Around Tasmania Challenge 2012

4:48 AM Mon 7 Mar 2011 GMT

'TERRA FIRMA, Sail No: 24, Owner: Nicholas Bartels, State: VIC, Division: IRC & ORCi, Design: Cookson 50, LOA (m) : 15.4, Draft (m): 3.5 - Around Tasmania Challenge' Peter Campbell &copy Click Here to view large photo

The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania is now seeking expressions of interest from owner/skippers of the world?s fastest maxi yachts to compete in a race around Tasmania to follow shortly after the 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race. The 670 nautical mile circumnavigation, from Hobart to Hobart, will take the fleet past the most spectacular coastline in Australia and, at times, into the toughest sailing waters around the continent. Matthew Flinders achieved it more than two centuries ago, 40 cruising yachts are currently doing it ? circumnavigating Australia?s island State of Tasmania. Now the challenge is for maxi yachts to race ...

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