American yacht Comanche has claimed line honours in the 71 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, staging a stunning recovery from damage that had nearly ended her race.
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Soon after, the race organisation announced that her main rival and early race leader Comanche had withdrawn while in the lead due to a broken rudder and dagger board – only to announce later that the Ken Read-skippered American super maxi had made a decision to instead try and fix the damage and continue in the race.
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American super-yacht Comanche was leading the fleet in Australia’s Sydney to Hobart on Saturday, after bolting out of the harbour at the start of the gruelling 628-nautical-mile (1,163 kilometre) race.
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It is the first time since 1998 that a USA boat has won the race.
The wind is dropping off and Rambler, the lighter yacht, is likely to have the advantage.
Defending champion and eight-time victor Wild Oats XI was one of the early retirements, suffering sail damage. She said she felt “pure terror at one stage”. “We are going to finish this damned race”, he said ahead of the win.
Race favourite and eight-time Sydney to Hobart victor Wild Oats XI is out of the 2015 race after a southerly front with gusts of up to 40 knots hit the fleet last night.
Organizers said one yacht emerging as a potential dark horse in the race was Maserati, which was well out to sea and appeared to be gambling on skirting the treacherous southerly course.
After a 13-hour chase, Comanche overtook Rambler and she held the lead all the way to Hobart.
Despite her husband’s protestations before the race that it would cost too much time and money to bring Comanche back to Australia for another Sydney to Hobart campaign, Hinze-Clark has other ideas. “As rough and as rotten as it was, and to get her back on line and finish first, this is a fantastic accomplishment by a global team and a boat built right here in ME”.
“A few things went wrong for us, when that happens, snowball effect, then it started to go real bad”.
Wife Kristy Hinze-Clark, a former Australian supermodel, was charged with piloting the boat towards Constitution Dock and becomes the first woman owner to win the prestigious race.
Syd Fischer’s supermaxi Ragamuffin 100, currently in third place, will now be a hot contender for line honours along with Rambler 88 and Comanche.
Julia Cooney, onboard the Brindabella, told The Australian newspaper that “nothing can prepare you for something like that”.
It is just the second Sydney to Hobart for Comanche, which set a 24-hour monohull record in July.
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Ragamuffin 100 on Monday was revealed to be the latest of the supermaxis to be damaged, with the port daggerboard sheared off in the blue water event organised by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.
