Tradition... ..66-years of it

8:46 PM Tue 28 Dec 2010 GMT

'Rolex Sydney to Hobart 2010 start - WILD OATS XI' Andrea Francolini &copy

Powerboat-World editori Bob Wonders writes today on www.powerboat-world.com ' For obvious reasons, not the least of which is this site?s name, sailboats don?t receive too many mentions on Powerboat-World, but I?m going to take a different ?tack? this week. You see, on Boxing Day, my favourite (and former) playground, Sydney Harbour, was the absolute centre of sailboat racing south of the equator; if you don?t know what I mean it was the annual start of one of the world?s toughest battles with Mother Nature, the Sydney-Hobart blue water classic. It?s more, far more, than a race for sailboats, it really ...

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