Winter racing hotting up on Hobart's River Derwent



2:47 PM Wed 4 Aug 2010 GMT
'Brett and Jacinta Cooper's SB3 in full flight on the Derwent.' Peter Campbell &copy Click Here to view large photo
In their first season on the River Derwent, two SB3 sports boats are leading Division two of the Derwent Sailing Squadron's Boat Sales Tasmania Winter Series going into Sunday's race four of the five-race series. Brett and Jacinta Cooper's Harcourts is on five points from a second and a third while Nick Rogers Tolling Shipping has six points from a first and a fifth on corrected time. The opening race was abandoned because of lack of wind. Sunday's race will be a final tune-up before the two Tasmanian crews fly to Hamilton Island to compete in the SB3 division at ...


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by Peter Campbell




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