Rolex Sydney Hobart - whether the weather gate opens for you??

5:42 AM Thu 23 Dec 2010 GMT

'Wild Oats and followers - at the finish of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race 2006' Crosbie Lorimer

Computer driven handicap predictions for the 628 mile Rolex Sydney to Hobart race ignore the fact that most races are won and lost in the last 40 miles from Tasman Light across Storm Bay, past the Iron Pot and up the Derwent. Every ten minutes or so, during the race, the computers spit out a new number set, with ranking. At best, these need to be taken with a tablespoon of sea salt. In the maze of numbers, there is one more important than all the others in deciding if the figures are 'back of the boat fantasy land stuff' ...

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