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Launceston to Hobart Yacht race - Dump Truck aims for Treble

12:10 AM Tue 28 Dec 2010 GMT

'Dump Truck heading down the Tamar yesterday with Haphazard and Mr Kite to leeward - Launceston to Hobart' Peter Campbell &copy Click Here to view large photo

Hobart yacht Dump Truck this morning set her sights on a handicap Treble in the Sargisons Jewellers & Natuzzi Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race, with Derwent Sailing Squadron officials placing her at the top of the leader board under AMS, IRC and PHS categories. Dump Truck, a Ker 11.3 sloop built in the UK, is owned by Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania members Edward Fader and Justin Wells and is being skippered in this race by Wells. Under her previous owner, the yacht, then called Tow Truck, twice won her division in the Sydney Hobart Race, and Fader and Wells ...

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