Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - 17 seconds the difference



4:23 PM Sun 29 Aug 2010 GMT
'BH36 Local Hero - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2010' Andrea Francolini &copy Click Here to view large photo
Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - The closest divisional battle was within IRC Passage 2 where Harvey Milne's Archambault 31 Aroona from Sydney and the Matthew Owen skippered BH36 Local Hero, racing with a majority ACT crew, fought tooth and nail for seven days over nine races to finish a point apart. Owen clinched the series with today's 17 second win over Aroona in the Lindeman Island Race, not a bad result for a bunch of dinghy sailors from Canberra's Lake Burley Griffin campaigning a 15 year old boat. 'Does it get any closer?' questioned Owen this afternoon. 'We sailed ...


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by Lisa Ratcliff



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