Rolex Sydney Hobart - Wild Oats leads fleet out of Sydney Heads



5:40 AM Sun 26 Dec 2010 GMT
'Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race start' &copy Rolex/Carlo Borlenghi Click Here to view large photo
The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is a 628 nautical mile blue water classic, which begins at 1.00pm on Boxing Day, December 26th. Today, the Mark Richards skippered 100 footer, Wild Oats XI, shrugged off a cheeky challenge from Grant Wharington?s Melbourne 98 footer, Wild Thing, to stamp its mark early on the Rolex Sydney Hobart line honours battle. Despite forecasts that this will be one of the toughest Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Races in years, the 87 strong fleet started in remarkably mild conditions on a flat Sydney Harbour at 1pm today in an 11 knot west-nor-westerly breeze. Both ...


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by Lisa Ratcliff and Jim Gale




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