Newport Bermuda - Speedboat leads 183 boat fleet

11:07 PM Sat 19 Jun 2010 GMT

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Newport Bermuda Race 2010 - Champagne sailing conditions as Alex Jackson's Open Division 100 foot supermaxi Speedboat took the lead from Tom Hill's Titan XV at sunset on Friday night as the big 183-boat fleet headed south east toward Bermuda, 635 nautical miles to the south east, on a fast close reach in a flat sea, clear visibility, and a moderate southwest wind that gradually strengthened and clocked toward the west. The leader had been for several hours Titan XV in the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division. She was caught by Speedboat (Open Division, which started an hour later) at about ...

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by John Rousmaniere / Sail-World.com