An old fashioned Rolex Sydney Hobart - uncomfortable and exhausting



9:25 AM Wed 22 Dec 2010 GMT
'Darryl Hodgkinson’s Beneteau 45 Victoire emerges as a contender for the overall race win - Rolex Sydney Hobart' &copy Rolex/Daniel Forster Click Here to view large photo
Rolex Sydney Hobart 2010. After several years of mostly tactical racing in comparatively benign conditions, the 2010 Rolex Sydney Hobart is set to return to its more traditional ways, with competitors told today that they are in for some very tough, boat and spirit-breaking sailing for at least the first 300 nautical miles of the race. The Bureau of Meteorology has predicted that early in the race the fleet will strike a southerly change on the New South Wales coast, and by early Sunday evening the winds will have built to between 20 and 30 knots. Blessedly the current will ...


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by Jim Gale





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