The
two Reichel/Pugh designs, Wild Oats X and Wild Joe ,
one Bob Oatley's current boat and the other his former boat now
owned by Steven David, are neck and neck in the Audi Sydney Gold
Coast with the finish shaping up to be one of the most exciting
in the event's 22 year history.
The
two crews will be eye balling each other across the water while
the navigators and tacticians huddle together working out how
to squeeze that bit extra out of the boat. With 42 nautical miles
to the finish, their race has just re-started.
Wild
Oats X and Wild Joe are recording almost identical
boat speeds and are in good pressure closer inshore off Cape
Byron while Matt Allen's Ichi Ban , which headed out
to sea hoping for a miracle, is now struggling in light air
some eight miles astern of the front runners.
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