Nicorette Wins Treacherous Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race
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Australian maxi Nicorette won the  Sydney-Hobart yacht race Wednesday after rough weather forced  out almost half the fleet, including heavily fancied super  maxis Konica Minolta and Skandia.
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Early leaders Konica Minolta and defending champion Skandia have been knocked out of the Sydney-Hobart race. Skandia, skippered by Melbourne sailor Grant Wharington, was the first boat out with keel damage.
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SHORT but very sweet was how Grant Wharington last night described his record-pace run down the NSW coast as the skipper of the 98-footer Skandia prepared for a southerly change which will turn the Sydney to Hobart from a fun run to a slogathon.
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Brazil&#39;s Bruno Junqueira cruised to victory at the Gold Coast Indy behind a safety car after another explosive end to the Surfers Paradise street race.
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VALENCIA, Spain  - Alinghi beat Team New Zealand in the first race of the 32nd America's Cup on Saturday in a tight fight that set the pace for the best-of-nine battle for sailing's most coveted prize.
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Nicorette won the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race to give Finnish-born skipper Ludde Ingvall his second victory in four years. Nicorette, a 90-footer, crossed the line
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Winning skipper Ludde Ingvall has described the conditions he and the crew of Nicorette endured during the 60th Sydney to Hobart as the worst he has experienced.
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Australia's Wild Oats XI becomes the first boat to claim three straight Sydney-Hobart wins in 59 years.
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Kate Allen of Austria wins the triathlon with a late surge Wednesday, passing more than half of the field in the final leg and edging Loretta Harrop of Australia at the finish line.
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Australian maxi Wild Oats XI became the second yacht in the 63-year history of the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race to take line honours for three successive years on Friday.
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Konica Minolta could be heading for a famous double victory in the 60th anniversary Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Not only has Stewart THWAITES&#39; 98-foot Maxi yacht stretched to a five-mile lead over arch
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Australian maxi Nicorette won line  honors in a punishing Sydney-Hobart yacht race on Wednesday  after rough weather forced out almost half the fleet, including  heavily fancied super maxis Konica Minolta and Skandia.
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Sydney, Australia - Possible strong winds and heavy seas could play a role in the 60th Sydney to Hobart yacht race, organisers said on Saturday, on the eve of the start of the annual blue-water classic that runs to the island state of Tasmania.
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There was the Aussie leading the race. There was the American with the Aussie-themed daughter named Sydney hanging tough in second.
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Two of the Sydney-to-Hobart frontrunners have been forced to quit the race Tuesday, leaving the way clear for the 27-meter (90 foot) Nicorette to take line honors.
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EARLY race leader Skandia has fallen well off the pace in the final stretch of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. The Victorian yacht has dropped to third place, 17 miles behind leader Konica Minolta as the super maxis move down the Tasmanian north coast.