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Home Race 1989 Yachts Great News

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Outstanding 50 footer which led Australian team to victory in the 1988 Kenwood Cup in Hawaii before going on to win the 1988 Big Boat series in San Francisco. She finished a luckless fourth overall but first in division A of the 1988 Hobart race, missing a place in the Australian team for the Admiral's Cup. Great News was chartered to the US, winning the 1989 Fastnet Race overall under the command of the late Tom Blackaller, but with a US-Australian crew.

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Great News
Sail Number KA 1770
Owner David Forbes / John Calvert-Jones
Skipper David Forbes (8) / John Calvert-Jones (4)
Navigator Bernie Case (20)
State NSW
Club CYCA
Type Farr 50
LOA 15.36
Rig Type Sloop
Year Launched 1987
Designer Bruce Farr (NZ)