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Tahara'a withdraws
PERTH: The West Australian sloop Tahara'a has
quit the Parmelia Race. Its rudder had been smashed
by a 70km/h storm which battered the last of the
competitors making for Cape Town.
Skipper Ray Parker and his. crew of five have
rigged up a jury rudder, with the spinnaker pole and
bunkboards, and altered course for Rio de Janiero.
Race executive officer in Perth, John Anderson, said
yesterday it would take them nearly three weeks to
make Rio.
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