Rolex Sydney to Hobart - Save it for the second half



8:52 AM Sun 26 Dec 2010 GMT
The Rolex Sydney Hobart, which started from Sydney Harbour at 1pm this afternoon, is shaping up to be two quite distinctive races wrapped into one; the first half, from Sydney Heads to Flinders Island on Tasmania?s north-eastern tip and the second, from Flinders to the finish in the Derwent River. As the fleet settled into a broad reach on flat seas in the early hours after the start, in the back of everyone?s mind was the classic southerly buster waiting for them further down the coast. The breeze swung around the dial from the west to the east, and at ...


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by Jim Gale/Rolex Sydney Hobart media team




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