Pipe Opener Series - She's the Culprit's racing comeback

1:16 PM Thu 16 Sep 2010 GMT

'Also attached is a photo of Cleopatra, an entrant in the Pipe Opener racing the Crown Series Regatta earlier this year' Peter Campbell &copy Click Here to view large photo

Hobart yacht 'She's the Culprit' will return to racing this weekend for the first time since she was forced out of last year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race following a collision on Sydney Harbour soon after the start. The Inglis 39, skippered by Todd Leary, is among 42 yachts entered for the Sargisons Jewellers and Kermandie Hotel 42nd Pipe Opener Series, the traditional weekend of racing conducted by the Derwent Sailing Squadron and Huon Yacht Club to open the racing season in Hobart. She's the Culprit's hull was holed in the collision, with several yachts involved in a subsequent protest ...

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