TASMAN YACHT RACE ENTRANT.—The German-built ketch, Te Rapunga, which is expected to take part in the Auckland to Hobart yacht race next January with a crew of women. The veteran owner, Mr George Dibbern, who has logged 90,000 miles in the craft, will sail in an advisory .capacity. Te Rapunga won the Tasman Sea race in 1934 and is well known in New Zealand.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27096, 20 July 1953, Page 12
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64TASMAN YACHT RACE ENTRANT.—The German-built ketch, Te Rapunga, which is expected to take part in the Auckland to Hobart yacht race next January with a crew of women. The veteran owner, Mr George Dibbern, who has logged 90,000 miles in the craft, will sail in an advisory .capacity. Te Rapunga won the Tasman Sea race in 1934 and is well known in New Zealand. Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27096, 20 July 1953, Page 12
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