Lord Howe Island Race fleet takes a pounding

11:16 PM Sat 30 Oct 2010 GMT

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Lord Howe Island Race update. The fleet in the Hempel Paints 37th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race has taken a pounding overnight out in the Tasman Sea, with four yachts, including line honours leader The Stick and the classic yawl Veolia Maris, forced to retire. Also out of the race this morning are Kerisma and She but all boats are reported back safety in port Sydney or Pittwater, The 414 nautical mile race started from Broken Bay at 1.00pm yesterday in a freshening north-easterly breeze that by mid evening had increased to 30 knots headwinds with steep offshore ...

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