Rolex Sydney Hobart - Sydney 38s finished 29 seconds apart



1:36 AM Sun 2 Jan 2011 GMT
'Tony Levett receives the Prince Albert of Monaco Cup for winning the Sydney 38 division - Rolex Sydney Hobart Sydney 38 Division' Peter Campbell &copy Click Here to view large photo
After 628 nautical miles of hard sailing, spinnaker running, bashing to windward, sometimes near becalmed the first two Sydney 38s in the 66th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race finished just 29 seconds apart. The two boats, Eleni, skippered by Middle Harbour yachtsman Tony Levett, and Another Challenge, skippered by Chris Lewin from Sandringham Yacht Club, sailed almost boat-for-boat down the NSW South Coast, across Bass Strait and down the East Coast of Tasmania to Storm Bay and the River Derwent. Eleni?s elapsed time was 4 days 2 hours 59 seconds and 17 seconds, as she and Another Challenge edged across ...


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by Peter Campbell





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