Australian Match Racing Championship Hobart - Kiwi surprise



10:03 AM Tue 16 Nov 2010 GMT
'Racing on the Derwent - Australian Match Racing Championship' Peter Campbell &copy Click Here to view large photo
The only all-women and only New Zealand crew in the Hardy's Australian match-racing championship have finished top team going into tomorrow's finals on Hobart's River Derwent. In a day of upsets, Stephanie Hazard and her crew of Jenna Hansen, Susannah Pyatt and Nichola Trudget won five straight match races in the second round-robin to finish with a total of seven wins over the two knock-out round-robins. 'They sailed faultless match-racing with smart tactics, excellent boat handling and perfect spinnaker work in the Elliott 5.9s,' said principal race officer Murray Jones from the host club, the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. ...


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by Peter Campbell




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