The 2013 Darwin Dili Yacht Rally will start from Darwin on Saturday 13 July 2013. The course is from the Start Line in Darwin Harbour, Australia, leaving Jaco Island to port, to the Finish Line off the city of Dili, Timor-Leste, a distance of 425 NM. The 2013 Notice of Event Schedule of events and Sailing Instructions are now available.
Timor-Leste welcomes visits by yachts; much of the information on this site is relevant to yachts visiting Dili at any time. Click here for entry and exit procedures for visiting yachts or if you would like further information, please email us on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The Sail Timor-Leste Darwin Dili Yacht Rally is a web based event, organised and managed using the internet and email only; we do not use telephone, mail or fascimile. Please always include the name of your yacht in the subject line of all emails to us.
The 2013 Darwin Dili Yacht Rally is a major event in Timor-Leste's calendar of events and is sponsored by the Timor-Leste Ministry of Tourism to promote the development of the Timor-Leste's marine tourism industry. Entries in the 2013 Rally are now invited - see on-line entry form on this website. The 2013 Rally is limited to 25 yachts. Formal Sailing Instructions for the Rally are available from this website. Please email us on
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to register your interest in participating and receive regular email updates. A Rally Update booklet (June 2013) has been emailed to all yachts expressing interest. Entries should be completed by 30 June; extensions after this date may be granted by the organisers.
In 2012 a record fleet of 17 yachts in all three Divisions and totalling 70 crew went on the 2012 Rally. Mojo 3 from Brisbane skippered by Peter Wilcox took Line Honours and first on handicap in Division III for the event. Gameset from Darwin skippered by John Mulkearns came first on handicap in Division I. Go to List of Entries and Results for full details. Yachts in Cruising Division carried a range of donated goods to Dili for the humanitarian sailing vessel VEGA to distribute to remote communities in Timor-Leste and Indonesia.
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