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  • Behind the lens – Wednesday morning 30 December 2015 Behind the lens – Wednesday morning 30 December 2015
    • 30 Dec, 2015 03:30:00 PM

    Behind the lens – Wednesday morning 30 December 2015

    Rolex photographer, Stefano Gattini has been up in the helicopter and delivered an amazing perspective of competitors nearing the finish.

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  • The Money Man or the boat bought on a credit card? The Money Man or the boat bought on a credit card?
    • 30 Dec, 2015 01:30:00 PM

    The Money Man or the boat bought on a credit card?

    Paul Clitheroe is one of just a dozen yachts to have finished the 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, and since doing so, has been in the box seat to claim overall honours in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 628 nautical mile race.

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  • Dock Talk 30 December 2015 Dock Talk 30 December 2015
    • 30 Dec, 2015 01:00:00 PM

    Dock Talk 30 December 2015

    Teasing Machine's Eric De Turckheim says there's no words to describe achieving his childhood dream of competing in the Rolex Sydney Hobart. But, while he's out of contention for the overall win just who will claim victory may now not be known until tomorrow.

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  • Eric’s dream Eric’s dream
    • 30 Dec, 2015 12:00:00 PM

    Eric’s dream

    French sailor Eric de Turckheim dominated racing in Cowes Week off the English coast this year in his 40ft Archambault, Teasing Machine. Although De Turckheim welcomed the success, he still wished to fulfil a dream he held since he was 18, a few moons ago. He dreamed of doing a Hobart.

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  • December 29 Gallery December 29 Gallery
    • 30 Dec, 2015 09:00:00 AM

    December 29 Gallery

    Rolex photographer, Stefano Gattini captured day four of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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  • Dock Talk 29 December 2015 Dock Talk 29 December 2015
    • 29 Dec, 2015 07:00:00 PM

    Dock Talk 29 December 2015

    Balance skipper Paul Clitheroe describes using "every bit of stickyback" to fix their mainsail. A good thing too, they're in with a shot for the overall win. Swiss yacht Teasing Machine is also looking good. The easing breeze overnight will make it more and more difficult for those still at sea to have chance.

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  • Balance: probability? Balance: probability?
    • 29 Dec, 2015 06:30:00 PM

    Balance: probability?

    The NSW TP52 Balance, the appropriately named yacht of financial guru Paul Clitheroe, is the leader for overall honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and now has to await the arrival of two European yachts tomorrow, her immediate challengers.

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  • A 628 mile match race A 628 mile match race
    • 29 Dec, 2015 05:00:00 PM

    A 628 mile match race

    While the super maxis were fighting it out for line honours, a few miles astern an absorbing match race was played out by the two grand prix sixty footers, Matt Allen’s Carkeek60 Ichi ban and Rupert Henry’s JV62 Chinese Whisper.

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  • Soldini sails a classic Hobart race, for better, for worse Soldini sails a classic Hobart race, for better, for worse
    • 29 Dec, 2015 02:30:00 PM

    Soldini sails a classic Hobart race, for better, for worse

    If you are looking for a lesson in how to sail a Sydney-Hobart race - what to do, what not to do - look no further than the Italian maestro Giovanni Soldini, skipper of Volvo 70 Maserati. Just forget about his start.

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  • Luck is a fortune Luck is a fortune
    • 29 Dec, 2015 01:00:00 PM

    Luck is a fortune

    American George David brought his 88 foot Rambler from the other side of the world to win the Rolex Sydney Hobart - not line honours - he wanted to win outright and made it clear in Sydney when he spoke to the press at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia before the race, and he made it just as plain when he stepped off Rambler in Hobart.

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