Rolex Sydney Hobart - Retirements continue through out the night

12:38 AM Tue 28 Dec 2010 GMT

'LOKI, Sail n: AUS 60000, Owner: Stephen Ainsworth, State: NSW, Division: IRC, Design: Reichel Pugh 63 - Rolex Sydney Hobart 2010' &copy Rolex/Carlo Borlenghi

The attrition continues in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race ? throughout the night and into this morning, an additional six yachts retired with a grocery list of problems: damaged steering, torn mainsails, broken booms and engine issues. This time, the retirements were among the small to mid-sized boats, bringing to 16 the total number to have retired with 71 boats still battling hard in the race. Last night the gale force southerly winds off the New South Wales south coast continued to pound those yet to pass Green Cape. After the Cape is the most notorious stretch of the ...

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