10:01 PM Mon 4 Jan 2010 GMT
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'Exercise Transglobe Rolex Sydney Hobart Crews with skippers in foreground (L-R) Richard Tarr - Skipper of Adventurer of Hornet Navy, Becky Walford - Skipper, Discoverer of Hornet Air Force, and Darren 'Windy' Gale - Skipper Challenger of Hornet Army. image - Exercise TRANSGLOBE'
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After the excitement of the Sydney Hobart Race, Exercise Transglobe reverts to a Cruising Exercise for leg 7 from Hobart (Tasmania, Australia) to Auckland (New Zealand), a journey of 1500nm.
Becky Walford starts her New Year on a high as the skipper of Exercise TRANSGLOBE's RAF yacht, Discoverer that was awarded the Oggin Cup for beating her rival Navy and Army yachts in the recently successfully completed Rolex Sydney Hobart Race. The Oggin Cup inter-services trophy was presented to Becky and her crew by the CYCA (Cruising Yacht Club of Australia). Becky was also awarded the Jane Tate Memorial Trophy, awarded to the first woman skipper on corrected time.
Becky steered Discoverer (RAF) to the Hobart finish line in 04:08:43:44. Adventure of Hornet (Navy) completed the Sydney Hobart Race in 04:14:00:25. The third Transglobe yacht Challenger of Hornet (Army) finished the Sydney Hobart Race in 04:15:32:55.
A couple of hours after arriving in Hobart, Becky commented, 'The atmosphere on the dock was brilliant with boats everywhere and folks following our story. Tales of battles unfolded and many were kind of surprised to hear that we started the race with the number one yankee and the staysail and didn't even unhank them for other sails. (We had to lug the number one gen around even though we aren't rated for it!). The Army and Navy had only put the kite up once, and they had to beat up the river to get in! Not so for the good ship Disco!'
A new set of crews and skippers has set off at 0745 GMT from Hobart on the latest Leg, 7 out of 13, heading for Auckland, New Zealand. They are expected to arrive on or around 14th January.
Keep up to date via the tracking and blogs at
www.exercisetransglobe.com
by Peta Stuart-Hunt
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