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Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race winner a 56-year-old handmade vessel named Wistari – ABC News
This 56-year-old yacht was built by its skipper’s father using the ‘cheapest’ surplus war materials. Against all odds, it has sailed through turbulent seas to claim…
It was the first time a local had won the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race in decades and to do it Scott Patrick literally sailed through a storm.
But when he hoisted the Courier Mail Cup last night, he thought only of his father, Noel.
Scott Patrick sailing the Wistari yacht.(Supplied: Patrick family
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Noel Patrick built the winning 56-year-old yacht, named Wistari, with bits and pieces he gathered from around the port city.
“The hull’s made out of war surplus ply that was used to make mosquito…
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