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  • Skandia hanging on to lead as race finale approaches Skandia hanging on to lead as race finale approaches
    • 28 Dec, 2003 06:19:00 PM

    Skandia hanging on to lead as race finale approaches

    The sailing master of Skandia has confirmed that the 98-footer from the Mornington Yacht Club in Victoria is still holding a narrow lead from New Zealand’s super maxi Zana with about 85 miles to sail to the finish of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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  • Rolex Sydney Hobart Race Still Wide Open Rolex Sydney Hobart Race Still Wide Open
    • 28 Dec, 2003 02:45:00 PM

    Rolex Sydney Hobart Race Still Wide Open

    While the race for line honours seems to have boiled down to a three-horse sprint, after 48 hours of racing, the contest for handicap remains wide open.

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  • Langman launches final charge Langman launches final charge
    • 28 Dec, 2003 01:37:00 PM

    Langman launches final charge

    This year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has become a nail biting fight to the finish, with the pocket maxi Grundig AAPT once again a threat to the two 98 footers Skandia and Zana that have been inseparable since the race start on Sydney Habour two days ago.

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    • 28 Dec, 2003 12:44:00 AM

    Nicorette retires from Rolex Sydney Hobart

    At about midnight on 27/28 December Nicorette advised race control that it was retiring from the race and heading for Eden following the discovery of cracks in support structures for the keel and damage to the hull

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  • Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet starting to feel the strain Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet starting to feel the strain
    • 27 Dec, 2003 09:31:00 PM

    Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet starting to feel the strain

    “We were coming down off three metre waves when we heard the crash. We don’t know if there is any damage to the hull,” said skipper Ludde Ingvall.

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  • Michael spies victory ahead Michael spies victory ahead
    • 27 Dec, 2003 06:49:00 PM

    Michael spies victory ahead

    Michael Spies boasts that this boat is the best optimised 40-footer in the fleet and the boat appears to be proving that claim by consistently figuring high in Yacht Tracker assessments of corrected time positions.

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  • “Incredible match race” across Bass Strait “Incredible match race” across Bass Strait
    • 27 Dec, 2003 04:49:00 PM

    “Incredible match race” across Bass Strait

    Chairman of the CYCA Race Committee Tim Cox predicts a Sunday evening finish by the line honours winner, “possibly by sunset but more likely after ten o’clock.”

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  • Age has not wearied them Age has not wearied them
    • 27 Dec, 2003 07:53:00 AM

    Age has not wearied them

    The smaller and older boats in the 56-strong fleet are reveling in the southerly conditions

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  • We have got a race on our hands! We have got a race on our hands!
    • 27 Dec, 2003 07:12:00 AM

    We have got a race on our hands!

    Smaller boats dominating handicap positions; fleet now spread from Jervis Bay to Bermagui Island with the first boats expected to enter Bass Strait this afternoon.

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  • Grundig catches super maxis with pants down Grundig catches super maxis with pants down
    • 26 Dec, 2003 09:23:00 PM

    Grundig catches super maxis with pants down

    The recent $250,000 overhaul undertaken by her skipper Sean Langman is already paying dividends for this Sydney boat that has traditionally been labelled a ‘downwind flyer’

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