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“We entered the Ocean Thunder Series for the experience,” crew spokesperson Barb Van Luin said. “We went in thinking that we would just have a go and had no expectations on ourselves as we were going up against 12 of the best crews in Australia.”

Suffice to say they thought such a good result would be out of their reach.

“We surprised ourselves and we cannot wipe the smiles off our faces,” Van Luin said.

The racing in Ocean Thunder is a very different what the Divas are used to and the time between each race is half of that in a normal boat series.

“Fatigue set in on us very quickly, but we still gave it all we had and were very proud of

ourselves. It was a

great experience and look forward to the next race of the series

on December 19. Hopefully we can achieve another second.”