Footloose confirmed as Overall Winner of Launceston to Hobart



1:29 AM Thu 30 Dec 2010 GMT
'Duel on the Derwent - Launceston to Hobart race' Peter Campbell &copy Click Here to view large photo
The Derwent Sailing Squadron today confirmed the Young 88 Footloose as Overall Winner of the Sargisons Jewellers & Natuzzu Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race, a 285 nautical mile around Tasmania?s north-east and eastern coastline. Skippered by Stewart Geeves, Footloose won a boat-for-boat duel up the River Derwent late yesterday afternoon, beating rival 30-footer Lock on Wood, skippered by Derwent Sailing Squadron commodore Peter Geeves (no relation) by just seconds across the line. Footloose had made a fine recovery after breaking her tiller off Ninth Island in Bass Strait soon after the start and losing 20 minutes while the crew carried ...


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by Peter Campbell





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