A fleet of 20 boats to large break Sydney Harbour, Tuesday, Dec. 11 flexing muscles in order to get a psychological advantage before they knuckle down and focus on the trip to Hobart.
The SOLAS Big Boat Challenge, now in its 19th year, is one of the premiere events in the period before the start of the Boxing Day Rolex Replica Sydney Hobart.
An impressive line-up of Australia's largest yacht, including super-maxi racing Bob Oatley's Wild Oats XI, Wild Wharington Grant and Peter Millard and John Honan's Lahana of 98 meters, will take center stage in battle saltwater expected.
Wild Oats XI has been changed below the waterline. It still has the Saber than adequate for the 2011 Rolex Watches Sydney Hobart, but now have another central retractable centerboard, three meters from the stern to the bow.
Wild Thing has spent the last 11 months in a warehouse in Brisbane is fully renovated and extended its length of 100 meters, joining fellow super-maxi Wild Oats XI and Ragamuffin True to its length.
All-conquering RP63 Loki Stephen Ainsworth will head the range of 60 feet, while in the range of 50 meters, many of the 50 strong TP52 fleet Cookson voice output Hobart Harbour spectacular used as a shakedown crew. It is conceivable that one of them will take the trophy at the end of the IRC days.
The course will begin sealing 14 nautical miles Steele Point, Vaucluse 00:30 Tuesday, December 11, and will take the fleet around the port two and a half times. The boats pass Sydney attractions, including Fort Denison, Mrs Macquarie Chair and the Sydney Opera House, which offers picturesque finish line.
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