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From the Archive |
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| Sydney
Hobart 2009. |
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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 Cup
2010.
Porto Cervo, Italy,
September 15 - 17, 2010.
Photos by Carlo Borlenghi. |
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Italian Youth
Championships
Marsala, Italy, Sept 2, 2010.
Photos by Carlo Borlenghi and Luca Butto. |
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Ilhabela
Sailing Week
Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brazil,
July 17-24, 2010. Photos by Carlo Borlenghi. |
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| MedCup Circuit
Marseille Trophy, Marseille, France, June 15-20, 2010. Photos
by Carlo Borlenghi and Guido Trombetta. |
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| Giraglia 2010. |
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Giraglia 2010
by Studio Borlenghi. |
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Louis Vuitton
Trophy
La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy.
May 22 -June 6, 2010. |
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| Portofino Trophy |
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Borlenghi. |
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| America's Cup
Index |
| Photos by Carlo
Borlenghi. |
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| Farr 40
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| Casa de Campo,
Dominican Republic April 21-24, 2010. |
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| Melges
32 Series |
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Trombetta. |
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| Louis Vuitton
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| Auckland New
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| Photos by Howard
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| Louis Vuitton
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| Auckland New
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| Photos by Stefano
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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
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| Photos by Carlo
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| Sydney
Hobart 2009. |
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China Cup 2009
by Carlo Borlenghi. |
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| Sydney
Gold Coast Yacht Race 2009. |
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Winter Series
Sydney Harbour 2009. |
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| Chopper
photos of the Sydney Start of the Sydney Hobart. |
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| by Howard Wright,
Sunday December 26. |
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| On-water
photos of the Start of the Sydney Hobart. |
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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. |
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Photos by
Daniel Forster for Rolex,
Story from press release and page edited By Peter Andrews. |
| 08:30hrs, December 31, 2010. |
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| Not since 2004 has a 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 2010 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 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 2010 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 2010
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 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
will take place at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, the event’s finishing club.
For further information about the 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. |
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Photos by
Daniel Forster for Rolex,
Story from press release and page edited By Peter Andrews. |
| 15:30 AEDT, December 30,
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| Geoff Boettcher’s South Australian yacht Secret Men’s Business 3.5 was announced this afternoon as this year’s 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 2010 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 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.
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.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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A veteran of now 22 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 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 2010 Sydney Hobart.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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Asked whether he’ll be taking part in next year’s 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 Sydney Hobart fleet their race is, by any means, not over.
The official final prize giving for the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2010 will be held at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania on Saturday, January 1, 2011 at 11:00 AEDT. Entries for this the 66th Sydney Hobart 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 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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| Photo Pages. |
| Boxing Day Sydney start from a media boat, photos by Peter Andrews. More... |
| Chopper photos of the Sydney Start by Howard Wright - December 26, 2010. More... |
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| Previous Articles. |
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| Dec 31, 2010 08:30 AEDT: |
Entire fleet set to enjoy New Year’s Eve in Hobart. More... |
| Dec 30, 2010 15:30 AEDT: |
It’s no secret anymore. More... |
| Dec 30, 2010 08:30 AEDT: |
Secret’s nearly out of the bag. More... |
| Dec 29, 2010 17:30 AEDT: |
Oats sweats then celebrates. More... |
| Dec 29, 2010 12:30 AEDT: |
628 nautical miles, three minutes between them. More... |
| Dec 29, 2010 00:30 AEDT: |
Investec Loyal’s Derwent drift into second over the line. More... |
| Dec 28, 2010 23:20 AEDT: |
Wild Oats XI first boat home. More... |
| Dec 28, 2010 20:40 AEDT: |
Wild Oats XI first boat to Hobart. More... |
| Dec 28, 2010 12:30 AEDT: |
A cold, miserable night as fleet regroups. More... |
| Dec 28, 2010 10:50 AEDT: |
Big seas and breeze continue to take a toll. More... |
| Dec 28, 2010 09:30 AEDT: |
An Instant skylight. More... |
| Dec 28, 2010 06:00 AEDT: |
Southerly claims three overnight retirements. More... |
| Dec 27, 2010 18:30 AEDT: |
Conditions abating as afternoon wears on. More... |
| Dec 27, 2010 16:10 AEDT: |
Storm force conditions take out five yachts in an hour. More... |
| Dec 27, 2010 15:30 AEDT: |
YuuZoo’s Sydney Hobart woes. More... |
| Dec 27, 2010 13:20 AEDT: |
Battening down. More... |
| Dec 27, 2010 05:30 AEDT: |
An eventful night at sea with only one retirement. More... |
| Dec 26, 2010 23:00 AEDT: |
A blaze of colour against a grey Sydney sky. More... |
| Dec 26, 2010 21:00 AEDT: |
Hobart fleet battles on with first retirement. More... |
| Dec 26, 2010 19:00 AEDT: |
Champagne conditions go flat. More... |
| Dec 26, 2010 18:00 AEDT: |
Save it for the second half. More... |
| Dec 26, 2010 15:30 AEDT: |
Wild Oats XI leads fleet out of Sydney Harbour. More... |
| Dec 26, 2010 10:00 AEDT: |
Tricky conditions forecast for 2010 Sydney Hobart. More... |
| Dec 26, 2010 09:00 AEDT: |
A fish out of water about to get wet. More... |
| Dec 23, 2010 09:00 AEDT: |
Blonde figurehead tough as they come. More... |
| Dec 21, 2010 09:00 AEDT: |
Sydney Hobart silverware up for grabs. More... |
| Dec 20, 2010 10:00 AEDT: |
Snow strands Sydney Hobart sailors. More... |
| Dec 20, 2010 09:00 AEDT: |
Getting race ready for the Sydney Hobart. More... |
| Dec 17, 2010 09:00 AEDT: |
Brindabella is back. More... |
| Dec 16, 2010 09:00 AEDT: |
An international outlook of the Sydney Hobart. More... |
| Dec 9, 2010 09:00 AEDT: |
Beneteau brethren comes to Saies’ aid. More... |
| Dec 8, 2010 09:00 AEDT: |
Overall winner’s fortunes change. More... |
| Dec 3, 2010 09:00 AEDT: |
Wot a coup for Sailors with disABILITIES. More... |
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