its that time of year again ,and i thought it may be good to have a thread dedicated to the race .
i,m hoping the new American boat Comanche does well . just to add a bit of spice to the event .
on the news tonight i heard wild oats , damaged her boom . I would have thought they might have had a spare boom laying around somewhere in a garage on Hamilton island 
any how looks like they are in for a heavy beat down the coast ..........
Good idea on the S2H thread.
S&S34s are in it again. Quikpoint Azzuro, formerly Shenandoah II, is going.
Landfall, a 1935 Tassie built S&S44, S&S47 Love and War, S&S48 Ray White Spirit of Koomooloo and S&S37 Tina of Melbourne round out Olin Stephens fleet.
Something for the aficionados to watch.
Select to expand quoteMorningBird said..
Good idea on the S2H thread.
S&S34s are in it again. Quikpoint Azzuro, formerly Shenandoah II, is going.
Landfall, a 1935 Tassie built S&S44, S&S47 Love and War, S&S48 Ray White Spirit of Koomooloo and S&S37 Tina of Melbourne round out Olin Stephens fleet.
Something for the aficionados to watch.
Fresh Southerly tomorrow night will favour the older yachts initially. After that the weather moderates and the big dinghies will take over.
Here ya go, Morning Bird...
www.rolexsydneyhobart.com/news/2014/pre-race/rolex-sydney-hobart-simply-impeccable/
Makes mine a bargain. I'll even have it painted in any colour for the buyer for half that amount.
Select to expand quoteandy59 said..
Wow nice post Dr Rog 300k can sure make a 30 year old boat look good
Lovely looking boat. Wonder what the labour cost was in that 300k. My guess is 90%.
Southerly is already blowing on the South Coast. I reckon by the start it will be back to 15 knots offshore and round to the South East.
Select to expand quoteMorningBird said..
Makes mine a bargain. I'll even have it painted in any colour for the buyer for half that amount.
Just makes mine a slower boat
Select to expand quoteMorningBird said..
Makes mine a bargain. I'll even have it painted in any colour for the buyer for half that amount.
oh well the s and s 34 was 2nd last out of the harbour at least she's in front of Maluka!!!
It is the handicap position that's important Andy. A robust wind with south in it will suit her and the other S&S designs well but it will be bouncy and wet onboard the small ones.
Select to expand quotesouthace said..
My Icon would be last unless I start the Perkins!
Ha Ha They get a bit touchy about that sort of thing
As long as i don't put it in gear ! They won't know ! Just heating up the hot water service!
Funny not a mention on 7 news about the sydney to Hobart! Just cricket and basketball!
Select to expand quotesouthace said..
Funny not a mention on 7 news about the sydney to Hobart! Just cricket and basketball!
channel 2 had a min or so in the news bulletin .
but more about the crowd on the shore than the boats !!
Comanche is going well atm , but as the skipper said when interviewed , they may get caught by the skinny boats as the breeze drops .
interesting that they are running manual winches , as opposed to wild oats electric winches !!
Select to expand quotesouthace said..
Funny not a mention on 7 news about the sydney to Hobart! Just cricket and basketball!
If they cant make money of of a sport they don't give a Dam
Select to expand quoteshoodbegood said..
Anyone know where Wild Thing/Skandia is this year ?
no , but good question ! maybe he finally run out of people willing to work for him ?
Select to expand quoteSandS said..
Comanche is going well atm , but as the skipper said when interviewed , they may get caught by the skinny boats as the breeze drops .
interesting that they are running manual winches , as opposed to wild oats electric winches !!
Their electrics broke, so it's back to hand cranking.
Manual winches, sound silly, my guess is, it's all about the weight
they allready overweight compare the other maxis
I just had a look at the AIS (midnight) at what the fleet is up to and "Pretty Fly III" a Cookson 50 is coming up as "Military ops". So the question is, is she a new stealth ship from our Navy or are we being invaded by someone else's Navy?
Even stranger again is the boat at Huskisson, mmsi 503772200 coming up as SV Amber yet the boat is "Notorious the ship" and according to marinetraffic it's a WIG.
I'm in Hay this morning on my may to Adelaide. Watching ABC 24 and there has been some excellent coverage of the race with updates and various talking heads. I'm pleasantly surprised. Commodore of the CYC on at the moment and he is handling the interview very well, young lady doing the interview asking intelligent questions! Weird.
thanks for the tip, Ramona.
seems the Tracker is buggy (showing Wild Oats waaaay out in front) but the Standings screen is accurate.
Select to expand quoteMorningBird said..
It is the handicap position that's important Andy. A robust wind with south in it will suit her and the other S&S designs well but it will be bouncy and wet onboard the small ones.
Quickpoint is doing better now
ABC news 24 is reporting that Wild Oats has a substantial lead over Comanche. They don't realise that the boat at the front of the fleet is Wild Oats position in 2012 and you have to hover your mouse over Comanche to see Wild Oat's position because they are so close
yes only 1/2 mile in it last time i looked , looks like w/o will get the lead if the wind keeps easing.
the extra oats had me stuffed for awhile this morning as well !!!!!
