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Gretel II on the Derwent.
© Peter Watson
Gretel II turned 50 in Hobart today
Gretel II, the famous Australian yacht that might well have won the America's Cup in 1970, turned 50 today, the classic 12-Metre Class yacht sitting sedately in her marina berth at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania on Hobart's River Derwent.