Australian Solo sailor ahead of record as he rounds Tasmania

8:34 PM Fri 4 Jun 2010 GMT

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Australian solo sailor Ian Thomson is edging towards Tasmania's South East Cape and will soon be heading north again, with just 1592 nautical miles out of the total WSSRC 6542 nautical miles around the Australian coastline. Thomson is aiming to break the 68 day record for sailing around Australia, non stop unassisted. In the early hours of Day 32, the Airlie Beach sailor spoke to Sail-World, as he approached South East Cape, with just 25 percent of the course yet to sail. 'It hasn't been the Southern Ocean crossing that I had expected. Very anti-climactic because the ocean has not ...

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