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Home Race 1947 Recap

1947 Race Recap

Westward (C31) - 1948 SHYR race record - MERCURY F9520/1 - CYCA Archives

1947 Overall Winner Westward

Weather

The fleet was subjected to a hard 40-50 knot northerly across the Bass Strait. Some yachts trailed sea anchors or hove to; others logged 9-10 knots.

Race Reports

Read the story of Horizon's 1947 Sydney Hobart, penned by Sverre Berg, CYCA Commodore 1952-53, which originally appeared in the September 1953 edition of "Seacall", the original CYCA magazine and later condensed by Jack North and published in the February 1975 Edition of Offshore, at pages 8 to 10.