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  • Impeccable stalls in the run to the finish Impeccable stalls in the run to the finish
    • 30 Dec, 2003 10:34:00 AM

    Impeccable stalls in the run to the finish

    At this stage, Spies is also looking at collecting the other major handicap trophy in the IRC division.

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  • Fresh from the fleet.... Fresh from the fleet....
    • 30 Dec, 2003 07:43:00 AM

    Fresh from the fleet....

    "We are anxiously awaiting le chef's awakening and the magnificent breakfast which will surely follow"

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  • First National Real Estate is home, but Impeccable could still break and enter to steal the Cup First National Real Estate is home, but Impeccable could still break and enter to steal the Cup
    • 30 Dec, 2003 07:25:00 AM

    First National Real Estate is home, but Impeccable could still break and enter to steal the Cup

    First National Real Estate has arrived in Hobart in a strong position to win the IMS and IRC divisions, and the become the Outright Winner of the race.

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    • 30 Dec, 2003 07:12:00 AM

    First National Real Estate is Home, but Impeccable Could Still Break and Enter to Steal the Cup.

    First National Real Estate has arrived in Hobart leading the IMS and IRC divisions, and is well placed to take out Overall Winner

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  • We Came, We Saw But Did Not Conquer We Came, We Saw But Did Not Conquer
    • 29 Dec, 2003 03:49:00 PM

    We Came, We Saw But Did Not Conquer

    “Our predictions for this race were very different from what we experienced. We’d studied the weather of the last ten years of the Hobart, we charted it, plotted it, set the boat up for the average of the ten years, but there is no average weather.”

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  • Fresh from the fleet... Fresh from the fleet...
    • 29 Dec, 2003 12:59:00 PM

    Fresh from the fleet...

    "The highlight of the night was a dolphin escort. Their phosporescence as they charged at us made us think of torpedos": Degrees of Freedom skipper

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  • Dream and believe, but stay clear of the "Grundig Triangle" Dream and believe, but stay clear of the "Grundig Triangle"
    • 29 Dec, 2003 12:31:00 PM

    Dream and believe, but stay clear of the "Grundig Triangle"

    On the first night following Grundig AAPT was leading the fleet until she hit a sunfish that rendered one of her two rudders useless.

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  • Cruel dismasting robs 1993 winner of anniversary celebration Cruel dismasting robs 1993 winner of anniversary celebration
    • 29 Dec, 2003 11:50:00 AM

    Cruel dismasting robs 1993 winner of anniversary celebration

    The 10-year anniversary voyage for the Melbourne 46-footer Dysons Cobb & Co ended this morning some 102 miles from the finish of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race – with a dismasting off the East Coast of Tasmania.

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  • Skandia beats Zana by 14 minutes in Line Honours duel Skandia beats Zana by 14 minutes in Line Honours duel
    • 29 Dec, 2003 06:34:00 AM

    Skandia beats Zana by 14 minutes in Line Honours duel

    The Australian super maxi Skandia has won Line Honours in the 2003 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race by just 14 minutes after 628 nautical miles of virtual match-racing in the Tasman Sea against her New Zealand rival, Zana.

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  • Wind and tide conspire to frustrate skippers Wind and tide conspire to frustrate skippers
    • 28 Dec, 2003 10:16:00 PM

    Wind and tide conspire to frustrate skippers

    The business end of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race is fast approaching for race leaders Skandia and Zana as they make for head for Tasman Island, demonstrating in light breezes off Tasmania’s south-east how efficient they are as racing machines.

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