Bruny Island Race victory to Intrigue



7:38 AM Sun 13 Feb 2011 GMT
'Intrigue under spinnaker on the Derwent. - Bruny Island Race' Peter Campbell &copy Click Here to view large photo
Bruny Island Race - Twenty-six years ago, Hobart yachtsman Don Calvert won his first Bruny Island Race with his newly launched Intrigue, in the lead-up to becoming the only Tasmanian skipper, crew and boat to represent Australia in the famous Admiral?s Cup offshore racing series in England. Yesterday, Calvert skippered the Castro 40 to a remarkable seventh handicap victory over more than a quarter of a century in the 89 nautical mile race that circumnavigates the elongated island south of Hobart. This was the 85th running of the Bruny Island Race by the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, first held ...


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by Peter Campbell





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