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Rolex Sydney Hobart - One two finish for Beneteau
date:
06-01-2010
Two brand new FIRST 40s, TWO TRUE and WICKED took the two first places OVERALL under the IRC division in the classic 628 mile Rolex Sydney-Hobart Race. They completed the course in 3 days and 23 hours. Only twenty minutes went between these two FIRST 40s on the finish line. They finished two hours ahead of the boat that placed third overall on corrected time. TWO TRUE also came first overall in the ORCI class.
The FIRST 40 takes over from the prestigious FIRST 40.7, which had taken the same honours in 2003 edition.
It is an historic occasion to see two identical FIRST 40s taking the first two places in a competition that brings together such a varied fleet, from 100 foot super-maxis to 33 foot sailing yachts in this 64th Sydney-Hobart Race.
Andrew Saies's (skipper Two True) first comments:
“Great boat, this new BENETEAU. It just jumps out of the water, jumped a bit too hard in the last day or so in those big short waves. It's a fast boat, we believed that this boat was going to rate well and do okay in this event, if the weather conditions allowed a small boat event."
In the Cruising category, the OCEANIS 50 HOLY COW claimed first place ahead of another BENETEAU, the OCEANIS 37 LIVEWIRE.
Well done to all these crews.
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