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Cabbage Tree Island a Hobart preview
A shakedown qualifier for the Sydney-Hobart. Video of 'Comanche' maxi included...Wild Oats XI and Perpetual Loyal will lead a fleet of 48 yachts, most of them entries in the upcoming Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, when the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Cabbage Tree Island Race starts on Sydney Harbour at 7.00pm today (Friday, November 7).
But before we get into the nitty-gritty here's what they're up against on Boxing Day. American Jim Clark, ex-Netscape (worth US$1.4 million, June 11, c/Forbes), married to Aussie Kristy Hinze, launched his carbon 100-footer 'Comanche' to win our Sydney-Hobart. Doing 30+ knots and soon on its way. This is the first video.
Meanwhile, Syd Fischer’s new Ragamuffin 100 is in the finishing touches stage, but the elder statesman is not staying idle. Entering his TP52, Ragamuffin 52 will at least allow some of the crew to hone their skills and teamwork in today's Cabbage Tree Island Race.
Other big names entered for the race include defending Rolex Sydney Hobart winner, Victoire (Darryl Hodgkinson), three-time Sydney Hobart winner, Love & War (Simon Kurts), Balance Paul Clitheroe , and former rugby players Mick Martin's Frantic from Lake Macquarie and Bruce Foye's The Goat.
The Cabbage Tree Island race will also provide Ray Roberts the first opportunity to race his recently purchased Farr 55, One Sails Racing. The former Living Doll is a solid performer, a good vehicle for Roberts to make his return to competitive racing in Australia.
Eight interstate entries are also racing for the 52nd Halvorsen Brothers Trophy as they prepare for the 628 nautical mile race to Hobart on Boxing Day. Among them is Thorry Gunnersen’s 20 year-old timber yacht, Tilting at Windmills (Vic) with Andrew Roberts at the helm.
Rob Hanna’s Shogun (Vic) is aiming for a hat-trick, having won the Races 2 and 3 of the BWPS. One of four TP52s in the race, Shogun was the overall winner of the 2013 SOLAS Big Boat Challenge and Hanna is no doubt preparing to defend that title.
The current weather synopsis from the Bureau of Meteorology is for east to northeasterly winds of 10 to 15 knots late on Friday afternoon and into the early evening. On Saturday, a north-easterly of about 10 knots is forecast, increasing to 15 to 25 knots.
While the current predictions will provide the fleet with a quick ride home, the record will ride on the big boats making it to Cabbage Tree Island in good time.
For more information go to: www.cyca.com.au/racing/entrants-results/
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