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7 June 2013

RNZYS RACE REPORTS
07jun13:At 1815hrs Squealer was dismasted. All are okay on board. At 1830hrs Taupo Radio reported - All well on board Squealer. Rig Recovered. Motoring to Fiji.
06jun13:Not your average Fiji race, for monohull winner V5
05jun13: Vision and Vodafone have finished and Vodafone has a new record! Vision finished at 16 26.00hrs this afternoon closely followed by Team Vodafone Sailing at 17 05.05 seeting a new record of 101 05.05hrs!
04jun13:
At 1447hrs Outrageous Fortune contacted Maritime Radio to advise they were retiring from the race following an incident. We understand from our correspondence with Maritime Radio that everyone is safe, but that it is quicker and safer for the boat to return home...The boat will continue to be tracked on Yellowbrick, until it arrives safely in port, and is being closely monitored by Maritime Radio. At 0830hrs they are located approximately 250nm from Opua and are due to arrive on the 7th June.
Equilibrium bows out
03jun13: Equiibrium has Alternator problems. All well on board. Disappinting for them! We wish them well on their homeward journey.
Why am I here again?
01jun13: Boats make good time in first hours of ocean race

RACE INFO
On Saturday, 1 June 2013 at midday (midnight on 31 May UTC) a small group of yachts will set sail from Auckland's Westhaven, for a point some 1155nm distant... the resort of Musket Cove, Fiji. This will be a tricky S to N race across one of the toughest areas of the Pacific and will test all who race.

Sailonline is delighted to have been invited by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron to provide a virtual version of this classic race and will be bringing the real fleet onto the race screen, courtesy of Yellowbrick Tracking.

The bulk of the real fleet will be monohulls, so SOL will be sailing her Beneteau 477, but it is expected that Team Vodafone Sailing will be out to beat her own multihull record set in 2011.

Current Records:
Monohull: Camper (Chris Nicholson) 103h 38m 16s in 2011
Multihull: Team Vodafone Sailing (Simon Hull) 103h 20 m 57s

2013 Entrants
Equilibrium,Outrageous Fortune, Squealer, V5, Vision, Vodafone, Wild Card.

All boats will be trackable here via:

See you at race start!

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