Dual Sydney Hobart winner Westward gifted to Maritime Museum in Hobart

6:48 AM Tue 22 Jun 2010 GMT

'Westward sailing up the River Derwent at the end of her voyage from the Mary River in Queensland to Hobart' Peter Campbell &copy

The cutter Westward, the only Tasmanian yacht to have twice won the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on handicap, today made an historic return to Constitution Dock on Hobart's waterfront more than 60 years after winning the bluewater classic in 1947 and 1948. The entry in the Dock, the traditional berth from yachts finishing the Sydney Hobart Race, ended a long sea voyage from Maryborough, Queensland, down the East Coast of Australia, across Bass Strait and on to Hobart over the past five weeks. The yacht's owner for the past 55 years, Mr Stan Field, has gifted the historic yacht to ...

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