Delta Wing retires from Lord Howe race

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Delta Wing retires from Lord Howe race

by News Editor on 28 Oct 2000

Click on the GPS button to the right of this story to see the position of Delta Wing & the rest of the fleet. Delta Wing suffered a complete power failure & is motoring back to Pittwater.

At 10pm, she was about 7 miles off Barrenjoey, motoring at 4 knots. To assist family with an ETA, Sail-world has switched tracking periods for Delta Wing from 30 minutes down to 2 minutes.

Bill Koppe, the Skipper of Delta Wing has reported to Derek at Pentacomstat, that all crew is fit & well.

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