Flying down the east coast of the state that shares its name, Tasmania broke away to a 31-kilometer lead with 220 kilometers of the 168-kilometer journey left. She had a large slice of luck Tuesday, colliding with a whale but coming off unharmed.
"There was a very large crunch to the boat. There was some damage to the whale, but I can only hope there was no damage to the boat," skipper Bob Clifford told television's Channel 10.
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