| Hobart Yachts head north for journey down south on Boxing Day |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(15-12-2006) Rolex Sydney Hobert Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - Yesterday the three Tasmanian yachts contesting the 2006 Rolex Sydney Hobart set sail for Sydney to prepare for the Boxing Day bluewater classic in 11 days time. |
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| Clock ticking for Rolex Sydney Hobart entrant |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(7-12-2006) Rolex Sydney Hobert Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - Most Rolex Sydney Hobart skippers and crews are enjoying an incident free lead up to the 26 December start on Sydney Harbour but the clock is ticking for one entrant. |
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| 2006 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet stands at 83 |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(2-12-2006) Rolex Sydney Hobert Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - Following four withdrawals, the fleet size for the 2006 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race stands at 83 at today’s close of entries. However boat owners who originally applied to enter the Boxing Day bluewater classic still have until 13 December to confirm their place in the starting line up. |
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| Little old lady of this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart wets her keel |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(2-12-2006) Rolex Sydney Hobert Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - Following a ten and a half month restoration involving up to 12 shipwrights working at one time and 15,500 man hours, Maluka, the oldest and smallest boat contesting the 2006 Rolex Sydney Hobart was today launched at Woolwich Dock, Sydney. |
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| Fleet of 85 nominated for 2006 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(14-11-2006) Rolex Sydney Hobert Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - A fleet of 85 yachts has been nominated for the 2006 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race including the defending line and handicap winner, and race record holder, Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI, which is out to rewrite history with a back to back line honours win. |
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| Hobart entrants dominate Bass Strait Race to Stanley |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(5-11-2006) Rolex Sydney Hobert Yacht Race |
| Victorian yachts entered in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race have dominated IRC handicap results in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s 152 nautical mile race across Bass Strait from Melbourne to Stanley on the north-west coast of Tasmania. |
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| CYCA announces fleet of 85 for Rolex Sydney Hobart 2006 |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(3-11-2006) Rolex Sydney Hobert Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - The Cruising Yacht Club of Australian is delighted to announce a fleet of 85 yachts has been nominated for this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Australia’s premier bluewater event. The Club has also today announced a one week extension for the lodgement of applications for entry which means the fleet size could potentially increase. |
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| Qualifying race to Stanley this weekend for Victorian yachts in Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(3-11-2006) Rolex Sydney Hobert Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - Ten of the 18 Victorian yachts so far nominated for the 2006 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will contest the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s Melbourne to Stanley Race across Bass Strait over the weekend, a qualifying race for the Hobart and also the ORCV’s Melbourne to Hobart West Coaster. |
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| Outstanding Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet climbing |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(1-11-2006) Rolex Sydney Hobert Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - So far an outstanding fleet of almost seventy yachts has been nominated for this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race with only three days to go until the close of applications to enter. |
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| Two Volvo 70s to challenge for line honours in Rolex Sydney Hobart |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(12-10-2006) Rolex Sydney Hobert Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - In a hard run to Hobart, the conditions which blessed the big end of town in last year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart, a Volvo 70 could beat the 30m maxis Wild Oats XI and Skandia to the finish line according to Australia’s only Volvo 70 owner, Matt Allen. |
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| Former line honours winner to celebrate 40th anniversary in 2006 Rolex Sydney Hobart |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(13-9-2006) Rolex Sydney Hobert Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - In 1966 the 61-foot triple planked kauri yacht Fidelis crossed the Tasman Sea from New Zealand and showed the world some early Kiwi yachting magic when she took line honours and set a new record in the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race that year. |
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| Pantellaria parking lot |
| MALTA-(27-10-2005) Rolex Middle Sea Race |
| Malta - Since yesterday afternoon's match race for line honours, so larger boats have been trickling into Marsamxett Harbour at the end of the lightest Rolex Middle Sea Race in the event's recent history. |
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| Slow boats around Sicily |
| MALTA-(25-10-2005) Rolex Middle Sea Race |
| Malta - No records are likely to be broken in this year's Rolex Middle Sea Race, other than perhaps for the slowest times. Throughout the day the bulk of the fleet has continued to wallow in next to no wind to the north of Sicily, while the race leaders have been making only marginally better progress past Trapani, home to the recent America's Cup Acts and on slowly down southwards towards the islands of Pantelleria and Lampedusa. |
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| Fastnet Update: Light airs and close combat for Open 60 Fleet... |
| COWES, UK-(9-8-2005) Rolex Fastnet Race - Skandia |
| Cowes, UK - Since the start of the 2005 Rolex Fastnet Race on Sunday morning, light airs have dictated the slow pace as the Open 60 fleet play the vagaries of sea breeze versus gradient breeze to their advantage or disadvantage! |
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| ICAP Maximus first to drift round the Fastnet Rock |
| COWES, UK-(9-8-2005) Rolex Fastnet Race |
| Cowes, UK - ICAP Maximus passed the Fastnet Rock at 0333 hours this morning, and continues to hold a significant lead in the Rolex Fastnet Race. The other big Maxi in the race, Skandia Wild Thing, rounded the Rock at 0918 hours, while a group of Open 60s and the Volvo Open 70 Movistar are still making agonisingly slow progress in a glassy Celtic Sea. |
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| Movistar fights for the lead in the Rolex Fastnet Race |
| COWES, UK-(9-8-2005) Rolex Fastnet Race |
| Cowes, UK - The VO 70 “movistar”, the Spanish yacht set to take part in the Volvo
Ocean Race 2005-2006, continues to put on miles in its first race, the
Rolex Fastnet Race, which set out last Sunday in the waters of the
Solent, off the mythical Isle of Wight. |
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| Maxis pass Lands End at sunrise |
| COWES, UK-(8-8-2005) Rolex Fastnet Race |
| Cowes, UK - Pleasant north-easterly winds have launched the Rolex Fastnet Race fleet down the south-west coast of England this morning. Progress has been faster than expected after the wind rotated gradually round to the north and then to the east. |
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| Three Australian yachts, many Aussie sailors in Rolex Fastnet Race – starting tonight |
| COWES, UK-(7-8-2005) Rolex Fastnet Race |
| Cowes, UK - Two of the likely contenders for line honours in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will have a preliminary bout in the Rolex Fastnet Race, which starts on the Solent off Cowes, England, this evening (AEST). |
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| Sailors come from near and far for Rolex Fastnet start |
| COWES, UK-(6-8-2005) Rolex Fastnet Race |
| Cowes, UK - Hundreds of crew are making final preparations in Cowes before the start of the Rolex Fastnet Race on Sunday morning. It is a nervous time for some, particularly those venturing out to the Fastnet Rock for the first time. |
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| Tough competition on front row of Rolex Fastnet Grid |
| COWES, UK-(4-8-2005) Rolex Fastnet Race |
| Cowes, UK - There is more than one way to win the Rolex Fastnet Race. One is to be fastest around the 608-mile course, to be first past the post in Plymouth. |
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| `New kids on the block` for Ingles Sydney Gold Coast Race |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(7-7-2004) Ingles Sydney Gold Coast Race |
| Sydney, Australia - The new `kids on the block` for this year's Ingles Sydney Gold Coast Race will be three generations of the Victorian Troon family and their `straight out of the box` Reichel Pugh 46 called XLR8, which was launched just two weeks ago. |
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| Rolex Sydney Hobart Race rematch for Sydney Gold Coast Race |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(9-6-2004) Ingles Sydney Gold Coast Race |
| Sydney, Australia - This year’s Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race will deliver the much-awaited rematch between trans Tasman super maxis Skandia and Zana, which finished just 14 minutes apart in last year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. |
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| Slight increase in the IRC upper limit for 2004 Rolex Sydney Hobart |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(24-2-2004) Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia today announced a slight increase in the IRC (International Rule Club) upper speed limit, from 1.61 to 1.615, and the continuation of an absolute size limit of 30 metres length overall (LOA), effective for this year’s 60th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. |
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| The final day! |
| SINGAPORE-(19-1-2003) VOLVO Singapore Straits Regatta |
| Singapore - The final day! None of us wanted the rain and few wanted the light airs or the big calm. Nevertheless, the weather certainly suited some boats that had previously not done particularly well. |
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| Another day of fresh breezes |
| SINGAPORE-(18-1-2003) VOLVO Singapore Straits Regatta |
| Singapore - Day 4 and another day of fresh breezes for the passage race from Nongsa back to Singapore and Changi Sailing Club. |
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| 2nd day at Singapore Straits |
| SINGAPORE-(16-1-2003) Singapore Straits Regatta |
| Singapore - Today we sailed in the north east monsoon with winds pushing 20 knots out of the nor’ east which with the spring tides made for the fastest passage we can remember to Nongsa Point Marina and the Riau Yacht Club in Batam. |
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| Volvo Singapore Straits Regatta kicks off in perfect conditions |
| SINGAPORE-(15-1-2003) Volvo Singapore Straits Regatta |
| Singapore - After an excellent buffet dinner at Raffles Marina on Tuesday night, the VOLVO
Singapore Straits Regatta, the 9th in the series, kicked off today under sunny
skies and in fresh breezes in open waters off Tuas View. |
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