Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - Kiwis lead trans-Tasman tussle

1:34 PM Tue 24 Aug 2010 GMT

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South Pacific Cup's trans-Tasman rivalry is in full swing at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week with New Zealand currently leading the defending Australian two-boat team by three points at the half way mark. The highly competitive Melbourne-based TP 52, Rob Hanna's Shogun, racing this week with six-time Olympic sailor Colin Beashel calling tactics and North Sails' Richie Allanson and Alby Pratt adding their weight, is up against New Zealand's Georgia, skippered by owner Jim Farmer and Chris Meads. Shogun recently won the NSW IRC Offshore championship while Georgia, a development of the Audi Med Cup winning TP52, Emirates Team New ...

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by Susan Boyd