Bulli Open Men’s crew has bashed home victoriously through a southerly buster to the George Bass Surfboat Marathon finish line at Bermagui in leg 4.
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Bulli has dominated each day of the endurance event, which began on Sunday in Batemans Bay.
On January 3, they overtook rowers in all over classes to claim the fourth leg.
Bulli captain Adam Barlow on Sunday said the Camel Rock leg had tested crews two years ago and today was no exception, as he explained to Joel Erickson after the finish.
A strong southerly swell worked against all crews as they struggled to head south to Bermagui.
At noon hundreds supporters were still awaiting the first boats across the Bermagui finish line in testing conditions on Day 4 of the epic rowing event.
Bulli crossed at about 12.12pm.
North Cronulla continued their domination of the Open Women’s division, winning their fourth leg in a row. North Cronulla also took out the Masters Men’s division.
Pambula won the Masters Women’s, while Paul Buttle won the single ski, and Nick Ziviani and Joe Hasley won the double ski.
Crews were initially expected to finish between 10.30 and 11.30am, after leaving Narooma in the morning, bound for Horseshoe Bay.
North Cronulla Open Men set the record for the leg in 1988 at one hour and 42 minutes – and no-one was in any danger of beating that in 2018.
Several hundred people have gathered at Horseshoe Bay to await crews from Darwin, Noosa, North Cronulla, Bulli, Wanda and the Far South Coast.
Surf skiier Simon Stenhouse dropped out of the event before today’s start due to a chest infection.
The seven-leg, seven-day event is due to finish in Eden.
On Thursday, they face the toughest leg – to Tathra.