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  • Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Another TP52 year? Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Another TP52 year?
    • 23 Dec, 2016 03:20:00 PM

    Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Another TP52 year?

    Rolex Sydney Hobart skipper Matt Allen announced today he will leave his more comfortable 60 foot, purpose-built for the race Carkeek 60 at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia dock, choosing to be flung around on his TP52, Ichi Ban, on Boxing Day.

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  • Looks like a quick race this year Looks like a quick race this year
    • 22 Dec, 2016 12:29:00 PM

    Looks like a quick race this year

    A long range weather forecast predicts a fast, possibly record breaking 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart, according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s Jane Golding, Manager, Weather Services NSW.

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  • Another record for Adrienne Cahalan Another record for Adrienne Cahalan
    • 22 Dec, 2016 11:35:00 AM

    Another record for Adrienne Cahalan

    Ho hum, Adrienne Cahalan is about to break yet another yachting record – this time in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Rolex Sydney Hobart - this is a woman who has been a finalist in four international Yachtswoman of the Year nominations, named Australian Yachtswoman of the year in 2002-3 and written a book on her exploits.

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  • Weather Forecast – Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Weather Forecast – Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
    • 22 Dec, 2016 11:00:00 AM

    Weather Forecast – Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

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  • From Queen Mary 2 bridge to Wild Oats XI bilge in the Rolex Sydney Hobart From Queen Mary 2 bridge to Wild Oats XI bilge in the Rolex Sydney Hobart
    • 21 Dec, 2016 02:33:00 PM

    From Queen Mary 2 bridge to Wild Oats XI bilge in the Rolex Sydney Hobart

    After the unique experience of being on the bridge of the 152,000 tonne cruise liner, Queen Mary 2, and guiding her out of New York Harbour, Dan Oatley’s life is about to go to another ‘extreme: being in the wet and water-logged ‘sewer’ of the 28 tonne super maxi, Wild Oats XI, for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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  • Tilse goes back-to-back in Harken Grinder Challenge Tilse goes back-to-back in Harken Grinder Challenge
    • 21 Dec, 2016 12:35:00 PM

    Tilse goes back-to-back in Harken Grinder Challenge

    Former NSW Waratahs player Jeremy Tilse has won the second annual Harken Grinder Challenge, a fun lead up event to the Rolex Sydney Hobart, just five days out from the start of the 72nd Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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  • That Viking spirit brings Swedes to Sydney That Viking spirit brings Swedes to Sydney
    • 20 Dec, 2016 01:00:00 PM

    That Viking spirit brings Swedes to Sydney

    A somewhat unfocused 2015 racing season in Sweden is the reason Jonas Grander bought a boat he’d never seen in Sydney, and is about to embark on his first Rolex Sydney Hobart.

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  • Ludde Ingvall’s CQS on schedule Ludde Ingvall’s CQS on schedule
    • 20 Dec, 2016 08:21:00 AM

    Ludde Ingvall’s CQS on schedule

    Ludde Ingvall and his CQS team are making steady progress in their preparations for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, implementing improvements as a result of their training and tuning sessions last week.

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  • Remembering Roger Hickman Remembering Roger Hickman
    • 19 Dec, 2016 02:00:00 PM

    Remembering Roger Hickman

    There will be excitement and adventure in the 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart - there always is - but there will also be a little melancholy, as this will be the first Hobart post-‘Hicko’, Roger Hickman, one of the most respected and admired ocean racing yachtsmen in Australia.

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  • Proud dad enjoys son’s record Proud dad enjoys son’s record
    • 17 Dec, 2016 12:45:00 PM

    Proud dad enjoys son’s record

    This year Brad Kellett will set a record no-one will ever beat when he becomes the youngest sailor ever to sail 25 consecutive Sydney Hobart Yacht Races.

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