Rolex Sydney Hobart - Its all up to the Derwent

10:52 AM Wed 29 Dec 2010 GMT

'Darryl Hodgkinson’s Victoire needs to finish by 3.16am tomorrow, Thursday 30 December to claim the overall win in the Rolex Sydney Hobart 2010.' &copy Rolex/Daniel Forster

The overall winner of the 2010 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, the winner on corrected time, should be known mid-morning tomorrow (Thursday) when the last two contenders have made it to Hobart. It is a three-way battle for the Tattersall?s Cup between the leader in the clubhouse, Geoff Boettcher?s South Australian yacht Secret Men?s Business 3.5, the long-time frontrunner Darryl Hodgkinson?s Beneteau First 45 Victoire from Sydney and the appropriately named Local Hero, Peter Moseley?s 36-footer from Sydney?s Middle Harbour Yacht Club. As the two that are still at sea look through their narrow windows of opportunity, the weather forecast ...

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