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Overall, The Answer Is Blowing In The Wind

30 December 2006

THE race for line honours may have been run and won, but the coveted overall victory on handicap was still far from being decided last night as more competitors trickled in to Hobart... read full story

Wild Oats Sows Seeds Of Double Act

29 December 2006

WILD OATS was last night bearing down on victory and a little piece of history in the Sydney-to-Hobart race, the prospect of becoming the first boat in 42 years to achieve line-honours wins in successive years within its grasp... read full story

Age No Boundary If Passion Takes Control

26 December 2006

CHRIS Lewin and John Walker sit at opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to experience in the Sydney to Hobart race, but share an enormous passion for the event... read full story

Gruelling Challenge For Wild Oats

26 December 2006

CREW members of super-maxi Wild Oats XI are likely to know within the next 24 hours whether they can do something never before achieved in the history of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race and defend their line honours, overall victory and race record treble... read full story

Oats' History Bid In Lap Of Weather Gods

26 December 2006

THE crew of supermaxi Wild Oats XI will likely know within the next 24 hours whether they can do something never before achieved in the history of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race - defend their line honours, overall victory and race record treble... read full story

Thoughts Near The End Of Life

23 December 2006

A driven Australian has taken a job at the crossroads of the American racial divide, writes Gerard Wright. It was a promise, she insists, not a prayer. As she lay beside the Hume Highway, her life ebbing away, the heel of the truckie's hand pressing down on her ruptured femoral artery, 23-year-old Susan Kelly made a pledge: "I'm gonna do things differently if I get out of this.".. read full story

Maximum Headaches For Maximus

22 December 2006

THERE'S been no time to pause for reflection aboard Maximus as the crew has raced against the clock to prepare the super-maxi for the start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race... read full story

Murdoch Finds A Soft Spot For Maximus

22 December 2006

THERE'S been no time to pause for reflection aboard Maximus as the crew race against the clock to prepare the super-maxi for the start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race... read full story

Teen Salt Doesn't Mind Wot's Next

22 December 2006

THE prospect of a howling southerly and high seas is yet to put any fear into the sails of Sydney to Hobart rookie Jonathon English... read full story

No Mast, No Race For The Shattered Crew Of Diabetes

21 December 2006

IT WASN'T just the torrential weather that rained on Ludde Ingvall's parade yesterday - a training mishap saw his super-maxi Diabetes dismasted, forcing its shock withdrawal from next week's Sydney to Hobart race... read full story