Forty boats brave mid-winter on the Derwent

1:20 PM Sun 18 Jul 2010 GMT

'Grizzly Adams begins her broach as runs under spinnaker with other boats to the leeward mark' Peter Campbell &copy Click Here to view large photo

Derwent Sailing Squadron's third race of its Winter Pennants update: Like winter racing anywhere in Australia, the winds cometh and goeth. On Hobart's River Derwent, however, there is the added chill of sailing on a mid-winter's day. This morning, when the fleet set sail in the Derwent Sailing Squadron's third race of its Winter Pennants, a cool 12-15 knots breeze was coming down the river and, even if this meant a wind chill factor of about seven degrees, it was pleasant sailing. Most of the mid-week snow on Mount Wellington had also melted. Certainly better than the opening race of ...

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by Peter Campbell

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