Maria Island Yacht Race - Footloose confirmed as winner



5:48 PM Sun 21 Nov 2010 GMT
'Footloose - Tasports Maria Island Race' Peter Campbell &copy
Maria Island Yacht Race - The smallest boat in the fleet, Footloose, sailed by one of the youngest crews, sailed out of a gloomy dawn on the River Derwent on Sunday to an overall handicap win in the 190 nautical mile Tasports 63rd Maria Island Yacht Race. Slipping inside the John Garrow Light off lower Sandy Bay just after sunrise, the Young 88, skippered by Stewart Geeves, carried her spinnaker all the way up the Derwent to clinch the AMS handicap division and overall first place. For Geeves personally it was a particularly rewarding victory, skippering his own boat for ...


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by Peter Campbell





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