Sydney Hobart - Secret Mens Business 3.5 current handicap leader

5:02 AM Wed 29 Dec 2010 GMT

'SECRET MENS BUSINESS 3.5, Sail No: 3300, Owner: Geoff Boettcher, State: SA, Division: IRC, Design: Reichel Pugh 51, LOA (m) : 15.6, Draft (m): 3.3' &copy Rolex/Daniel Forster Click Here to view large photo

Rolex Sydney Hobart Handicap position update. Geoff Boettcher?s South Australian yacht Secret Men?s Business 3.5 is this afternoon the leader in the clubhouse in the contest for corrected time honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The 15.6 metre Reichel Pugh design crossed the finish line in Hobart at 1.42pm today to lead the overall standings, but the favourite, still at sea, is still Darryl Hodgkinson?s Sydney based Beneteau First 45 Victoire. The production boat, a larger version of the South Australian Beneteau First 40 Two True which claimed the major silverware last year, has a cushion of more ...

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