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TASSIE’S HOLIDAY




                                                                                                                     REGATTAS



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                                                                                                                       Still Enthusiastic
                                                                                                                            (By “Skipper")

                                                                                                     The  weather  next  day  for  the  Esperance
                                                                                                     regatta  was  typical  of  the  weather  usually

                                                                                                     experienced there, the Hartz Mountains gave
                                                                                                     fair warning that wind and rain were not far
               IN TASMAN WATERS                                                                      away. The wind later touched hurricane force,


                                     ---------CO----------                                           while at times there was practically none at

                      Hobart Regatta January 1926                                                    all.  The  "A”  class  event  went  to  N.
                                                                                                     Winzenberg’s Alwyn,  Canobie  was  second,

          Alwyn, which has improved lately, had a runaway                                            and Vanity third.
          victory in the A class yacht race, finishing first across
                                                                                                     Extract from Australian Motor boating and
          the  line  to  annexe  the  Lipton  Cup  and  the  John
                                                                                                     Yachting Feb 1928
          Colvin trophy for her time corrected first  placing
          with a good margin to spare.                                                               Click HERE or on magazine cover for the full
                                                                                                     magazine story
          Excerpt from Australian Motor boating and Yachting magazine
          March 1926 page 13 Click HERE for the full  magazine story
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