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  1. From todays Weekend Herald...

     

    Blake boat heads back Downunder

    Aboard a fabled yacht in the Caribbean, a big plan is being hatched. Dianne Masters, owner of the sleek 20m ocean racer, wants to sail it to its original home port, Auckland, pick up a New Zealand crew and enter it in the Sydney-Hobart Race. And if the lithe but ailing 47-year-old achieves her aim it will be a historic moment.

     

    The boat is Ceramco NZ and this year's Bass Strait classic marks the 30th anniversary of Peter Blake's victory, only the fourth line and handicap honours in the race's history. Blake then headed off around the world in the celebrated Whitbread race, in which a broken mast cheated him and his crew of a likely victory.

     

    full story at

    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... d=10625810

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