Bumblebee 5 all the buzz: Bumblebee 5 has had a great 2001-2002 Australian summer season of offshore racing, highlighted by a magnificent overall victory in the 57th CYCA Sydney Hobart Race.

From: Offshore Yachting | Date: February 1, 2002| Author: Campbell, Peter | Copyright information

WHEN IAIN MURRAY ACCEPTED the historic Tattersalls Cup from the Governor of Tasmania, Sir Guy Green, at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania on 2 January 2002, he added yet another significant notation to the history of Australia's premier ocean race, the Sydney to Hobart.

As skipper of Bumblebee 5, the overall winner of the 57th CYCA Sydney Hobart Race, Murray became the first yacht designer since the famous Halvorsen brothers in the 1960S to skipper a boat he had designed ...

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