This is the third time Kiwi sailor Brian Petersen has sailed in the 5,000 nautical mile Melbourne to Osaka race. In 1991 he sailed aboard Ikandu and was third across the line. In 1995 on Elliott Marine he recorded a second.
Fri, 25 Oct 2002 Ron Ellis Future Shock maintained her reputation as one of the fastest 55-footers in the world with a brilliant line, IRC and PHS hat-trick in the CYCAs Ocean Pointscore from Sydney to Newcastle last Saturday.