A dirty night (or great, depending on taste), the fleet behind him on the way through the Bass Strait, and some others have given up. WILD OATS XI has just crossed the finish line, behind struggling INVESTEC LOYAL, ICHI BAN, LAHANA, WILD THING, RAN, LIMIT and LOKI the order of geseglten seats in the front row. WILD OATS and RAN, however, are at the bridge looking down the barrel of the loaded gun of the race committee. Both have the waypoint Green Point not as reported by the sailing instructions require HF, but only by phone, and it collects a protest by the race committee. Too hard? Too upscale? Far from it, the race director Tim Cox. The rule was introduced after the Katastrophehobart 1998 from the realization that over the phone no S & R policies can be implemented, and is fundamental to the safety of participants.
take the boys Down Under the nerve cell phone monoculture at sea. Even in our waters there have been some cases in which could afford yachts in the vicinity of injured no help because they had noticed nothing of the distress situation. During the rescue calls seeking diligently with the rescue team, is still often the ether. And even worse, now also no longer hear in them. Because it may help that now come in two Hobart Celebrities criticism.
Source: rolexsydneyhobart.com
photo of LIMIT in the Tasmanian coast before churning Orkus: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi
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