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A man named Peter Vaiciurgis is on the yacht with the skipper

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The Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race starts today

The Maritimo Katwinchar is 122 years old and wants to win

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The weather is good, so the first boats will arrive on Saturday

The skipper of the yacht wants to win the race before it goes to a museum

The yacht is one of 29 boats in the race

The skipper said the race is very important

The boat has been fixed up by its owner

The boat was built in England in 1904 and came to Australia in 1951

It sailed in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in 1951

The owner spent 15,000 hours and $2 million to fix it up

Two men, Peter and Michael, are sailing on the yacht

The conditions on the boat are tough

The skipper said it is a great boat but hard to sail

The skipper is feeling confident about the race

He thinks they can finish the race in 44 hours

The skipper wants to win the race

He won a different race last year

This is a hard race

There are 29 boats in the race, including some from Sydney and New Zealand

The commodore of the yacht club said it will be a tough competition

The race is 308 miles and the weather is always changing

The race is one of the oldest in Australia

A man named Peter Kerr loves sailing

He won a different race and is now sailing in the Brisbane to Gladstone

He said this race is much harder

The sailors have to make good decisions to win

The first boats will arrive in Gladstone on Saturday

The sailors will get a medal and some beer when they arrive

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