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  • Rolex Sydney Hobart: Wedgetail’s dismasting Rolex Sydney Hobart: Wedgetail’s dismasting
    • 29 Dec, 2013 07:01:00 PM

    Rolex Sydney Hobart: Wedgetail’s dismasting

    As it always does, the dismasting of an ocean-going yacht happens in an instant. And as it often is, the reason for the dismasting can only be a matter of speculation.

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  • An Overall Winner (A)waits An Overall Winner (A)waits
    • 29 Dec, 2013 07:00:00 PM

    An Overall Winner (A)waits

    With all of the “big” boats in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Race safely dockside in Hobart by the early hours this morning (Dec 29), attention turned to the fleet still racing on Day 4 of the 628 nautical mile offshore classic.

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  • Black Jack and Giacomo go hard at it in Rolex Sydney Hobart Black Jack and Giacomo go hard at it in Rolex Sydney Hobart
    • 29 Dec, 2013 04:30:00 PM

    Black Jack and Giacomo go hard at it in Rolex Sydney Hobart

    When splinters of carbon exploded from Black Jack’s mainsail in gale force winds you would have thought the Queensland crew had literally blown their chances in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.

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  • Seas, not the wind, the big problem for the boats still at sea Seas, not the wind, the big problem for the boats still at sea
    • 29 Dec, 2013 02:30:00 PM

    Seas, not the wind, the big problem for the boats still at sea

    “Boat breaking”. That’s how Andrew Wenham, skipper of the VO70 Southern Excellence II described the seas off the Tasmanian coast when he arrived at Constitution Dock this afternoon.

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  • Victoire has a sniff of victory Victoire has a sniff of victory
    • 29 Dec, 2013 11:00:00 AM

    Victoire has a sniff of victory

    Sydney plastic surgeon Darryl Hodgkinson’s Cookson 50 Victoire is the clubhouse leader in the race for the coveted Tattersall’s Cup

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  • Gale force winds continue to take their toll Gale force winds continue to take their toll
    • 29 Dec, 2013 08:45:00 AM

    Gale force winds continue to take their toll

    The Victorian yacht Rush is sailing to Coles Bay where an ambulance will be waiting for injured crew member Ben Renshaw, who broke a leg while the boat was sailing south of Freycinet Peninsula on the Tasmanian east coast.

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  • Wedgetail dismasted – two out with rudder problems Wedgetail dismasted – two out with rudder problems
    • 29 Dec, 2013 06:45:00 AM

    Wedgetail dismasted – two out with rudder problems

    The expected south-westerly gale off the Tasmanian south-east coast and in Bass Strait this morning has impacted the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet.

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  • Rolex Sydney Hobart: One More Time Rolex Sydney Hobart: One More Time
    • 29 Dec, 2013 12:00:00 AM

    Rolex Sydney Hobart: One More Time

    While not the record-setting pace, Wild Oats XI still made her indelible mark in the record books, taking the line honours win at the 2013 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race. Close reaching up the Derwent River, the 100-footer crossed the finish line off Battery Point in Hobart, at 7:07pm local time (AEDT).

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  • Bell says LOYAL to be a ‘Perpetual’ Rolex Sydney Hobart starter Bell says LOYAL to be a ‘Perpetual’ Rolex Sydney Hobart starter
    • 29 Dec, 2013 12:00:00 AM

    Bell says LOYAL to be a ‘Perpetual’ Rolex Sydney Hobart starter

    Anthony Bell has tasted victory in the Rolex Sydney Hobart – on Investec LOYAL in 2011 – but in 2013 he failed to beat his nemesis, Wild Oats XI, with his latest super maxi, Perpetual LOYAL.

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  • The Old Girl Delivers Again The Old Girl Delivers Again
    • 28 Dec, 2013 09:00:00 PM

    The Old Girl Delivers Again

    Wild Oats XI isn’t just a part of Rolex Sydney Hobart history. In equalling Morna/Kurrewa IV’s record she has become one of the great boats of all time.

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