Despite heavy fog causing transport delays this morning, the iconic Sydney to Hobart yacht race was able to go ahead for the first time since 2019. 9News MORE HERE:
In 2020, for the first time since its inception in 1945, the race from Sydney, across the notorious Bass Strait, to the island state of Tasmania was not held.
“All the maxi crews got together after and there was good camaraderie and it was more like old times,” LawConnect sailing master and New Zealander Tony Mutter, one of the few foreign sailors to participate in the 2021 race, told Australian Associated Press. Honey, an American and the navigator on Hamilton Island Wild Oats, formerly Wild Oats XI, has a success rate of better than 50% in the Sydney to Hobart, taking line honours four times in seven races, including Comanche’s wins in 2015, 2017 and 2019.
“Ricko called me up and asked me to do a previous race which they then withdrew from, and then of course there was the cancelled race in 2020,” Honey said. “I’ve been standing by hoping for the opportunity to navigate Oats."
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