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  • Getting to Hobart, and to geting there well fed! Getting to Hobart, and to geting there well fed!
    • 24 Dec, 2002 01:07:00 PM

    Getting to Hobart, and to geting there well fed!

    On Boxing Day veteran Hobart yachtsman John Bennetto will start his 42nd Sydney Hobart.

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    • 24 Dec, 2002 01:02:00 PM

    Light winds forecast for 2002 Rolex Sydney Hobart

    The Bureau of Meteorology has told the skippers of the 57 yachts competing in this week’s 2002 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race that they can expect fairly benign conditions for most of the race.

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  • Captain Stan Darling to be Commemorated Captain Stan Darling to be Commemorated
    • 24 Dec, 2002 10:51:00 AM

    Captain Stan Darling to be Commemorated

    The ashes of Captain Stan Darling OBE, DSC and two bars, VRD, RANR, a Second World War Naval hero and one of Australia’s most famous yachting navigators, will be scattered from HMAS Seal, just prior to the start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on December 26, 2002.

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  • Alfa Romeo odds-one in TAB betting Alfa Romeo odds-one in TAB betting
    • 24 Dec, 2002 10:33:00 AM

    Alfa Romeo odds-one in TAB betting

    Australians are noted gamblers, betting on horse and dog racing, the cricket scores, even on cane toad races.

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  • Young US sailor on a Dreamland mission Young US sailor on a Dreamland mission
    • 23 Dec, 2002 07:28:00 PM

    Young US sailor on a Dreamland mission

    At the age of 19 American Brian Caldwell decided that he would be the youngest person to sail around the world solo. To do that he would have to be home before he turned 21.

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  • "You Only Go To Hobart to Win" "You Only Go To Hobart to Win"
    • 23 Dec, 2002 07:24:00 PM

    "You Only Go To Hobart to Win"

    At 56, having done six Hobarts already, David McKay wasn’t at all interested when Michael Spies asked him to join the team on P&O Nedlloyd for the 2002 Rolex Sydney Hobart yacht race.

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    • 23 Dec, 2002 07:12:00 PM

    Maybe he's not plum crazy after all!

    For the 13th time in his life Sydney maths teacher Chris Bowling is sailing to Hobart on the smallest boat in the fleet in the annual Rolex Sydney Hobart yacht race. For the past two years he has been awarded the Plum Crazy Trophy for being the first boat under 9.5m LOA to finish the 630-mile race.

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    • 23 Dec, 2002 07:06:00 PM

    10 nations represented

    The arrival today of four Russian sailors brings to ten the number of nations represented in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race which starts next Thursday, 26 December. Headed by Olympic sailor Goergy Shaiduko, the Russians have chartered the Sydney 38, Next, which will race to Hobart as Polar Star.

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    • 23 Dec, 2002 05:19:00 PM

    Ten nations in Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

    The arrival of four Russian sailors brings to ten the number of nations represented in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race which starts next Thursday.

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    • 23 Dec, 2002 05:02:00 PM

    Maybe he's not all Plum Crazy after all

    For the 13th time in his life Sydney maths teacher Chris Bowling is sailing to Hobart on the smallest boat in the fleet in the annual Rolex Sydney Hobart yacht race.

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