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WA Offshore Race Officer Requests Faster RIB

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3:20 PM Wed 22 Sep 2010 GMT
The spectacular WA Offshore debut of Paul Eldrid and Scott Disley's hot new Bakewell-White 37 'General Lee' in Saturday's season opener, the 42nm George Law Foundation Race, led Race Officer Trevor Milton to request a faster RIB for future offshore races. 'We just couldn't keep up when The General cracked their kite', lamented Trevor after the race. 'That yacht had a top speed of more than 32 knots in the Auckland to Fiji race- we need a much faster RIB.' An impressive total of forty-six yachts entered the event, which was conducted in ...

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by Laurie Flynne