Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel - Unstable weather to test tacticians



10:24 PM Thu 5 Aug 2010 GMT
'A slow start to the 2009 race - Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race' Suellen Hurling
An unstable winter weather pattern promises to present a tactical nightmare when 35 ocean racing tacticians test their strategy in the 348 n/ml Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Bay race starting on Moreton Bay this afternoon. There is a forecast in place promising fast spinnaker sailing South West winds to blow later this afternoon but a question mark hovers over any likely challenge by the joint line honours favourites Black Jack and Wild Oats X to experience enough reliable grunt in the wind to challenge the race record. Both the current record holder the Mark Bradford skippered Brisbane pocket maxi ...


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