Line Honours
As time elapses the monumental scale of the improvements made to the yacht Wild Oats XI becomes ever more apparent. Being further south when the westerlies started to slow the chase pack, Wild Oats XI cruised to a win that looked easy, with second placed Ragamuffin Loyal to finish within the next hour.Overall (Handicap) Race
There have been no recent updates on the overall (handicap) race, but with winds expected to remain constant before dropping off late tonight, the overall standings for IRC on the RolexSydneyHobart.com web site paints a fairly clear picture - noone can beat Wild Oats this year.Even the smallest of yachts in IRC Div 4 such as Wild Rose need to be in by 8:20PM tomorrow night and given the current forecast, won't be until some 12 hours after that. All still at sea are expected to languish tomorrow in light winds - those expected to finish tonight stand the best chace at upsetting Wild Oats,but with the best sailing enjoyed by the larger yachts yesterday, this race seems largely over unless something unexpected happens to the weather situation.
My View
It seems its a clean sweep for Wild Oats with the Line Honours already won and race record already set - even if Wild Thing attempts to beat this time, it won't have been under race conditions, and the record will stand.A spectacular race this year, disappointing that Wild Thing was unable to enter the race, but a spectacular race by a well campaigned team and a deserved win.
UPDATE: Ragamuffin Loyal has finished in second place, third placed Lahana is expected in at 10PM tonight - talk about a spread out field!:
Ragamuffin Loyal second in Sydney-Hobart
- Evan
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