Wild Oats and Andoo Comanche took a penalty turn inside the first 20 minutes of the most action-packed start in recent memory
Avalanche the first retirement as LawConnect takes early leadPhotograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAPPhotograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAPSupermaxis Andoo Comanche and Hamilton Island Wild Oats have each opted to take a penalty turn inside the first 20 minutes of the most action-packed start to the Sydney to Hobart race in recent memory.
Line honours favourite Andoo Comanche took her penalty turn inside the first few minutes with the suggestion she might have hit a mark.Oats took their penalty turn later but only after a debate between skipper Mark Richards and other senior crew members. The reason for the turn was not immediately apparent.
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