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Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race - Mr Kite takes line honours

1:30 AM Wed 29 Dec 2010 GMT

'Mr Kite - Launceston to Hobart' Peter Campbell &copy Click Here to view large photo

Mr Kite has taken line honours in the Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race. State-of-the-art yacht Mr Kite, skippered by prominent Hobart neuro-surgeon Andrew Hunn, has taken honours for the second year in succession in the Sargisons Jewellers & Natuzzi Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race. Picking a light north-westerly breeze just before sunrise, after being becalmed, along with nearest rival 2 Unlimited, for two hours between Betsey Island and the Iron Pot at the entrance to the River Derwent, proved critical for Mr Kite. 'We had been becalmed for two hours when we got the light breeze and pulled away from ...

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