Tasports 63rd Maria Island Yacht Race News Update



11:26 PM Fri 19 Nov 2010 GMT
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Tasports 63rd Maria Island Yacht RaceAt 0600/20 November 2010 Mr Kite lead fleet towards Maria Island The 21 yachts competing in the Tasports Maria Island Yacht Race have made good progress up the east coast of Tasmania overnight, with the leading boat, Andrew Hunn's Mr Kite less than eight miles south of the elongated island at 0535 'sked' (radio position schedule). Set a course that will take the fleet up inside Maria Island to the halfway mark in the 190 nautical mile ocean race, Mr Kite is beating to windward in a variable nor'nor'westerly breeze of 10-11 knots. At the ...


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by Peter Campbell





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