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Two True – she’s won the Rolex Sydney Hobart

31 Dec, 2009 07:00:00 PM

Two True – she’s won the Rolex Sydney Hobart

Andrew Saies’ new boat Two True this afternoon became just the fourth South Australian yacht to win the Rolex Sydney Yacht Race overall, but the win did not come without a long wait and plenty of angst.

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Protest dismissed, Two True declared overall winner of the Rolex Sydney Hobart

31 Dec, 2009 06:15:00 PM

Protest dismissed, Two True declared overall winner of the Rolex Sydney Hobart

Andrew Saies’ newly launched Beneteau First 40 Two True has been declared the overall winner of the 65th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race after a protest against him over an incident on Sydney Harbour soon after the start was dismissed by the five person international jury this afternoon.

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She rolls into Hobart the Rolex Sydney Hobart PHS winner

31 Dec, 2009 01:39:00 PM

She rolls into Hobart the Rolex Sydney Hobart PHS winner

Peter Rodgers did not quite take in the fact that he had provisionally won the PHS class overall in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race when he moored at Constitution Dock just before midday today; maybe the slight head injury he sustained yesterday during the race had affected him.

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31 Dec, 2009 09:49:00 AM

Two True’s win hangs in the balance

As the remainder of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet trickles across the finish line, Andrew Saies’ Beneteau First 40 Two True has moved into contention for the overall win. But first they have to survive this morning’s 10am protest.

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30 Dec, 2009 07:14:00 PM

Handicap winner still in balance

The smallest boat in the fleet, Zephyr Hamilton Elevators, was as of this evening still well in the running to win the IRC overall handicap division of the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race.

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Rolex Sydney Hobart win will come down to time and a protest or two

30 Dec, 2009 06:06:00 PM

Rolex Sydney Hobart win will come down to time and a protest or two

Little Zephyr Hamilton Elevators is battling the elements in her efforts to become the smallest boat since Zeus II to win the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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Slice of history for Lion New Zealand crew

30 Dec, 2009 04:46:00 PM

Slice of history for Lion New Zealand crew

Dave Dobbins’ unofficial New Zealand anthem ‘Slice of Heaven’ was playing loudly on the stereo and the huge black New Zealand flag was flying on the Whitbread maxi Lion New Zealand’s forestay as the crew celebrated their arrival in Hobart this morning, 25 years on from the boat’s Sydney Hobart line honours win.

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30 Dec, 2009 12:31:00 PM

Tattersall Cup Still in Doubt

The smaller boats at the back of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race, after surviving frustrating light air and calms off the southeastern coast of New South Wales, are blowing home fast today.

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Dolphins and the puffs when they are needed bring back memories of special mates

30 Dec, 2009 12:07:00 PM

Dolphins and the puffs when they are needed bring back memories of special mates

A pod of dolphins off Bicheno on the Tasmanian east coast, the biggest that veteran yachtsman Roger Hickman has ever seen, stopped him in his tracks on board the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race entrant Audi Centre Melbourne yesterday.

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30 Dec, 2009 08:44:00 AM

RAN on watch for Rolex double

The crew of the British 72-foot yacht RÁN are on tenterhooks this morning, perhaps on the verge of achieving a remarkable double in ocean racing, to win both the Rolex Fastnet Race and the Rolex Sydney Hobart on corrected time in the same year.

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