Yachting THREE BOATS IN LEAD
Sydney-Hobart Race (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) SYDNEY. December 26 The American yacht. Ondlne, and the two big Australian boats. Solo and Astor, were closely contesting the lead in the Sydney-Hobart yacht race tonight.
Plunging through steep seas with clouds of spray smothering their decks, the three big yachts were leading the record fleet of 42 on the long haul
The 70ft schooner, Astor, skippered by Peter Warner, won the "first leg” of the race when she led the fleet through Sydney Heads into a heavy swell and a 30-knot southeasterly earlier today •Astor turned and made straight out to sea. apparently set on sailing the race wen clear of the coast in the heavy f oin £; S h * wa s cl ”sely followed by Ondlne and Solo, with the Victorian Winston Churchill. and Dina close astern.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 30015, 27 December 1962, Page 10
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