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  • Living Doll retired with broken rudder Living Doll retired with broken rudder
    • 27 Dec, 2012 08:00:00 PM

    Living Doll retired with broken rudder

    The Victorian Farr 55, Living Doll, owned and skippered by Michael Hiatt, has become the first casualty of the 2012 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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  • Wild Oats XI crew not thinking about record Wild Oats XI crew not thinking about record
    • 27 Dec, 2012 06:30:00 PM

    Wild Oats XI crew not thinking about record

    Rolex Sydney Hobart race leader Wild Oats XI may well be fast closing in on her own 2005 race record, but tactician Iain Murray insists it is too soon for the crew to even think about it.

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  • Oats on record pace Oats on record pace
    • 27 Dec, 2012 03:00:00 PM

    Oats on record pace

    Five-time Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race line honours winner, Wild Oats XI, remains on track to beat her own race record as she closes on the Tasmanian north-east coast.

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  • Rolex Sydney Hobart: Wild Oats XI looking at treble again Rolex Sydney Hobart: Wild Oats XI looking at treble again
    • 27 Dec, 2012 11:30:00 AM

    Rolex Sydney Hobart: Wild Oats XI looking at treble again

    Wild Oats XI is chasing its own race record, with a chance of repeating its 2005 treble, as it leads the fleet of 76 yachts into Bass Strait on day two of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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  • Rolex Sydney Hobart: Wild Oats XI closes in on Bass Strait Rolex Sydney Hobart: Wild Oats XI closes in on Bass Strait
    • 27 Dec, 2012 07:00:00 AM

    Rolex Sydney Hobart: Wild Oats XI closes in on Bass Strait

    Race leader Wild Oats XI is set to launch into Bass Strait in a freshening northerly breeze in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race this morning.

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  • Flight South Flight South
    • 26 Dec, 2012 08:00:00 PM

    Flight South

    The 68th Rolex Sydney Hobart got underway in exceptional conditions. The forecast southerly breeze providing the perfect angle for a spinnaker start and run down the harbour. The angle would prove less kind as the yachts exited the Sydney Heads and made their turn towards Hobart, finding the 20 – 25 knots now firmly on the nose

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  • Rolex Sydney Hobart: Conditions tough in opening hours of race Rolex Sydney Hobart: Conditions tough in opening hours of race
    • 26 Dec, 2012 04:15:00 PM

    Rolex Sydney Hobart: Conditions tough in opening hours of race

    The opening hours of the 2012 Rolex Sydney Hobart are proving a real test for all competitors, with some reporting three hours into the race that the swell is bigger than they expected, and the 20 knot southerly combined with an enormous chop has made for a cold, bumpy and tiring ride.

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  • Wild Oats XI flies out to sea Wild Oats XI flies out to sea
    • 26 Dec, 2012 03:31:00 PM

    Wild Oats XI flies out to sea

    The start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race did not disappoint today and in perfect gusty southerly 20-25 knot winds, under a sunny sky, the 76 yachts in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s annual race, popped kites and Code Zeros at the start, making for a spectacular sight.

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  • Wild Thing out of race Wild Thing out of race
    • 26 Dec, 2012 11:00:00 AM

    Wild Thing out of race

    The Race Committee of the Rolex Sydney Hobart has announced this morning that Grant Wharington’s super maxi Wild Thing will not be allowed to race.

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  • A walk down memory lane with race starters A walk down memory lane with race starters
    • 26 Dec, 2012 11:00:00 AM

    A walk down memory lane with race starters

    In the time honoured tradition of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia three veterans of the race 50 years ago will fire the starting sequence for the 2012 Rolex Sydney Hobart on Boxing Day.

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