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Hamilton Island series-Duel resumes between Black Jack and Wild Oats X

5:31 AM Sat 22 Aug 2009 GMT

'Audi Hamilton Island Race Week' Andrea Francolini / Audi &copy

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week opened in stunning fashion with close to 200 boats taking to the water for the opening Lindeman Island Race, which finished in Dent Passage using the flagstaff on the new Hamilton Island Yacht Club as one end of the line.

The line honours contest that began at last year's Race Week between the two duelling Reichel Pugh 66s, Bob Oatley's Wild Oats X and Peter Harburg's Queensland registered Black Jack has resumed with the same ferocity, Black Jack scoring the first bullet over the line today by a country mile.

BLACK JACK - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - Andrea Francolini - Audi &copy

Strategist Dave Biggar kept a weather eye out for new breeze lines from up the towering carbon rig and with the wind dropping in and out until it filled in mid afternoon from the NNE it paid handsomely having a crewman aloft for most of the 22 nautical mile race.

Black Jack's skipper Mark Bradford had nothing but praise for his light-footed crew, special mentions going to Tom Braidwood on the bow and David Blanchfield in the pit.

'There was also a lot of luck involved, tomorrow it will be someone else's turn,' said Bradford dockside.

Wild Oats X - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - Andrea Francolini - Audi &copy

www.hamiltonislandraceweek.com.au

by Lisa Ratcliff

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