Tributes paid to Tasmanian sailor Ross Cubit



1:15 PM Sun 19 Sep 2010 GMT
'Ross Cubit' ABC News, Hobart Click Here to view large photo
Fellow yachtsmen today paid tribute to Ross Cubit who drowned in the d'Entrecasteaux Channel south of Hobart on Friday night after falling overboard from a yacht competing in the Pipe Opener Series. Flags at Hobart's yacht club flew at half-mast as members gathered for a quiet tribute to a man who had been a sailing enthusiast for five decades. Cubit, 56, was on the helm of the 14m catamaran Storm Bay, when a 50 knot wind gust hit the yacht as the 38 boat fleet was sailing the 28 nautical mile night race in enclosed waters from Hobart to Simpson's ...


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by Peter Campbell




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