Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - An international outlook

6:26 PM Thu 16 Dec 2010 GMT

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Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, a race conceived some 65 years ago, has become one of the world?s most famous and challenging ocean races which is hard to imagine that a race since it was conceived some 65 years ago by a bunch of adventurous yachtsmen in a Sydney yacht club, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. Today, the race ranks among the top headline grabbing events of the year and kicks off on Boxing Day, December 26th. The widely known Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race draws high-profile entrants each year?from tycoons and media moguls to Internet and telecom entrepreneurs? ...

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by Susan Maffei Plowden