The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania - Dramatic women's sailing regatta

2:45 PM Sat 8 May 2010 GMT

'Lisa Blackwood won, what turned out to be, a very dramatic championship final' Peter Campbell &copy

Experienced Hobart yachtswoman Lisa Blackwood today won a hard-fought and, at times, dramatic Sargison Jewellers Tasmanian women's keelboat regatta on a windswept Derwent River that saw two 'women overboard' incidents. Sailing in the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania's fleet of Elliott 5.9 sportsboats, the ten all-women crews battled chilly 20 knot winds with the gold fleet result decided on Blackwood's tactical skills in the final race. "There was just one point between us and young 420 national champion Lucy Shepherd going into the last race.she was on fire, we had to cover her all the way," said Blackwood, who recently ...

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