Launceston sailor still fastest



3:27 PM Fri 7 May 2010 GMT
'Ken Gourlays nears the finish line' Ken Gourlay &copy
Launceston yachtsman Ken Gourlay's record as Australia's fastest solo, non-stop and unassisted circumnavigation will stand for a while longer as teenager Jessica Watson approaches the finish of her epic voyage, writes Julian Burges in the Launceston 'Examiner'. In a voyage that received little publicity outside of a Tasmania, Gourlay completed the fastest circumnavigation by an Australian off Mersey Bluff, Devonport, on 5 May, 2007. At 51, he became Australia's oldest solo circumnavigator and the only Tasmanian yachtsman to achieve the feat, titles that he still holds. Sailing Spirit Solo Quest, he passed the 'five great capes' - South East Cape ...


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