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Update: Whisper expected 'within the hour'

7th June 2009

Whisper is expected to finish 'within the hour' according to Dun Laoghaire to Dingle race director Martin Crotty. Skipper Michael Cotter will miss the 24 hour record by minutes but will slash up to seven hours off the previous course record held by Eamon Conneely's Patches since 2005. The 80-footer was "well in side Dingle Bay" beating to the line in flat seas and 15–knot headwinds at 10.05 this morning.

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