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  • Wild Oats XI retired Wild Oats XI retired
    • 26 Dec, 2015 11:00:00 PM

    Wild Oats XI retired

    Record holding eight time Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race line honours victor, Wild Oats XI, has retired from the race after reporting a torn mainsail.

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  • Rolex Sydney Hobart Race Start Rolex Sydney Hobart Race Start
    • 26 Dec, 2015 08:30:00 PM

    Rolex Sydney Hobart Race Start

    The official Channel 7 start footage of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

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  • Dock Side Snaps Dock Side Snaps
    • 26 Dec, 2015 08:00:00 PM

    Dock Side Snaps

    Our photographers captured the atmosphere around the dock at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia prior to the start of the 71st Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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  • Heading to Hobart Heading to Hobart
    • 26 Dec, 2015 07:00:00 PM

    Heading to Hobart

    Hundreds of thousands of spectators lined the shores of Sydney Harbour to salute the fleet of 108 yachts as they commenced the 628 nautical mile trek to Hobart for the 71st edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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  • Dock Talk December 26 p.m Dock Talk December 26 p.m
    • 26 Dec, 2015 05:00:00 PM

    Dock Talk December 26 p.m

    Comanche skipper Ken Read says they're pushing hard to keep the lead, while four yachts have retired safely to the CYCA.

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  • Wild start when nothing went to plan Wild start when nothing went to plan
    • 26 Dec, 2015 05:00:00 PM

    Wild start when nothing went to plan

    If the start of the 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart is any indication, this race is going to have more twists and turns than any Broadway murder mystery and nothing will pan out the way we think it will.

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  • Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Three out Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Three out
    • 26 Dec, 2015 02:20:00 PM

    Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Three out

    There have been three early retirements from the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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  • Comanche steals the thunder Comanche steals the thunder
    • 26 Dec, 2015 01:55:00 PM

    Comanche steals the thunder

    The US supermaxi Comanche has stolen the spotlight in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, leaping ahead of Wild Oats XI and Perpetual Loyal as they led the fleet down the NSW coast in a brisk, following north-easterly.

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  • And the winner will be….ask me on Tuesday And the winner will be….ask me on Tuesday
    • 26 Dec, 2015 10:30:00 AM

    And the winner will be….ask me on Tuesday

    The 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart is counting down; the skippers have received their final weather briefing, and the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia marina is teeming with crew members loading the last of the sails and provisions.

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  • A bit of Brissie Dekadence A bit of Brissie Dekadence
    • 26 Dec, 2015 06:00:00 AM

    A bit of Brissie Dekadence

    As Boxing Day draws closer, the mood on the dock at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia gets seriouser and seriouser – there is only so much time left to check, double check and check again those hundred little bits and pieces, those $5 fittings that can bring a whole campaign crashing down off the NSW coast.

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