Mewstone Race - The Fork in the Road takes line honours



12:38 PM Sat 22 Jan 2011 GMT
'The Fork in the Road to lead of Valheru just after the start on Friday evening. - 42 Below Mewstone Race' Peter Campbell &copy Click Here to view large photo
42 Below Mewstone Race - The Fork in the Road takes the right turn to Mewstone The Fork in the Road, skippered by former Olympic and world champion dinghy sailor Gary Smith, has taken line honours in the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania?s revived Mewstone Race, the southernmost ocean race in Australia, down to Latitude 43? South. The Bakewell-White 45 finished the 170 nautical mile race to this rocky island off the southern tip of Tasmania at 10:38:58 pm this evening, in a race contrary to the reputation that saw it dropped from the RYCT calendar in 1985 after two ...


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by Peter Campbell




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