Former Sharpie sailors team up for offshore racing

11:15 AM Tue 19 Oct 2010 GMT

'Dump Truck racing in the winter pennants on the River Derwent.' Peter Campbell &copy Click Here to view large photo

A crew of former champion Sharpie sailors, led by Justin Wells and Edward Fader, tomorrow evening will start a major campaign of inshore and offshore yacht racing out of Hobart with the two-times Sydney Hobart Race division winner Dump Truck. Dump Truck, a Ker 11.7 originally campaigned out of Newcastle, NSW as Tow Truck, was to have begun its summer pennant program in Division 1 of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania's opening pennant races on the River Derwent last Saturday. Unfortunately, galeforce winds forced club officials to abandon racing and Dump Truck will now start her campaign in the ...

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