Melbourne to Hobart Westcoaster - Gusto due to finish



7:00 AM Wed 29 Dec 2010 GMT
'Gusto - ORCV Heemskirk Consolidated Tassie Trio 2010' Teri Dodds &copy
The first of the Westcoaster fleet from Melbourne is due to arrive in Hobart at 6.30pm. Since finding the breeze this morning, Gusto has firstly screamed along the bottom of Tasmania, firstly from South West Cape to South East Cape and then up past the Bruny Island and in to the Derwent River. This shows her awesome speed potential and at around five hours behind her Eastcoaster rival, Goldfinger, she can take some pride in knowing that if the hole around Strahan had not proven so devastating, then she may well have made more ground up, earlier on. By way ...


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by John Curnow



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