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Aussie Record


Subject to WSSR Ratification, there is a new outright Sydney to Lord Howe
Island record.

Sydney /Lord Howe Island
408 nm
Martyn Riley and a crew of 6.
“Raw Nerve”
56 ft Crowther design catamaran
1d 3h 45m 46s
14.69 kts

The record was previously held by Ian Treleaven’s monohull, Merit, a Volvo
Ocean 60, with a time of: 1day 9hrs, 34mins, 21secs. Merit will continue to
hold the race record and ‘Monohull vessel, any number of crew’ category
record for the course.

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