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	Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The inaugural race was 1945, making the 2004 race the 60th running of the event.
		The race was intitially planned to be a cruise, but has grown over the decades to become one of the pre-eminent offshore yacht races in the world and it now attracts maxi-yachts from as far afield as the US, the UK and Europe.
		Note: The 2004 line honours yacht, Nicorette, is not the same yacht as the 2000 yacht of the same name: The 2004 yacht was launched 3 weeks before the race.
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	Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Another Australian offshore race is the Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race run by the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria known as the West Coaster, This race starts on 27 December, making Hobart a very exciting place on New Year's Eve.
		The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania Conducts events on River Derwent, national and international titles as well as finishing the blue water classic Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.
		The term yacht is believed to originate from Old Dutch jagt, (modern Dutch jacht), meaning a hunt or a chase, from the verb jagen, related to German jagen and Danish jage, meaning to hunt.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Sydney_to_Hobart_Yacht_Race.html (538 words)

	Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia and starting in Sydney on Boxing Day (the day after Christmas Day) this race finishes in Hobart.
		The race started as a cruise in the years after World War II but gradually became more competitive and commercialised.
		It is one of the pre-eminent offshore yacht races in the world and attracts maxi-yachts from other countries.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Sydney_to_Hobart_Yacht_Race (218 words)

	Yacht
		Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race Commonly known as the Westcoaster, the Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race commences from Hoba...
		Yacht A yacht was originally defined as a light fast sailing-ship used to convey important persons.
		Yacht club A yacht club is a club ostensibly for the owners of yachts but more generally serving as a port.
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	The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading ...
		The super-maxis had dominated all the lead-up banter about the Sydney to Hobart race, and when words turned into actions a little after 1pm yesterday, it was evident that there was some substance to the hype.
		The Sydney to Hobart fleet will tonight sail straight into the worst weather faced by crews since the disastrous 1998 race, in which six lives were lost.
		Skippers in the Sydney to Hobart race yesterday greeted Team AAPT's revolutionary kite sail with a mixture of curiosity and scepticism but were generally unconcerned about any threat it might pose.
	www.smh.com.au /specials/2004/syd2hobart (1170 words)

	Media Release
		All 17 boats in the Indec Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race were at the Elizabeth St dock in Hobart by dark last night.
		At the afternoon sked the surprise of the race was unfolding with the 47 foot Prowler sailing down the coast to be neck and neck with the Volvo 60 Indec Merit, having covered 175 miles in the 480 miles race.
		The 17 boat fleet in the 480 mile Indec Consulting Melbourne to Hobart Race were sent on their way with a large crowd of spectators on the shore and water as the gun was fired at 12pm today.
	www.boatingoz.com.au /news03/1224a.htm (2362 words)

	Indec Merit and Prowler fight for Indec line honours
		At the afternoon sked the surprise of the race was unfolding with the 47ft Prowler sailing down the coast to be neck and neck with the Volvo 60 Indec Merit, having covered 175 miles in the 480 miles race.
		Leading the PHD handicap division is the Northshore 38 VDO Ruthless with the fleet in the Indec Melbourne to Hobart Yacht race expected to arrive into the dock in Hobart late tomorrow afternoon.
		Race leader Indec Merit had covered 155 miles from the Port Phillip heads at the 0635 sked this morning averaging 9.2 knots boat speed during the night.
	www.ybw.com /auto/newsdesk/20031128120853ywnews.html (512 words)

	Encyclopedia: Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
		The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney on Boxing Day (the day after Christmas Day) and finishes in Hobart.
		The race distance is approximately 630 nautical miles.
		The inaugural race was 1945, making the 2004 race the 60th runnng of the event.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sydney-to-Hobart-Yacht-Race (472 words)

	Melbourne to Hobart racers stop to help struggling yacht. 27/12/2004. ABC News Online
		Several entrants in the Melbourne to Hobart yacht race have abandoned the competition temporarily to help a fellow competitor after a mayday call.
		The yacht Moshio was struggling to keep afloat because of water rushing through a window broken in 25 to 30 knot winds and waves of two metres about 12 nautical miles south of the Port Phillip Heads.
		The director of the Melbourne to Hobart and Melbourne to Launceston races, Ian McKenzie, says both events will continue despite the mishap and a total of 17 retirements because of the wild weather.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200412/s1272833.htm (250 words)

	ESPN.com: MORESPORTS - Skandia holds off Zana in Sydney-to-Hobart yacht race
		Melbourne property developer Grant Wharington tacked his blue-hulled boat more than a dozen times in the final minutes as he sought one last puff of wind to carry it across the finish line before dawn in Hobart.
		Melbourne 47-footer Dysons Cobb & Co, which won the 1993 race as Ninety Seven, was dismasted later Monday off Tasmania.
		Sydney 10-meter (38-foot) Dodo withdrew late Saturday with mainsail damage, small Australian yacht Strewth was unable to make the start because of a broken starter motor and local boat Obsession will not be awarded a finish time for failing to report its position, leaving 52 boats from an original fleet of 57.
	espn.go.com /moresports/news/2003/1228/1695384.html (579 words)

	Tasmania - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The capital and largest city is Hobart, which includes the cities of Hobart, Glenorchy, and Clarence.
		Major airports include the Hobart International Airport and Launceston Airport; the smaller airports are serviced by Regional Express who generally fly only to Melbourne and the Bass Strait islands.
		The best known of these would be the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race [1], starting on Boxing Day in Sydney and usually arriving at Constitution Dock in Hobart around three to four days later, during the Hobart Summer Festival [2].
	open-encyclopedia.com /Tasmania (2266 words)

	Sandringham Yacht Club - Global News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		A number of other boats raced to Moshio’s assistance and stood by the vessel as the bailed the water out of the boat. Coastguard Melbourne and the Melbourne Water Police were informed. The Water Police scrambled their Air Wing in response.
		There have been a total of 4 retirements from the Melbourne to Launceston Yacht Race and 2 retirements from the Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race. 8 of the Melbourne to Launceston entrants decided not to compete prior to the race as did 3 of the Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race boats.
		The Mariner Melbourne to Launceston Yacht Race is Australia's oldest offshore yacht race and the 5th oldest in the world.
	www.syc.com.au /newsitem.php?news_id=864 (298 words)

	Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Commonly known as the Westcoaster, the Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race commences from Port Phillip and concludes in Hobart.
		It is run by the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria.
		This article related to water-transport is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Melbourne_to_Hobart_Yacht_Race (85 words)

	CNN/SI - World More Sports - Australia yacht race expected to survive disaster - Tuesday December 29, 1998 01:37 AM
		HOBART, Australia (Reuters) -- The man in charge of the ill-fated Sydney-Hobart yacht race said Monday the event was an "Australian icon" that would survive the deaths of at least two sailors after a gale hit the fleet.
		Hugo Van Kretschmar, commodore of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, also said it was "nonsensical" to suggest that race organizers could have foreseen the severity of the storm and delayed the start of the race Saturday.
		Two other ocean races leaving from Melbourne were postponed at the weekend because of rough seas caused by a low pressure zone over southeastern Australia.
	www.cnn.com /cnnsi/more/world/news/1998/12/28/hobart_safety (420 words)

	Hobart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		A third film, The Hobart Shakespeareans (premiering on PBS Tuesday, Sept. 6), made by filmmaker Mel Stuart, follows Rafe Esquith's fifth-grade class in inner-city Los Angeles as they learn to perform a full-text Hamlet by the end of their school year.
		A Hobart woman is an area distributor for a large greeting card company that claims the Internet is making it easier than ever to send traditional paper cards to anyone.
		It was a harmless, tongue-in-cheek observation I made after last Friday's Hobart at Crown Point football game when I wrote: Bolstered by a nail-chewing defense and skill people at every position but waterboy in referring to the hosts' complete dominance.
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	Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 2003
		The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia has received the first international Application to Enter this year's 60th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - from a German yachtsman who is building a new Reichel/Pugh designed Marten 49 to be named Vineta.
		The Marten 49, described as a sports cruising yacht, is being built in Auckland by the internationally renowned Marten Yachts, and is due for launching in November for the German owner/skipper Felix Scheder-Bieschin.
		Meanwhile, veteran Melbourne yachtsman Lou Abrahams has nominated a new, as yet un-named Sydney 38 for the 60th Race, with his previous Sydney 38, Another Challenge, to be skippered by Chris Lewin with a young crew from Melbourne University.
	www.boatingoz.com.au /news04/0709a.htm (421 words)

	Sydney to Hobart Yacht race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2004 will start on 26 December and will be conducted on the waters of Sydney Harbour, the Tasman Sea, Storm Bay and the Derwent River.
		Over the past 59 years, the Rolex Sydney Hobart has become an icon of Australia’s summer sport, ranking in public interest with such national events as the Melbourne Cup horse race, the Davis Cup tennis and the cricket tests between Australia and England.
		The Club has influenced the world in race communications and sea safety, maintaining the highest standards of yacht construction, rigging and stability for ocean racing yachts.
	www.oceanpix.co.uk /sydney-hobart.htm (219 words)

	Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		led the Racing division by a big margin over Maximus, while Mister A was the first yacht of the...
		Mr Campbell - who has been the media manager for the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race for more than 30 years and is the former editor of Offshore Yachting magazine...
		Australian Grant Wharington's Skandia was rebuilt and improved in its design after the major damage suffered during the past Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
	www.wikiverse.org /sydney-to-hobart-yacht-race (349 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Melbourne to Hobart yacht race is one of Australia’s premier ocean races which starts on 27/12/2004 at Portsea in Victoria.
		It is the major race in the Sovereign Cup series, the other races being the Cock of the Bay on Port Phillip 26/12/2004 and the King of the Derwent.
		Rumour has it that this year the Commodore of the DSS will be entering his yacht Conquistador and also Josh Ey in Quetzalcoatl.
	www.dssinc.org.au /m2h.htm (131 words)

	Ocean Racing Club of Victoria
		Use this checklist to ensure you're compliant for Category 2 races. This is completed by the skipper prior to each race, and is additional to the (once annually) Category 2 Safety Audit, conducted with an ORCV Safety Auditor.
		Last race of the series is the Hastings race, and this score can't be discarded.
		ORCV is pleased to announce the 2006 Melbourne to Vanuatu Ocean Race.
	www.orcv.org.au (865 words)

	Great Production - By-A-Nose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		He has competed in a number of ocean races including 1992 Melbourne to Devonport, 1994 Sydney to Hobart, 1995 Melbourne to Apollo Bay and 1999 Melbourne to Devonport Yacht Races.
		Kevin has competed in a number of ocean races including 1994, 1995 Sydney to Hobart, 1995 Melbourne to King Island, 1996 Melbourne to Devonport, 1996 Melbourne to Apollo Bay and 1999 Melbourne to Devonport Yacht Races.
		This is a vital component of a highly competitive racing yacht.
	www.pineapplehead.com.au /pub/text/saggy2.htm (727 words)

	TAS Hobart
		Hobart is Australia's smallest State capital and second oldest city.
		It was founded by Colonel David Collins in 1804, just sixteen years after the settlement of Sydney and the two cities have much in common: they are both harbour cities, sharing convict origins and a maritime heritage that has produced fascinating and historic waterfront areas.
		Hobart's landscape is dominated by the River Derwent and by the towering presence of Mount Wellington (1270m), often covered in snow in the winter months.
	www.allsydney.com /tas/Hobart.htm (575 words)

	Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		A number of other boats raced to Moshio’s assistance and stood by the vessel as the bailed the water out of the boat.
		There have been a total of four retirements from the Melbourne to Launceston Yacht Race and two retirements from the Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race.
		Eight of the Melbourne to Launceston entrants decided not to compete prior to the race, as did three of the Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race boats.
	www.sailing-online.com.au /news/press_display.cfm?press_id=23674&get=1 (276 words)

	News Archive
		Racing in this clone designed class not only tests the brain but it also tests the brawn as well while the key factor to success is a mistake free selection of tactics and a race strategy that progressively scores the important aggregate points.
		Race crews from the 75 yachts expected on the start line this Saturday will be officially briefed by the Bureau of Meteorology on the race forecast tomorrow evening, Thursday July 29, at 6.00pm at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia and then again on the morning of the start, July 31, at 8.30am.
		The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron is preparing for an upsurge in its harbour racing fleet in the 2004-2005 summer sailing season with the introduction of IRC handicaps for its mixed racer/cruiser divisions.
	www.yachting.org.au /news/news.asp?Year=2004&Month=7&MenuID=News%2F10537%2F0 (11044 words)

	Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 2003
		Team Melbourne Uni, possibly the youngest crew ever to compete in a Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, has found the yacht they believe will give them an edge over their rivals in this year's 60th anniversary race.
		Sydney Yachts is also thrilled to be supporting TMU and expects the young sailors will "surprise a lot of the [sailing] establishment," according to Martin Thompson from Sydney Yachts.
		Now that they have their ride, Team Melbourne Uni is well advanced in their Rolex Sydney Hobart campaign but this young crew knows that many more challenges lay ahead - and they can't wait.
	www.boatingoz.com.au /news04/0909.htm (355 words)

	Racing and Sports news story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		After gale force winds two days ago the fleet in the Melbourne to Hobart yacht race are stuck in flat seas with winds less than five knots.
		Quetzalcoatl leads but is 30 miles out to sea of chasing yacht Tevake.
		The yachts are unlikely to arrive in Hobart on Thursday.
	www.aapracingandsports.com.au /cms/cmspopnews.asp?NID=54580 (64 words)

	Hobart Travel Australia - River cruise, Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, Antarctic Adventure Centre, Sullivans Cove
		Hobart’s a city of fun, festivals and entertainment, from classical to contemporary, from pub bands to opera.
		Apart from the leisure yachts, the harbour is also a shelter for Antarctic supply vessels, catamarans, ocean racers, cray-fishing boats, square-riggers, dinghies and kayaks.
		The docks are at their busiest in December and January (Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race and Hobart Summer Festival).
	www.smallguide.com.au /tas1.html (604 words)

	Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		We took a few pictures at the finish of the Melbourne Hobart at Battery Point. Click here to view the Gallery.
		Note also that pictures of the start of both Hobart and Launceston Races are available at www.steb.com.au click on the Sailing 03/04 link.
		Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race in conjuction with the Derwent Sailing Squadron
	www.orcv.org.au /Events/Hobart/Hobart.php (166 words)

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