Latest News Update from the Race:
Ragamuffin Loyal hunting Wild Oats across Bass Strait in Sydney to Hobart
Race Update
In what can only be described as a slow news day, the biggest news of the morning has been that Wild Oats XI has now raced ahead of their 2005 race record position. Given the north easterlies winds blowing Oats along at 23kts this is not a surprise - the source of suspense will come from what time the winds drop and the southerly starts blowing tonight, and the conditions the yachts find in the Derwent.One of the things that irks me at the moment is that the tracker on RolexSydneyHobart.com seems to take into account either average speed, or current speed, when determining estimated time of arrival. This to me is a little like when I am transferring a file to my USB key and it says '2 minutes remaining' and it takes 5 minutes. Sure its a guess, but its as good as hopeless!
In other news both Wild Oats and Ragamuffin Loyal have reported overnight incidents, but both continue to race for Hobart. In fact, every yacht that left Sydney Harbour yesterday in the race to Hobart continues the race without issue. I can not recall the last time no retirements occurred on the first night of the race so this is pretty amazing! Sadly it probably won't last long as the boat breaking southerlies are expected to return later tonight.
More pretty piccies:
Rolex Sydney Hobart 2012 - Start day images from Alex McKinnon
UPDATE: Respected sailing web site Sail World is this afternoon reporting that Wild Oats XI is eyeing up the treble - Line Honours, Overall (Handicap), and Race Record, as they did in 2005 (they also elaborate on the incident that took place on Ragamuffin Loyal overnight):
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2012 - Wild Oats XI eyes treble repeat
- Evan
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