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Occasionally through the years there springs forth a yacht that seems to be all but unbeatable, and when this is combined with a hard-driving crew with many years of experience behind them, the records start toppling. Such is T and M Halvorsen's Anitra.  In three Hobart race starts she has one won 1st place and two seconds and this is surely a remarkable score in such a competitive race. The Halvorsen brothers have been associated with the Sydney Hobart race since its inception, this yacht following; Saga, Peer Gynt and Solveig who have all raced in this event, although none of them with as much success as Anitra. Recently she returned from the Los Angeles – Honolulu race and during the race and the trip home afterwards she spent 48 days at sea – no mean tribute to the crew's ability. In the 1959 event this combination of crew, see savvy and determination will take a lot of stopping.