Rolex Sydney Hobart - Storm drama in Bass Strait

6:56 AM Mon 27 Dec 2010 GMT

'Yuuzoo retired' &copy Rolex/Carlo Borlenghi

Rolex Sydney Hobart - Storm force conditions are taking their toll on the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet with five retirements in less than an hour this afternoon as the fleet battles 40 to 50 knot winds off the New South Wales south coast. At 3.25pm Ludde Ingvall?s 90-foot high profile entry YuuZoo, a former line honours winner, retired from the race, advising the race committee they had a torn headsail. They also tweeted from the boat that they had structural and rigging problems. Nick Athineos? modified 66-footer Dodo (The Stick) is heading to Eden, their ETA 7pm this ...

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