OCEAN RACE
(N.Z. Press Assn—Copyright) HOBART. The New Zealand sloops Arapawa and Renegade are fighting out the lead in the Hobart to Wellington yacht race. Twenty-four hours after the start of the race the two yachts reported their positions as 136 miles east of Tasman Island. A storm warning was posted in Hobart yesterday for yachts competing in the race.
Yesterday afternoon the three craft in the race were al’ about 100 miles east-north-east of Tasman Bay. Wind conditions were fresh from the south-west.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31879, 6 January 1969, Page 18
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84OCEAN RACE Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31879, 6 January 1969, Page 18
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