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Melbourne to Vanuatu Race leader charges towards Gabo Island

9:55 AM Mon 5 Jul 2010 GMT

'SCARLET RUNNER' Andrea Francolini &copy

Melbourne to Vanuatu Race is conducted by the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria. Latest update from the fleet: Straight off Scarlet Runner this afternoon comes this report, 'Nearing Point Hicks at 5pm. Sunny but cold. Beating into a nine knot SE. Will be at Gabo (Island) before midnight. Most asleep and dinner soon.' Earlier on in the day, we received this information about a good run overnight and a lot of sunbaking during the day! '38 deg 01min Sth, 248 deg 27min East coming up on 3pm, Monday 5th July. Beautiful sunny day out in the Paddock today, very flat, ...

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