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The winning crew of the 2010 Melbourne to Launceston yacht race (ABC News: Jane Miller)
One-time Sydney to Hobart winner Ninety Seven has taken line honours in the Melbourne to Launceston yacht race.
The 14-metre Victorian yacht crossed the finish line at the mouth of the Tamar River near Low Head around 12:00pm (AEDT).
Ninety Seven skipper, Alan Saunders, says the crew had no majors problems other than Bass Strait seasickness.
"We got into low 20 knots of wind speed and three metre seas I suppose, two-and-a-half to three metres but it was fairly choppy and it was just consistently like that," he said.
"We were beating into it all the time, so there was no relief from it, it was just endless if you know what I mean, but it was just tough, I wouldn't say it was really hard."
Ninety Seven, which took Sydney to Hobart line honours in 1993, completed the 198-nautical mile course in just under 24 hours, falling short of the race record by about four hours.
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