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Marblehead to Halifax
Record Shattered:
The Bella PITA, which sailed out
of Oxford, Md., set a new record time for the Marblehead to
Halifax Ocean Race Monday afternoon, shattering a mark set
in 1989. The American yacht Bella PITA cruised into Halifax
Harbor in record fashion Monday afternoon, just 30 hours, 46
minutes and 52 seconds after her crew departed from
Marblehead Harbor. Read entire article at Marblehead
Patch:
http://marblehead.patch.com/articles/marblehead-to-halifax-record-shattered
More on Marblehead Patch:
Thomson Reuters - Aurora blog
(remember that Garry
Jobson is onboard, and making an ESPN documentary about this
race):
http://blog.thomsonreuters.com/index.php/tag/marblehead-to-halifax-race/
And the Canadian view:
Bella Pita first to finish, Halifax's Valkyrie leads top
class. Read full article at
The Chronicle Herald from Halifax, NS
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Sports/1252988.html
and
other stories -
http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Sports/1252367.html
http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Sports/1252795.html
Halifax
yacht wins Marblehead race: on CBC
News Canada,
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2011/07/12/ns-marblehead-race.html
As It
Happens, on CBC Radio
- starts at minute 00:11:00:
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Radio/As_It_Happens/1492126828/ID=2052315673
CBC
News, see minute 00:18:00:
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Local_News/NS/1317909223/ID=2052286465
Metro
News, click port side, page 17:
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Local_News/NS/1317909223/ID=2052286465
From Anne Coulombe, BYC Race
Committee Chair
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