayer received a call from her husband Jon to advise that RYU-JIN –fgi, the race leader in the Melbourne Osaka had incurred rudder damage, possibly hitting something, as the...
Tsunami warning to fleet has eased 02 April 2007
A Tsunami Warning issued to all competitors in the Melbourne-Osaka double handed yacht race this morning have received an updated report that the Willis Island Meteorological station reported NO...
Tsunami threat ended - COCORIN's turn to lead 02 April 2007
Roger Badham, meteorologist for the 5,500 nautical mile Melbourne Osaka double-handed yacht race informed race officials: “Based on sea level gauge data and other reports there is no longer...
Runaway and Pippin making up the miles RYU-JIN continues lead 01 April 2007
Fourteen boats remain sailing in the Melbourne Osaka race following withdrawal of the two Mooloolaba entries, Wasabi and Cadi. A week into the 5,500 nautical mile race come 1.00pm...
Melbourne Osaka Day 7: Fleet chases RYU-JIN Runaway rejoins race 31 March 2007
Following an unscheduled trip into Sydney to make repairs to their spinnaker pole yesterday afternoon, James Ryssenbeek reported from the Melbourne yacht Runaway this morning they are back sailing the...
RYU-JIN leads Cadi retires 30 March 2007
Now five days into the 5,500nm double-handed Melbourne Osaka race, the morning sked shows RYU-JIN – fgi (Qld) leading the race, positioned north of Newcastle, but Gusto (Vic) is on her...
Wasabi heading to Sydney - the race goes on 29 March 2007
Currently off Jervis Bay on the NSW South Coast, Ken Down and Shane Gaddes (Wasabi) are wending their way up the NSW Coast this morning, heading for Sydney with rudder damage in the 5,500 nautical...
Wasabi retires Cadi and Pippin looking at options 29 March 2007
In a phone call through his son Lucas a short time ago, Wasabi’s owner/skipper Ken Down has advised the Melbourne Osaka Race Director Kevin Wilson that Wasabi is officially retiring from the...
RYU-JIN new leader 29 March 2007
At the latest Melbourne Osaka sked, Wasabi was abeam of Wollongong on the NSW South Coast, 48 nautical miles from her Sydney destination where co-skippers Ken Down and Shane Gaddes will be able to...
Day 4: Wasabi reclaims lead 28 March 2007
Ken Down and Shane Gaddes (Wasabi) have reclaimed the Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race lead nearly three days into the race, but only two nautical miles separates the Sayer 12 from sistership...
Wasabi suffers rudder damage leaking fuel tank on Cadi 28 March 2007
Ken Down reported to Kevin Wilson, Race Director of the Melbourne Osaka tonight, that due to rudder damage to their new Sayer 12m Wasabi, he and Shane Gaddes would be retiring to Sydney and are...
Day 3: Sayer boats battle for lead 27 March 2007
Nearly two days after leaving port, the Melbourne Osaka double-handed race is really on with two Queensland entries RYU-JIN - fgi and Wasabi continuing their battle for supremacy at the front...
Melbourne Osaka Day 3: Gusto challenges Sayer designs 27 March 2007
The two Queensland Sayer designs, RYU-JIN – fgi and Wasabi continue their battle in the Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race this afternoon, but the Open 60 Gusto has come to challenge and...
Melbourne Osaka away to a great start 26 March 2007
The four yearly Melbourne Osaka double handed yacht race got away on time at 1.00pm today on Port Phillip of Station Pier in beautiful Melbourne autumn conditions. City of Melbourne...
Light airs plague the fleet 26 March 2007
Following the start of the double-handed 5,500 nautical mile Melbourne Osaka race on Port Phillip yesterday at 1.pm, Esoterica’s crew, Campbell Reynolds and David Best (Qld) reported to...
Melbourne Osaka competitor to celebrate wedding anniversary at sea 24 March 2007
Newcomers to the Melbourne Osaka race, Tom Crabb and Trent Justice, will sail the loan South Australian entry in the 5,500 nautical mile race, an Adams 11.9 called Southern Light, and says...
Last minute jobs in countdown to Melbourne Osaka start 24 March 2007
The 16 crews taking part in the Melbourne Osaka 2007 double handed yacht race which starts this Sunday at l.00pm have put a lot of time, money and effort into their campaigns and all are now finishing...
Argos will track Melbourne Osaka race 24 March 2007
Family, friends and the general public will be able to follow the 5.500 nautical mile Melbourne Osaka on the official race site via Argos, a global tracking and data collection system that has been...
Melbourne Osaka competitors ready to set sail 24 March 2007
In less than 24 hours the 32 sailors aboard16 yachts in the Melbourne Osaka 2007 double handed yacht race will cast off from Waterfront City at Docklands and head to the Port Phillip start line of...
Melbourne Osaka gathers momentum 22 March 2007
All but three of 16 yachts have assembled at Waterfront City, at Melbourne’s Docklands, in readiness for the Melbourne Osaka double-handed yacht race which starts off Station Pier on Sunday...
Sixteen to start Melbourne Osaka race 20 March 2007
A reduced fleet of 16 yachts will face the starter’s gun when the Melbourne Osaka double handed non-stop 5,500 nautical mile yacht race gets underway at 1.00pm on March 25 of Station Pier in...
HMAS Melbourne returns home for Osaka race 16 March 2007
Our namesake warship the HMAS Melbourne will be the ‘flag ship’ for the 2007 Melbourne Osaka Race start on Sunday 25 March, the Lord Mayor John So announced today. The guided...
Mates to head off on Melbourne Osaka odyssey 27 February 2007
James Ryssenbeek and Andrew McCole have been friends since meeting through sailing dinghies in Melbourne as 13 years olds, but neither dreamed that 17 years later they would be embarking on the...
Competitors mixed fortunes in lead-up to Melbourne-Osaka double-handed yacht race 08 January 2007
A number of entrants in the 2007 Melbourne Osaka double-handed yacht race got in some early practice during major events over the Christmas period, with Melbourne’s Matt Hannaford the most...
The Start line is fast approaching! 01 December 2006
New entries for Melbourne Osaka ...
RYU-JIN-FGI LAUNCH 12 September 2006
Jon Sayers latest 12m race yacht designed and built specifically for the Melbourne Osaka Race was launched at Lawries Marina at Mooloolaba at about 11.30am on Saturday 29th July. TV & print...
New Website launch 04 August 2006
The new Melbourne Osaka Cup website was launched on Monday 31st July 2006. More details on the competitors will be on the web soon. The Melbourne Osaka Boat Week will include...
Information for all competitors 04 July 2006
MMSI Application It is a requirement for all ISAF Category “0” races for competitors to ensure there EPIRBS are registered with the appropriate authority. The appropriate...
Competitor entry List 08 May 2006
Competitors in the Melbourne-Osaka Yacht Race 2007 as @ May 9th 2006 ...
Melbourne Osaka Boat Week 2007 04 April 2006
Boating enthusiasts of all kinds won’t want to miss Boat Week Events at Melbourne Docklands in Victoria from 16-25th March, with the major highlight the Melbourne Osaka Cup...
Race on for Melbourne Osaka Entries 02 August 2005
The race is almost two years away and already a barrage of serious enquiries from prospective competitors of the 2007 Melbourne-Osaka Race have been received at Sandringham Yacht Club, the...
New Website 27 July 2005
Welcome to the Osaka Cup Yacht Race website. The Osaka Cup 2007 Melbourne to Osaka Double Handed Yacht Race is a 5000nm epic journey that runs every four years , pitting man and boat against the...
