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Roger Vaughan

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Scarlet runner sets melbourne hobart pace - Caught on Camera

Extasea is among the contenders for the Melbourne to Hobart. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

Scarlet Runner is setting the pace in the Melbourne to Hobart yacht race, leading the field out of Port Phillip Bay and into Bass Strait.

As of 4.30pm (AEDT) on Tuesday, Rob Date's new yacht was 35 nautical miles into the race and held a narrow lead over Extasea.

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