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- 26 Dec, 2003 08:21:00 PM
Adrian Dunphy explains Dodo and its division

Adrian Dunphy, skipper of Dodo, explains the yacht and the division they are sailing in.
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- 25 Dec, 2003 10:14:00 PM
Winning one race doesn’t make you a Great Sailor

Persistence and taking a long-term view. These are the two critical things you must have to succeed in life according to Skip Sheldon, owner/skipper of the Reichel/Pugh 65 Zaraffa. “Your life is measured by what you have done over the years, he says, “by its quality and volume.” It is not enough for a poet to write one gem, a scientist to make one advance in knowledge. There must be a body of work.
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- 24 Dec, 2003 03:28:00 PM
Variable Winds Make 2003 Rolex Sydney Hobart a Tactical Race

“It will be a fast finish for the front of the fleet,” says George Snow, “and the medium sized boats will do well if they can get the tail end of the northerly winds. But the tail end could get left behind."
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- 22 Dec, 2003 03:20:00 PM
Chance of a spinnaker start

“The quicker boats could ride the west sou’wester all the way to Hobart before the high moves in but for the smaller boats, it could be quite a long race,” said the Bureau’s senior meteorologist Brett Gage this morning.
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- 22 Dec, 2003 03:03:00 PM
“Old salts” as Official Starters for Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

Joining Gordon on the start boat will be three other “old salts”, brothers Malcolm and Ted Bryden- Brown, who will fire the 10 minute Warning Signal, and Bernard “Barney” Davies, who will fire the Preparatory Signal cannon 5 minutes before the start.
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- 18 Dec, 2003 03:15:00 PM
Ten Years On – Victorian and Tassie Boats Go For The Double

1993 was also a special year for the Lyons 41 Cuckoos Nest, sailing this year as Interum, as she took out overall honours.
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- 18 Dec, 2003 02:31:00 PM
Zana arrives in Sydney for Boxing Day classic

“This boat was built for the Hobart Race. It’s the best race I’ve been in," says Thwaites
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- 17 Dec, 2003 04:47:00 PM
Late withdrawals reduce classy fleet to 57 boats

Eight yachts have withdrawn from the original list of 65 that had lodged applications to enter the 2003 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, but the 57 boats expected to line up on Boxing Day still represent one of the classiest fleets in years.
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- 16 Dec, 2003 04:58:00 PM
Super maxi Zana due in Sydney tomorrow

New Zealand’s biggest-ever racing yacht, the super maxi Zana, is due in Sydney late tomorrow to challenge Australia’s largest ocean racer, Skandia, for Line Honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
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- 15 Dec, 2003 06:59:00 PM
Rolex Trophy Series sets the pace for Hobart

Yendys, Ichi Ban, Ragamuffin, Bounder, Chutzpah…these are the boats that stand out as the potential Overall Winner of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race after three days of concentrated, round-the-buoys racing in the inaugural Rolex Trophy Series off Sydney Heads.
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