Sydney to Hobart: Secret Men's Business - Water skiing in Bass Strait

3:02 AM Tue 28 Dec 2010 GMT

'Secret Mens Business 3.5 Rolex Sydney to Hobart' &copy Rolex/Daniel Forster

Rolex Sydney to Hobart update from Division 1 handicap leader Secret Men's Business 3.5. Secret Men's Business 3.5 sailor Caillin Howard went waterskiing last night but did not tell his crewmates he was going. After a tough Bass Strait crossing with winds hitting 50 knots, 22 Hobart veteran Geoff Boettcher from Adelaide and his Secret Mens Business 3.5 crew at last found conditions turning in the early hours of this morning. As conditions eased they gradually added sail, up from the triple reefed main and the number five headsail, to a full main and number 3 jib, working offshore ...

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