Sydney Hobart Sensation - Wild Oats XI, RAN protested by Race Commitee

6:21 AM Tue 28 Dec 2010 GMT

'RAN, Sail n: GBR 7236R, Owner: Niklas Zennstrom, State: U.K, Division: IRC, Design: Jv 72 - Rolex Sydney Hobart 2010' &copy Rolex/Carlo Borlenghi

Sail-World.com is streaming the 1705 Sydney Hobart Radio sked and Radio relay traffic on 6516kHz. At the beginning of this afternoon sked, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Radio Relay vessel's David Kellett announced to the fleet that the Race Committee was protesting both Wild Oats XI and RAN under Sailing Instructions 44.1A and 44.2 which pertain to the Mandatory Reporting of Declaration of Ability to continue at Green Cape. (Latest advice is that the protest relates to signal strength). This is curious because Sail-World clearly heard the declaration transmission at 0904 yesterday morning from Wild Oats XI radio operator to JBW ...

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