Sydney ---------> Hobart '25
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DanTribe
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Tough blokes all.
awol
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I feel the pain - the leaders are slopping along at around 1kt.
Gurrig
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Current leader to be protested? on 'sheeting sails' rules. Shock protest against yacht on brink of historic Sydney Hobart victory. Anyone care to enlighten us?
dunedin
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On the official website - 80th ROLEX Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
flaming
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Can’t pole out the clew of an a-sail is the basic issue. You have to pole out the tack. Lots of lovely photos of the boat approaching the finish line like that, so doesn’t look like they were aware…
Slight unintended consequence of the crack down on whisker poles being used to open up the sheeting angle of jibs on a reach. But that’s what the rule says.
I was surprised that a boat at the sharp end of the fleet didn’t know that to be honest.
flaming
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Whichever one wins… won’t do my residuals any harm…. 
Cariadco
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dunedin
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Putting the protest aside for the moment, interesting that currently 7 boats in the top 10 on IRC are double handers. And this in a race with breezy headwinds for much of the distance, where one might expect the weight of gorillas on the rail would be very advantageous.
So is a crew now superfluous, or indeed a handicap, for offshore racing?
So is a crew now superfluous, or indeed a handicap, for offshore racing?
flaming
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More to do with the optimum rating band in the prevailing conditions happening to be the same as the bulk of the D/H boats. And that the best sailors in that band currently are choosing to D/H. For example go look up the sailing CV of Alexis Loison on Min river.
mrming
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Penalty of 1hr 5min for Leon - Min River is now the winner.
flaming
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Tough but fair. Can’t be no sanction for using a pole in a way that’s not allowed.
flaming
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Also means that Alexis has won the fastnet and Sydney Hobart overall in the same year. Which seems to be a first.
dunedin
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Surprisingly to still get 2nd place after such a clear breach of the rules. I wondered if DSQ or at least a 10% places penalty. Still on the podium is very generous.