Sail: Racing treble awaiting on the Hobart horizon

AAP Sports News (Australia), December, 2005

AAP Sports News (Australia) 12-25-2005 Sail: Racing treble awaiting on the Hobart horizon By Adrian Warren. SYDNEY, Dec 25 AAP - A rare treble beckons the big boats in the Sydney to Hobart race starting here tomorrow afternoon, but favourable breezes could also prove the undoing of at least one of the fancied super maxis. A record four 30-metre super maxis, new boats Alfa Romeo and Wild Oats XI and revamped Skandia and Konica Minolta, plus the 27-metre AAPT, which took line honours last year sailing as Nicorette, comprise the largest line-up of big boats in the history of the race. With the fleet of 85 tipped to be driven by freshening north easterly breezes from tomorrow night until Wednesday morning, Nokia's 1999 race record of one day, 19 hours, 48...

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