After months of preparing Tony Bullimore sailed out of Hobart in his catamaran Doha in his quest to beat the world record of 70 days for sailing solo non stop around the world.
The start was not without drama with his start being delayed for three hours for the wind and in the meantime the yacht had to be towed close to the finish line by the start boat just to get going.
But then the wind started to pick up and it looked a great sight as it picked up speed down towards the mouth of the derwent with a flotilla of spectator craft.
Before long he had picked up speed and crossed the start line between Piersons Point (where i was) and The Iron Pot (lighthouse at the mouth of the Derwent
Once he had crossed the line Doha quickly left the spectator craft in its wake and I realised as i watched it disappearing into storm bay how small it already looked …
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