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  • Internationals ready to take on the Aussies Internationals ready to take on the Aussies
    • 23 Dec, 2012 03:00:00 PM

    Internationals ready to take on the Aussies

    Even after 67 editions the Rolex Sydney Hobart continues to deliver something new; this year it’s a Lithuanian team who’ve sailed more than 12,000 nautical miles to compete.

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  • Rolex Sydney Hobart: Beginners luck? Rolex Sydney Hobart: Beginners luck?
    • 23 Dec, 2012 01:45:00 PM

    Rolex Sydney Hobart: Beginners luck?

    Cancer can focus the mind wonderfully - things you always had in mind assume a new urgency – and at 58, Warwick Sherman had long had a Rolex Sydney Hobart on his notional bucket list.

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  • No escape – saltwater is in their DNA No escape – saltwater is in their DNA
    • 22 Dec, 2012 04:00:00 PM

    No escape – saltwater is in their DNA

    There aren’t many people who have done more than 25 Hobarts, yet in the 2012 Rolex Sydney Hobart, there are three sailors who have not only passed the quarter century milestone, but are fast closing in on the records of their remarkable fathers.

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  • Celestial Assistance Dogs Celestial Assistance Dogs
    • 22 Dec, 2012 02:00:00 PM

    Celestial Assistance Dogs

    The team from Assistance Dogs visited the CYCA and their boat Celestial Assistance Dogs to wish them well on their journey to Hobart. Special guest Abby Matthews and her assistance dog Jemima joined in the fun

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  • Bigger will benefit as smaller pays Bigger will benefit as smaller pays
    • 22 Dec, 2012 11:00:00 AM

    Bigger will benefit as smaller pays

    Four days out from the start of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Rolex Sydney Hobart, the weather forecast is evolving, but it still looks grim for the smaller boats in the fleet - grimmer, if anything, than when the Bureau of Meteorology first showed us it’s long range forecast yesterday.

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  • The bigger boats have a great chance at winning the race on handicap The bigger boats have a great chance at winning the race on handicap
    • 22 Dec, 2012 10:30:00 AM

    The bigger boats have a great chance at winning the race on handicap

    Seven skippers that are in contention for the overall win got together this morning to discuss their prospects for the 2012 Rolex Sydney Hobart

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  • Dream Forecast for Big Boats Dream Forecast for Big Boats
    • 21 Dec, 2012 11:00:00 AM

    Dream Forecast for Big Boats

    Rolex Sydney Hobart super maxi navigators are reveling in a dream forecast that’s promising record-breaking conditions, but an unpredictable westerly looming over Tasmania is leaving the race for the coveted Tattersall’s Cup wide open.

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  • Long Range Weather Forecast Press Conference Long Range Weather Forecast Press Conference
    • 21 Dec, 2012 11:00:00 AM

    Long Range Weather Forecast Press Conference

    Michael Logan from the Bureau of Meteorology revealed the long range weather forecast to skippers and the media earlier today, Friday 21 December

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  • Kiwi Silver Medallist After Aussie Gold Kiwi Silver Medallist After Aussie Gold
    • 20 Dec, 2012 03:00:00 PM

    Kiwi Silver Medallist After Aussie Gold

    Life hasn’t been the same for Kiwi 49er sailor Blair Tuke since the 23 year-old won a silver medal at the London Olympics, catapulting him from young-electrician-with-big-dreams to rock star with the world at his feet in his native Bay of Islands and beyond.

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  • Rebuilt Wild Thing something of a wild card Rebuilt Wild Thing something of a wild card
    • 20 Dec, 2012 09:30:00 AM

    Rebuilt Wild Thing something of a wild card

    At about $1.50, the bookies are ranking Wild Oats XI firm line honours favourite in this 2012 Rolex Sydney Hobart; then they have Ragamuffin-Loyal at $3.25 and Lahana at $10 – and finally you get to Grant (Wharo) Wharington’s Wild Thing, at $13.

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