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Leopard arrives in Sydney for Rolex Sydney Hobart

Leopard arrives in Sydney for Rolex Sydney Hobart
City Index Leopard arrives into Sydney Harbour to prepare for the Rolex Sydney Hobart 2007

Leopard arrives in Sydney for Rolex Sydney Hobart

City Index Leopard, the 100 foot maxi yacht run by Ocean Marine, the British sailing team owned by Mike Slade, has arrived into Sydney to prepare for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

City Index Leopard, the 100 foot maxi yacht run by Ocean Marine, the British sailing team owned by Mike Slade, has arrived into Sydney to prepare for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

The 30m maxi arrived in Sydney early yesterday morning. Canting her keel to one side to allow her towering 154 foot mast to pass under Sydney Harbour Bridge, City Index Leopard will be now be based in Woolwich Marina in Sydney until the start of this year’s bluewater classic on Wednesday 26 December at 1pm.

City Index Leopard will be aiming to take line honours as well as setting a new course record in the Rolex Sydney Hobart. Only two British yachts have previously ever taken line honours in the race’s history.

Capable of speeds of over 35 knots, City Index Leopard has a total downwind sail area of 1,604 square metres. She will be one of the largest boats competing in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht race, with a world class crew onboard.

Built at McConaghy’s Boat Yard, Sydney, this time last year, City Index Leopard has spent the summer season based in Southampton, UK, where she has undertaken corporate sailing as well as taking line honours in both the Round the Island Race and the Rolex Fastnet Race, in which she set a new course record. - - Ocean Marine