12ft Skiff Australian Championship trifecta for Press and Yabsley

4:48 PM Sun 1 May 2011 GMT

'PB Towage - 12 foot skiff Australian Title' 12ft Skiff Click Here to view large photo

12ft Skiff Australian Championship started with a slow drift around Green Island (not the one off Cairns) ended with a cranking third rig in the steep waves of Waterloo Bay. The 76th Championship was won by Nick Press and Brad Yabsley on Dimension Polyant Australia with only a small margin to last year's champs Brett Hobson and Alex Johnson on Garde. The one point win capped off a great season for Press and Yabsley after winning the Interdominions early in the new year and the NSW state Championship in late 2010 the first boat for some 25 years to win ...

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