Mewstone Race - Lion-like Mewstone just friendly 'cub' for yacht fleet

9:17 AM Sat 22 Jan 2011 GMT

'Valheru sailing down the Derwent with Japanese research vessel at anchor - 42 Below Mewstone Race' Peter Campbell &copy Click Here to view large photo

RYCT 42 below Mewstone Race ? News Update. Abel Janzoon Tasman, the Dutch navigator who first sighted the Mewstone, a rocky island off the southern tip of Tasmania in 1642, wrote that it ?resembled a lion?, starting a rugged reputation that has lasted for centuries. Today, however, the skippers and crews of nine yachts competing in the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania?s revived Mewstone Race, found it more like a friendly ?cub?. As they rounded the rock, the halfway mark in the 170 nautical mile ocean race that started Friday evening, the seas were flat, the wind under 10 knots ...

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by Peter Campbell