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Rolex Middle
Sea Race 2010
Valletta, Malta,
October 23-30, 2010. |
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The 18 Footers.
Regular Updates from the The Australian 18 Footers League. |
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Le Voiles de
Saint Tropez 2010
St. Tropez, France,
Sept 28 - Oct 3, 2010.
Photos by Carlo Borlenghi. |
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Swan Rolex Cup
2010.
Porto Cervo, Italy,
September 15 - 17, 2010.
Photos by Carlo Borlenghi. |
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Maxi Yacht Rolex
Cup 2010.
Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy.
September 5 - 11, 2010. |
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Italian Youth
Championships
Marsala, Italy, Sept 2, 2010.
Photos by Carlo Borlenghi and Luca Butto. |
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Rolex Ilhabela
Sailing Week
Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brazil,
July 17-24, 2010. Photos by Carlo Borlenghi. |
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| Audi MedCup Circuit
Marseille Trophy, Marseille, France, June 15-20, 2010. Photos
by Carlo Borlenghi and Guido Trombetta. |
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| Giraglia Rolex
Cup 2010. |
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Giraglia Rolex
Cup 2010
by Studio Borlenghi. |
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| Rolex Capri
Sailing Week 2010 |
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Louis Vuitton
Trophy
La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy.
May 22 -June 6, 2010. |
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| Portofino Rolex
Trophy |
| Photos by Carlo
Borlenghi. |
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| America's Cup
Index |
| Photos by Carlo
Borlenghi. |
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| Rolex Farr 40
World's |
| Casa de Campo,
Dominican Republic April 21-24, 2010. |
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| Audi Melges
32 Series |
| Photos by Guido
Trombetta. |
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| Rolex China Sea
Race 2010. |
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| Louis Vuitton
Trophy |
| Auckland New
Zealand |
| Photos by Howard
Wright. |
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| Louis Vuitton
Trophy |
| Auckland New
Zealand |
| Photos by Stefano
Gattini. |
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| RORC Caribbean
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by Carlo Borlenghi
and Stefano Gattini. |
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XXVI Primo Cup
- Trophée
Credit Suisse by Stefano |
| Gattini and Bruno
Cocozza. |
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| Alinghi, defender
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| 33rd America’s
Cup |
| Photos by Carlo
Borlenghi. |
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| Rolex Sydney
Hobart 2009. |
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| SOLAS Big Boat
Challenge. |
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China Cup 2009
by Carlo Borlenghi. |
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| Rolex Middle
Sea Race 2009. |
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| Maxi Yacht Rolex
Cup 2009. |
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| Rolex Fastnet
Race 2009. |
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| Audi Sydney to
Gold Coast Yacht Race 2009. |
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Audi Winter Series
Sydney Harbour 2009. |
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| Chopper
photos of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Start. |
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| by Howard Wright,
Sunday December 26. |
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| On-water
photos of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Start. |
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| by Peter Andrews,
Sunday December 26. |
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| Entire fleet set
to enjoy New Year’s Eve in Hobart. |
| By the Rolex
Sydney Hobart Media Team. |
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Photos by Daniel
Forster for Rolex,
Page edited By Peter Andrews. |
| 08:30hrs, December
31, 2010. |
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has a Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet finished beyond New Year’s
Eve and the 15 yachts still at sea look like they will keep
that tradition going with Morgan Rogers’ Wave Sweeper,
a Beneteau 40.7 from Sydney, set to close off the 66th edition
of the ocean classic. Wave Sweeper should sweep
into Hobart at around 6.30pm this evening, well before the
New Year’s Eve celebrations are in full swing that
will include a fireworks display that will light up the fleet
safely ensconced in Hobart. |
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Father and son William and William Hubbard and crew from the US entry Dawn
Star arrive in Hobart.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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There are still
15 yachts at sea from the starting fleet of 87 that left
Sydney Harbour last Sunday. The fleet has experienced the
full spectrum of conditions including a classic southerly
blow Monday afternoon and evening that cut a swathe up the
New South Wales coast to being becalmed and finally, a gentlemanly
finish for the tailenders.
When the next boat due to finish, Queensland Beneteau 40.7 Blunderbuss crosses
the finish line this afternoon after lunch, skipper Tony
Kinsman will have spent six long days in cramped conditions
with eight family members. Of the nine crew, eight are
related to at least one other crew member, including his
three sons, Harry, George and Fred; as well as the Smith
brothers, Duane and Keryn; and cousins Matt and Chris Williams.
"The connections work really well," Tony said pre-race. "Fred
(19) is the youngest and most adventurous and he is our bowman. The oldest, Harry
(24), is the entertainer on the boat and he works around the mast, keeping us
all amused and connected; and George (21) is our navigator. He loves computers
and because these days it is all so electronically involved; with GPS and all
the software you have on boat speed, the weather, etcetera; it’s become
his main job." |
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Tony Levett's Sydney 38 One Design Division winner Eleni,
crossing Storm Bay during the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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The 40 footer
is Kinsman’s first big racing keelboat, though he is
no newcomer to ocean racing, having been a keen offshore
sailor when he was young. He was quite literally, one of
the survivors of the catastrophic 1979 Fastnet race when
he was winched from the stricken Tide Race IV and
taken to Cork hospital to be stitched up after a 360 degree
roll that broke the mast and cracked the middle of the hull.
As for the moniker, Kinsman says it’s the name of
an old-fashioned gun with a fluted end, and after eliminating
many options it was the one that the family chose together.
Other families sailing together are due in the next pack to finish including
husband and wife Jim and Mary Holley on Newcastle yacht Aurora,
completing their 13th Rolex Sydney Hobart together, and father and son
William and William Hubbard on the US entry Dawn Star. |
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Angus Fletcher's Tevake II launches off a wave while rounding
Tasman Island, during the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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Today, all divisional
winners will be acknowledged at a dockside presentation on
the stage at Constitution Dock at 11am, where the public
is invited to attend. On overall handicap South Australian
yachtsman Geoff Boettcher took top honours from Chris Bull’s
Cookson 50 Jazz and Rob Hanna’s Victorian
TP52 Shogun with his Reichel Pugh 51 Secret
Men’s Business 3.5.
In the PHS standings Martin Silke’s Flying Fish
Arctos leads Anthony Lyall’s Tasmanian entry Valheru and
Chris Dawe’s classic 1970 build Cole design Polaris
of Belmont contesting its 26th Rolex Sydney Hobart.
The record, 27 is still held by Phillip’s Foote
Witchdoctor. |
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Surfing Rod Skellet's Krakatoa II near Tasman Island, during
the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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In ORCi results Jazz has
provisionally beaten Pretty Fly III and Darryl Hodgkinson’s Victoire and
in the Sydney 38 division, Tony Levett’s Eleni is
classed as the top one design boat.
Tomorrow, January 1, the official trophy presentation for
the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 66th Rolex
Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will take place at the Royal Yacht
Club of Tasmania, the event’s finishing club.
For further information about the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, go to: www.rolexsydneyhobart.com.
The race can also be followed on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/rshyr. |
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| It’s no secret
anymore. |
| By the Rolex
Sydney Hobart Media Team. |
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Photos by Daniel
Forster for Rolex,
Page edited By Peter Andrews. |
| 15:30 AEDT, December
30, 2010. |
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| Geoff Boettcher’s
South Australian yacht Secret Men’s Business 3.5 was
announced this afternoon as this year’s Rolex Sydney
Hobart Yacht Race Overall winner. In a dockside presentation,
CYCA Commodore Garry Linacre presented the Adelaide-based
skipper with the Tattersall’s Cup for his race win,
and Patrick Boutellier of Rolex Australia presented a Rolex
Yacht-Master timepiece as the holiday crowd thronged the
surrounding Constitution Wharf docks. |
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Geoff Boettcher’s South Australian yacht and Handicap Winner, Secret
Mens’ Business 3.5 crossing Storm Bay with Michael Hiatt's
Farr 55 Living Doll, during the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht
Race.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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Secret Men’s
Business was the 14th boat across the finish line
in a race where just finishing was an achievement. Severe
wind and weather conditions contributed to the retirement
of twenty percent of the fleet this year.
Boettcher was the second winner from South Australia in
a row; and like last year’s winner Andrew Saie’s
of Two True, Boettcher sails from the Cruising
Yacht Club of South Australia.
When asked how it feels to win the legendary Rolex Sydney Hobart race,
Boettcher’s face lit up and he said, "As a kid it’s something
you always dream of. Just doing the race is fantastic, but to be a winner
is the ultimate in sailing for Australian blokes." |
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The crew of Secret Mens’ Business 3.5, overall handicap
winners, at a dockside presentation in Hobart for division winners.
Seen here with Patrick Boutellier of Rolex Australia and the Tattersalls
Cup.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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Last year, Boettcher
modified Secret Men’s Business 3.5 to improve
the 51-foot Reichel Pugh design’s upwind performance.
The modification seems to have paid some handsome dividends. "We
kept the rig, the deck, keel, rudder and electronics, but
the hull was completely new. We added a metre to her length
while we were at it," Boettcher said.
About the boat’s performance in the race Boettcher
commented, "It was great. We hadn’t really tested
it. We’d taken it around to Sydney and Hamilton Island.
Not a lot of miles and not in the real hard conditions
that we had during this race, so we’re pretty proud.
She hung in there nicely." |
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Owner skipper Geoff Boettcher of the overall handicap winner Secret
Mens’ Business 3.5, at a dockside presentation in Hobart
with Patrick Boutellier of Rolex Australia.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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A veteran of
now 22 Rolex Sydney Hobart races, Boettcher summed up this
year’s race conditions in one word: ‘Tough’.
He explained, "It was a tough one with a little bit
of everything. We clocked 50 knots of breeze out there on
the track and the waves were damaging. I don’t know
how many of the fleet have retired, but I know it’s
a big percentage. So it was hard and to win one that was
this hard is very gratifying."
Asked what drives him to compete in what is more often
than not, a gruelling offshore classic, the 64-year-old
supermarket owner replied, "I suppose to have a win
in your life, and the camaraderie of the really fantastic
guys standing next to me. I think it’s a camaraderie
thing of just getting there (to the finish) together. It’s
something special to take your boat to Sydney and compete
against all the rest. In Adelaide we don’t have the
competition that’s put on here. The Rolex Sydney
Hobart is the pinnacle and that’s the one we want
to be in." |
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Geoff Boettcher’s South Australian yacht Secret Mens’ Business
3.5 crossing Storm Bay during the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht
Race.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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Asked whether
he’ll be taking part in next year’s Rolex Sydney
Hobart race, Boettcher laughed and said, "It’s
early stages yet. At my age we’re running out of runway
for anything else!"
As of 15:30, 36 boats had finished the race, 33 were still
racing and 18 had retired. While today’s award of
the Tattersall’s Cup has been made, for half of the
Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet their race is, by any means,
not over.
The official final prize giving for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
2010 will be held at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania on Saturday, January
1, 2011 at 11:00 AEDT. The entries for this the 66th edition of the Rolex
Sydney Hobart Yacht Race included six international entries from the USA,
UK, Italy, France, as well as two partly crewed Russian boats, and entries
from seven of the eight Australian states and territories.
For further information about the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, go to: www.rolexsydneyhobart.com.
The race can also be followed on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/rshyr. |
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| Previous
Articles. |
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| Entire
fleet set to enjoy New Year’s Eve in Hobart - 08:30hrs,
December 31, 2010. |
| It’s
no secret anymore - 15:30 AEDT, December 30, 2010. |
| Secret’s
nearly out of the bag - 08:30 AEDT, December 30, 2010. |
| NEW Oats sweats then celebrates - 17:30 AEDT, December 29, 2010. |
| NEW 628 nautical miles, three minutes between them - 12:30 AEDT, December 29, 2010. |
| Investec
Loyal’s Derwent drift into second over the line
- 00:30 AEDT, December 29, 2010. |
| Wild Oats XI first boat home - 23:20 AEDT, December 28, 2010. |
| Wild Oats XI first boat to Hobart - 20:40 AEDT, December 28. 2010. |
| A cold, miserable night as fleet regroups - 12:30 AEDT, December 28, 2010. |
| Big seas and breeze continue to take a toll - 10:50 AEDT, December 28, 2010. |
| An Instant skylight - 09:30 AEDT, December 28 2010. |
| Southerly claims three overnight retirements - 06:00 AEDT, December 28, 2010. |
| Conditions abating as afternoon wears on - 18:30 AEDT, December 27, 2010. |
| Storm force conditions take out five yachts in an hour - 16:10 AEDT, December 27, 2010. |
| YuuZoo’s
Rolex Sydney Hobart woes - 15:30 AEDT, December 27, 2010. |
| Battening down - 13:20 AEDT December 27, 2010. |
| An eventful night at sea with only one retirement - 05:30 AEDT, December 27, 2010. |
| A blaze of colour against a grey Sydney sky - 23:00 AEDT December 26, 2010. |
| Hobart
fleet battles on with first retirement - 21:00 AEDT December
26, 2010. |
| Champagne conditions go flat - 19:00 AEDT December 26, 2010. |
| Save
it for the second half - 18:00 AEDT December 26, 2010. |
| Wild
Oats XI leads fleet out of Sydney Harbour - 15:30 AEDT
December 26, 2010. |
| Tricky
conditions forecast for Rolex Sydney Hobart - 10:00 AEDT
December 26, 2010. |
| A
fish out of water about to get wet - 09:00 AEDT December
26, 2010. |
| Blonde
figurehead tough as they come - December 23, 2010. |
| Rolex
Sydney Hobart silverware up for grabs - December 21,
2010. |
| Snow
strands Rolex Sydney Hobart sailors - December 20, 2010. |
| Getting
race ready for the Rolex Sydney Hobart - December 20,
2010. |
| Brindabella
is back - December 17, 2010. |
| An
international outlook of the Rolex Sydney Hobart - December
16, 2010. |
| Beneteau
brethren comes to Saies’ aid - December 9, 2010. |
| Overall
winner’s fortunes change - December 8, 2010. |
| Wot
a coup for Sailors with disABILITIES - December 3, 2010. |
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