Rolex Sydney Hobart - Hard driving



7:53 AM Tue 21 Dec 2010 GMT
'Gordon Maguire, Loki?s helmsman.' Andrea Francolini &copy Click Here to view large photo
There is nothing quite like driving a yacht when it settles into the groove. The heel of the hull feels just right, the helm is firm, not too light, not too heavy, and the sails set at just the right angle and the sweetest shape. It eases the pain of the last big bill wondrously. Too often though, it is all so fleeting. The wind shifts, something distracts you, and it?s gone. On a racing yacht in the Rolex Sydney Hobart, the challenge for the helmsperson is to keep in that grove for 628 nautical miles, be it a glorious ...


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by Jim Gale





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