Of the 88 boats that left Sydney on Boxing Day, just 64 boats remain in the rshyr Sydney to Hobart after battering weather conditions caused major damage to multiple boats | sarah_keoghan
, Scallywag along with super maxi rivals, LawConnect and Black Jack, are still racing down to Hobart and are due to enter the Bass Strait shortly. Black Jack currently has the line honours lead and is 414 nautical miles away from the finish line.“It’s horrible,” he said.One of the first to retire was handicap favourite Moneypenny, owned and skippered by Sean Langman, which was forced to return to Sydney due to a broken forestay.
“Let’s say it was pretty fruity. We were using new technology with foils. We had faith in the new system, I suppose you learn from this,” he said. On Monday morning, Philip Turner’s Alive - another handicap favourite - retired due to hull damage. The boat was forced to send up an urgency signal after taking the boat took on some water, but didn’t require assistance.All crew have since been confirmed okay with the boat now making the trip back to Sydney.An inaugural division this year, the boats are only crewed by two people with fears the strong weather forecasted could prove dangerous for the two-handed vessels.
The two-handed division is currently being led by Tasmanian entrant Sidewinder, with Maverick in second spot.: Moneypenny , Blink , Mako , URM , Hip-Nautic , TSA Management , No Limit , Minerva , Mille Sabords , Nautical Circle , White Noise , Zen , Gweilo , Eora , Ariel , Oskana , Enchantress , Denali , OzDesign Patrice Six , Philosopher , Huntress , Extasea , Alive and Kayimai Chancellor .
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