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Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - Secret Men's Business #1 Takes Lead

Saturday December 27, 2008
Official race standings at 9.40pm, December 27, Australian eastern daylight saving time, saw a new leader emerge, relegating super maxi yachts Wild Oats XI and Skandia to second and third place.

Leading the pack down the east coast of Tasmania at the reported time of 9.40pm was the Murray 42 yacht Secret Men's Buisiness #1 skippered by Ross Trembath and Rob Curtis.

At 10.30pm, the Sydney Hobart race tracker had Secret Men's Business #1 ahead by some 49 nautical miles to Wild Oats XI, with Skandia another 10 nautical miles behind.

Comments
December 27, 2008 at 9:21 am
(1) Duncan says:

Not true gps error

December 27, 2008 at 9:22 am
(2) Duncan says:

not true… computer error

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