Sailing Around Australia - 200 miles from the bottom mark



1:24 AM Thu 3 Jun 2010 GMT
'Day 30 - Save Our Seas Ocean Racing' Save Our Seas - Ocean Racing
It is day 30 into SOS Ocean Racing's effort to break the WSSRC record for sailing non-stop solo around Australia. Skipper Ian Thomson is currently located in the Southern Ocean and is 200 nautical miles away from the bottom of Tasmania. Yesterday winds were steady for Ian, gusting around 10 knots. With the A3 spinnaker up all day and night, this helped him to cover more ground. Ian is hoping to be at Tasmania by tomorrow afternoon, as a cold front will be coming through that evening. He did have an interesting evening, 'I managed to wrap the spinnaker around ...


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