Huge crowds of New Year's revellers on Hobart's waterfront gave sailors Kathy Veel, 70, and Bridget Canham, 62, a raucous reception as they crossed the Sydney to Hobart race line at 11:42pm.
abc.net.au/news/two-retirees-finish-sydney-to-hobart-yacht-race/101820258After five days at sea, the last arrivals in the 2022 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race timed their finish to perfection.Sailors Kathy Veel and Bridget Canham had set the goal of completing the race before year's endMs Veel bought the 48-year-old yacht and sailed it from Melbourne to Sydney in preparation for the race
And then, the midnight fireworks topped it off, as they made their way around the dock in their 9.1-metre yacht, Currawong 30 — the second-smallest in the fleet — to crowds chanting the boat's name. As the sun started to set on New Year's Eve, cruise ship passengers followed their journey and other boats joined them as they made their long-awaited approach to Hobart, rounding the Iron Pot lighthouse."I did see the fireworks from way down the river, I could see it in the distance, and that was a nice little cheer-on as well," Ms Canham said.
"That's what's hardwired into each of us, that once we commit to something we'll commit to it and just do it."
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