Mooloolaba Yacht Club skipper David Simpson has sailed numerous nautical miles with his Kel Steinman designed sloop Zulu Chief to finally achieve a career best result in the Brisbane to Gladstone Race. His extensive knowledge of racing and cruising Zulu Chief in moderate to fresh winds paved the way for skipper Simpson and crew to win the Performance Handicap class in what proved to be a physically demanding 308 nautical mile race.

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Popular blue water racing skipper Bill Wild finally added a Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race win to his impressive career yesterday. He has been close on several occasions before and to win against a very competitive fleet was a special reward for skipper and crew including world champion dinghy sailor Vanessa Dudley and specialist helmsman Mike O’Brien.

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Peter Harburg’s Black Jack completed another impressive line honours win in the Brisbane to Gladstone race yesterday. The power sailing 20m maxi chaser led from start to finish completing back to back victories in Queensland’s premier ocean race. Her crew again expressed a high workload of sail changing in a major bid to claim the race record in a wind strength which proved ideal for all but the final 80 nautical miles of the 308 n/ml classic.

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Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Ocean racing yachtsman Bill Wild is in a strong position to celebrate a popular win in Brisbane to Gladstone yacht race later today.

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Peter Harburg’s Black Jack narrowly missed their chance to rewrite the Brisbane to Gladstone Race record when she sailed to a runaway line honours win earlier today.

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Black Jack lost her chance to claim a deserved place in Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race history when she sailed into unfavourable light winds south east of Breaksea Spit earlier today.

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Peter Harburg’s super fast pocket maxi Black Jack was set on a fast course to defend her Brisbane to Gladstone race line honours trophy.

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When dawn broke over Moreton Bay this morning all of the signs were in place to provide the 2010 Brisbane to Gladstone yacht race fleet with a spectacular spinnaker start to the 308 nautical mile blue water classic off Sandgate at 11 am today.

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 The official race forecast suggests a possible threat to the 20 hour 24 minute 40 second record set by the Grant Wharington skippered Victorian super maxi Skandia Wild Thing in similar conditions in 2004.

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