Ichi 禁止(する) 均衡を保った for Syd-Hob 障害(者) 勝利,勝つ
Ichi 禁止(する) is all but 保証するd of taking 全体にわたる honours in the 75th 版 of the Sydney to Hobart ヨット race and atoning for a heartbreaking 2018.
The pre-race favourite is yet to be 栄冠を与えるd 障害(者) 勝利者 but, on Sunday afternoon, had been in a 事実上 unbeatable position.
It would be the second 全体にわたる victory for the NSW ヨット in three years, after an agonising fifth place last year where she lost the lead on a 静める River Derwent.
"To 勝利,勝つ the 75th would mean a 抱擁する 量 to us, considering the 親族 heartbreak last year," 船長/主将 Matt Allen said.
"That was hard on all of us. We 手配中の,お尋ね者 to come 支援する this year and give it the best go possible."
Allen and his 乗組員 戦う/戦いd changeable 条件s and had flashbacks to last year when they again became parked off Tasman Island.
"When you see (a lead of) seven or eight miles evaporate into two ... we were starting to get the heart in the mouth a bit," he said.
"There were some nervous moments."
Fortunately for Ichi 禁止(する), the 微風 選ぶd up on Saturday evening for a "pleasant" run to the line.
On Monday, Allen and his 乗組員 are 推定する/予想するd to be 現在のd with the Tattersall Cup, which is awarded to the best 全体にわたる boat.
Ichi 禁止(する) finished 12 hours behind line honours 勝利者 Comanche, which took out the blue water classic for the third time.
The 52-footer Gweilo is 始める,決める to place second in the 障害(者) standings, a 示すd 改良 on 22nd in 2018.
"We're 長,率いるing in the 権利 direction. It was a 広大な/多数の/重要な ride, a lot of fun," co-owner Chris Townsend said.
Chasing 支援する-to-支援する 全体にわたる 勝利,勝つs, Tasmanian ヨット Alive was sixth across the line behind the five supermaxis and was 推定する/予想するd to finish fifth 全体にわたる.
A northwesterly change helped a flurry of boats across the line on Sunday afternoon after a slow morning of sailing.
At 4:30pm, 106 ヨットs of the event's starting field of 157 remained at sea.
Two-time over all 勝利者 追求(する),探索(する) has 宿泊するd a 抗議する against Envy Scooters, 主張するing the Queensland ヨット failed to give way in a port-starboard 出来事/事件 coming out of Sydney Harbour.
The 抗議する 結果 won't 影響する/感情 the likely 障害(者) 勝利者, with the boats sitting fourth and third in the standings それぞれ.