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Article: HSBC Premier Coastal Classic.(Race and Regatta Preview)
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- Offshore Yachting
- Article date:
- October 1, 2008
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It's 12 years since all of the possible race records in the HSBC Premier Coastal Classic were broken in one clean sweep. This year, up to 250 yachts of all types will be lining up at the start in Auckland, each hoping to make it to Russell and into the record books in first place.
Starting at 10am on Friday 24 October, the 119-nautical-mile HSBC Premier Coastal Classic is considered one of the world's classic yacht races, and while handicap and line honours prizes are much respected, the prize that is most coveted is the one that takes a place in New Zealand yachting history for setting a new race record.
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