CORRECTION: Comanche’s official finish time for the 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race was 2 days, 8 hours, 58 minutes and 30 seconds.
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Witt was happy to have taken second on line honours from Rambler after a close battle up the Derwent.
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“She’s our head cheerleader. Then it turns to how are we going to keep sailing”, Wislang said.
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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.
Last year’s victor, 43-foot Wild Rose, with Alexandra Headland’s Andrew and Samantha Scott in the crew, are now out of the running for a successful defence of the title.
Comanche, Wild Oats XI and Rambler 88 sail on Sydney Harbour at the start of the 7 …
First overall (Elapsed Time division). She has been out in plenty of boats but has never done anything like this. She was involved in a collision shortly after the start line. She as very impressive.
Comanche was one of many boats damaged during the 2015 race. Pure terror at one stage.
“Just total joy and fulfillment”.
KRISTY HINZE-CLARK: I was scared at one point.
“I was most anxious about the sharp edges of the dagger board puncturing up through the hull of the boat so we desperately were trying to cut the ropes to get rid of the dagger board”, Read told reporters after the race.
“This is a hard race. And I crossed another one off – my 47th”, he said with his trademark grin. But that is one really tough body of water. The remaining teams have their sights set on the finish line in Hobart in hopes of a win on corrected time.
They overcame a lost daggerboard, damaged rudder and steering problems to claim a treasured victory – the first foreign boat to claim line honours since 2009 and the first American victor since 1998.
However, before the race, Clark felt winning would not totally rob Australians.
It was a welcome into Hobart like no other for the U.S. yacht Comanche, the crew of the 100-footer celebrating to Queen’s hit song Fat Bottomed Girls.
PENNY TIMMS: The final hours of the race were in stark contrast to the conditions faced on the open seas. I was hanging on to the back end and my sea boots were dragged off me.
Covering approximately 630 nautical miles (1,167km) of the Tasman Sea and notoriously treacherous Antarctic Ocean, the annual race is Australia’s premier yachting event and among the world’s most grueling.
“But we’ll think about it, we’re not sure if we’ll come back”.
Comanche’s finish was impeded by the breeze which came and went at whim as the yacht rounded the Iron Pot.
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Second-placed Rambler also suffered an injury when she hit something in the water early on Sunday afternoon. At the last, Witt had to decide whether to follow Rambler, when tactician Brad Butterworth took the American boat towards shore looking for pressure.
