Following Nokia's record-breaking run to Hobart in just one day 19 hours 48 minutes 02 seconds in 1999, no less than five  Volvo 60s will contest this year's Telstra Sydney to Hobart yacht race. Formerly Swedish Match, she finished 3rd in the 1997 – 98 Whitbread Race and holds all major Danish inshore and offshore records. Skipper Stephan Myralf and his international crew will aim to defend their title but will face stiff competition from the much bigger Maxis, both water and conventionally ballasted.