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Rumor has it that some 50ish boats retired prior to the race because of the low. Sounds like the eastern boats got it, but the western boats did not, including ours. Was a great race, minus the doldrums early on.
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I now understand there were delayed starts, and in addition YB tracking data was delayed 4 hours. Interesting debate to be had around that topic in itself.
I was a bit surprised at the proportion of the fleet was relatively amateur, 40 footers etc. I'm used to Syd-Hobart, where 40 footers are definitely the end of the size distribution. Rumour hath it there will be 6-8 TP52s attending this year's event.