Mewstone Race winner Dump Truck now aims for Sydney Hobart



7:50 AM Sun 23 Jan 2011 GMT
'Dump Truck, to leeward of 2 Unlimited and Pisces soon after the start of the Mewstone Race - Mewstone Race' Peter Campbell &copy Click Here to view large photo
Mewstone Race Hobart yachtsman Justin Wells has skippered the two-times Sydney Hobart Race division winner Dump Truck to top handicap honours in the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania?s revived race. 'It?s a great start to the year in which we are planning to contest the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race,' said an elated Wells, who owns the boat with fellow RYCT member Edward Fader. Dump Truck finished the 170 nautical mile race down to the rocky island in ?Roaring Forties? off the southern tip of Tasmania just before midnight last night to win both the AMS and IRC divisions on corrected ...


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