Rolex Sydney Hobart: Rani Trophy for outstanding seasmanship presented

9:41 AM Sat 1 Jan 2011 GMT

'Lisa Chamberlain with the Rani Trophy' Peter Campbell &copy Click Here to view large photo

The prestigious Rani Trophy for outstanding seasmanship in the 2010 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has been awarded to 20-year-old Lisa Chamberlain, one of the three ?youth crew? aboard the maxi yacht YuuZoo. The skipper of YuuZoo, Ludde Ingvall, and fellow crew members, paid for Lisa, to fly to Hobart yesterday to receive the award at the official prizegiving at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. Lisa, from the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club in Perth, WA, is the first woman to receive the Rani Trophy, an award judged by the Race Committee. Ingvall described Lisa?s courage and seamanship in ...

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