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  • No Race Record but Crichton still delighted No Race Record but Crichton still delighted
    • 28 Dec, 2002 08:12:00 PM

    No Race Record but Crichton still delighted

    Had the 2002 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race started a day later, the 90-footer Alfa Romeo would have threatened Nokia’s 1999 race record, owner/skipper Nevile Crichton said in a dockside interview at Hobart’s Constitution Dock.

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  • Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Line Honours to Alfa Romeo Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Line Honours to Alfa Romeo
    • 28 Dec, 2002 06:51:00 PM

    Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Line Honours to Alfa Romeo

    Alfa Romeo, Neville Crichton’s super maxi has taken line honours in the 2002 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, surfing up the River Derwent under her massive spinnaker before a fresh seabreeze to cross the line off Hobart’s historic Battery Point at 5.58.52 this afternoon.

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  • Fitness Fit Sting's rudder damaged by whale Fitness Fit Sting's rudder damaged by whale
    • 28 Dec, 2002 05:20:00 PM

    Fitness Fit Sting's rudder damaged by whale

    Fitness Fit Sting has had her rudder badly damaged in a collision with a whale.

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    • 28 Dec, 2002 03:38:00 PM

    Toecutter dominating handicap Race

    Alfa Romeo was surfing at speeds in excess of 17 knots in a 20 knot northerly sea breeze down the edge of Tasman Island

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  • Two boat race to the finish Two boat race to the finish
    • 28 Dec, 2002 12:49:00 PM

    Two boat race to the finish

    Photographers have sighted Alfa Romeo and Grundig 60 miles from Tasman Island and only a few miles apart.

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  • Alfa Romeo steps on the gas and could finish this evening. Alfa Romeo steps on the gas and could finish this evening.
    • 28 Dec, 2002 05:20:00 AM

    Alfa Romeo steps on the gas and could finish this evening.

    The super maxi Alfa Romeo, power sailing across Bass Strait overnight, could take line honours late this afternoon in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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  • Leaders in Spinnaker Run to Tasmania Leaders in Spinnaker Run to Tasmania
    • 27 Dec, 2002 10:22:00 PM

    Leaders in Spinnaker Run to Tasmania

    Optimum easterly/north easterly conditions for many of the boats in the 55-strong Rolex Sydney Hobart Race fleet will give crews a comfortable night’s sail as the race leaders pass the half way mark to Hobart.

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  • Winds of change for fleet in Bass Strait Winds of change for fleet in Bass Strait
    • 27 Dec, 2002 06:17:00 PM

    Winds of change for fleet in Bass Strait

    Freshening north-easterly winds this afternoon have caused a major change in overall handicap positions in the IMS and IRC divisions of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race as the leaders power sail across Bass Strait.

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  • Leaders into Bass Strait under spinnaker Leaders into Bass Strait under spinnaker
    • 27 Dec, 2002 01:02:00 PM

    Leaders into Bass Strait under spinnaker

    Neville Crichton’s Alfa Romeo holds a five-mile lead as the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race frontrunners enter Bass Strait.

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  • Alfa Romeo opens up lead overnight Alfa Romeo opens up lead overnight
    • 27 Dec, 2002 04:53:00 AM

    Alfa Romeo opens up lead overnight

    The Sydney-based super maxi Alfa Romeo has opened up a seven nautical mile lead over the British 97-footer, Canon, as they the lead the fleet towards Bass Strait.

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