175th Australia Day Regatta - Century old Weene to sail

9:08 AM Tue 4 Jan 2011 GMT

'175th ADR Poster - 175th Australia Day Regatta' Peter Campbell &copy Click Here to view large photo

175th Australia Day Regatta - One Australia?s oldest yachts still actively racing, the Weene, will compete in the historic 175th Australia Day Regatta on Sydney Harbour on 26 January 2011. She will be among a large fleet of wooden yachts, many gaff-rigged, which will contest a special Classic Yachts division to mark the 175th Australia Day Regatta, the world?s oldest continuously conducted sailing regatta. Weene was the first of seven Tasmanian One Design classs yachts built in Hobart to a US design published in The Rudder magazine of February 1902 and modified by Tasmanian yacht designer Alf Blore to suit ...

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