G.B.II’s lead reduced

Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34047, 10 January 1976, Page 2

G.B.II’s lead reduced

C\ Z PA Reuter—/ i LONDON. ; The Australian ketch Anaconda 11 has cut the lead of I Great Britain II by almost; 200 miles in the Sydney-to-1 London leg of the ’’Financial' Times” clipper race. The race organisers said Anaconda 11 had made this gain in the last two days: and was now only 360 miles behind the British yacht.

Josko Grubic. the skipper of the Australian craft, is planning to edge closer by sailing 100 miles further south than Great Britain 11. hoping to pick up a favourable current But he runs the risk of meeting icier seas as the ships round Cape Horn. The two small boats. C.S. and R.B II Rusnelli. the Italian schooner. and Great Escape, the Dutch ketch, continue their own private battle. running 50 miles apart and on the same longtitude. The French yacht Kriler 11, which had to return to Sydney for a new rudder, is expected to restart in about a week.

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