Round Oz record set

   Geronimo just set the Around Australia record starting and finishing in Sydney Harbour in 17 days 12 Hours 57 minutes and 5 seconds.
Had a tough final run up the Oz coast being hit buy a 70 knot storm cell along with a mini tornado which picked up the boat and drove them backwards at 20 knots.  The boat sustained stearing damage and wa drifting inland at 10 knots with sails down before the crew repaired it and continued to the finish.
Well done guys.
Media release at http://www.sail-world.com/geronimo/
Photos at http://www.afrancolini.com/index.cfm?PageID=4

Edited by Tornado_ALIVE

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Tornado_ALIVE Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 07 Nov 04 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 611	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tornado_ALIVE Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Round Oz record set Posted: 10 Jul 05 at 8:44am
	Geronimo just set the Around Australia record starting and finishing in Sydney Harbour in 17 days 12 Hours 57 minutes and 5 seconds. Had a tough final run up the Oz coast being hit buy a 70 knot storm cell along with a mini tornado which picked up the boat and drove them backwards at 20 knots. The boat sustained stearing damage and wa drifting inland at 10 knots with sails down before the crew repaired it and continued to the finish. Well done guys. Media release at http://www.sail-world.com/geronimo/ Photos at http://www.afrancolini.com/index.cfm?PageID=4 Edited by Tornado_ALIVE
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