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At the 6 pm sked on Saturday night Sryx had overhauled Apollo . Apollo ' s speed , however , allowed herto finish approllimately SO seconds before
6 pm on 28 December . Styx was second across the line some I l / 2hours later . She did , however , win the
Arbital )' Division . A contnouting factor to this success must have been the decision of ber sailing master co go inside Seal Rocks .
The encouraging number of entries for both the Pittwater co Coffs Harbour Yacht Race and the El Admiral ' s Cup foreshadows even larger entries in future years . There is a distinct possibility that there could be more than 100 entries for this series . There is a limiting factor . however , in the number of entries tllat can be accepted and tllat is tbe capacity of the boat harbour which can accommodate no more than
100 yachts . This boat harbour is situated to the south of a breakwater from tile shore to MuttonBird Island . 111ere is another breakwater built again to the south and forming the boat harbour . Autllorities are aware of the importance of the yacht race , however , and its effect on tourism . The old jetty extends into the harbour and there is a plan co build a break . water to this jetty and co dredge out the sand of the foreshore . Should this come to fruition we could then see , possibly , the largest kee l . boat fleet in Australia racing to Coffs Harbour .
The boat harbour at Coffs Harbour gets somewhat crowded . but there are plans to extend .
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