A blaze of colour against a grey Sydney sky

9:35 AM Sun 26 Dec 2010 GMT

'Start of Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race' &copy Rolex/Carlo Borlenghi Click Here to view large photo

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - Race day for the 66th Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet dawned cloudy and rainy for the 87 competing yachts. The grey weather added a bit of gloom and foreboding to what may be in store for the crews racing to the finish line in Hobart, 628-miles away. Outside the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, shipping containers were being loaded in the rain with spare sails and supplies for the yachts and their arrival in Hobart. One of the crew loading the containers with sail bags, Dean Barrett, said, 'They have to sail light down to ...

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