Rex Gorell Prestige Etchells Australian Championship - Race 4 underway

5:38 AM Thu 13 Jan 2011 GMT
The Rex Gorell Prestige Etchells Australian Championship is being sailed from the Royal Geelong Yacht Club. Three races have been completed in the scheduled nine race series. This morning the fleet was held ashore under AP for three and a half hours as driving rain caused low visibility out on Corio Bay. The rain seemed relentless, but eventually eased and the visibility improved. The fleet left the dock at around 14:30 sailing out past the shipping channel in the Bay, in an attempt to complete at least one race. In ten to twelve knots of building breeze, the Race Committee ...

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