Sail: Konica Minolta leads, smaller boats run for shelter

AAP Sports News (Australia), December, 2004

> AAP Sports News (Australia) 12-27-2004 Sail: Konica Minolta leads, smaller boats run for shelter (EDS: Updates number of yachts retired, handicap leader and injuries based on new information.) By Adam Morton and Adrian Warren HOBART, Dec 27 AAP - Rival super maxis Konica Minolta and Skandia jousted across Bass Strait today as thunderstorms and 35 knot headwinds slowed their pace and swelled the number of yachts to retire from the Sydney to Hobart to 30. In the worst conditions since the 1998 race that claimed six lives, New Zealand's Konica Minolta repeatedly swapped the lead with Victoria's Skandia before opening up a six-mile lead into a strong south-westerly by late afternoon. The tussle for line honours became the reverse of last...

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