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- 06 Dec, 2004 12:37:00 PM
Sean Langman goes kite flying on AAPT

Innovative offshore sailor Sean Langman has set a new benchmark for spinnakers in the 60th Sydney Hobart Yacht Race – he plans to fly a kite-sail on any long downwind runs out in the Tasman Sea.
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- 03 Dec, 2004 12:58:00 PM
Super maxis hit Sydney Harbour

All three super maxis entered for the 60th anniversary Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will be based on Sydney Harbour from next week as they prepare for their line honours battle in the ocean classic, now just three weeks away.
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- 01 Dec, 2004 02:10:00 PM
Teams invited for Rolex Challenge

The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is inviting National, State and Club teams to contest the prestigious Rolex Challenge, the nine race series for boats competing in the IRC category of the Rolex Trophy and the 60th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
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- 30 Nov, 2004 12:20:00 PM
Prime Time viewing as summer of sail sparkles

Sydney’s summer of sail, culminating with the start of the 60th anniversary Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, sparkled into action last weekend with several leading boats turning in impressive performances in the Savills Short Ocean Racing Championship.
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- 29 Nov, 2004 06:30:00 PM
Young women in Melbourne University crew

The 60th anniversary Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will start from Sydney Harbour in just under four weeks, but the youngest crew in the fleet, all students from Melbourne University, will set sail tomorrow on a ‘dry run’ to Tasmania.
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- 25 Nov, 2004 10:52:00 PM
Rolex Trophy – Sydney’s Summer of Sail

World champion sailors and their boats will generate one of the finest offshore regattas ever sailed out of Sydney when the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia conducts the Rolex Trophy in the lead-up to the 60th Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
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- 25 Nov, 2004 03:14:00 PM
Regatta test for Wild Joe, Konica Minolta and others

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race leading contenders Wild Joe and Konica Minolta will make their regatta racing debuts in Sydney this weekend in the Savills Short Ocean Racing Championship.
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- 24 Nov, 2004 04:40:00 PM
Aerial delivery for Australia’s best known ocean race

NSW Coastal residents are used to helicopters flying up the beach towing advertising but this morning, they were treated to an unusual sight – that of a Rural Fire Service helicopter carrying a 38 metre, 456 kg yacht mast.
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- 24 Nov, 2004 11:50:00 AM
Two lines and later start on Boxing Day

The largest fleet in a decade, together with logistical requirements for the live television broadcast, will see a two-line start and a later starting gun for the 60th anniversary Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
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- 22 Nov, 2004 03:56:00 PM
Grasshopper jumps back into fleet

Several ‘good friends’ and sailing mates have rallied to a last minute call from Gosford Sailing Club member Graham Jackson to crew aboard his little Cole 31, Grasshopper, in the 60th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
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