Syd-Hobart record unlikely to be broken

Updated: 05:05, Friday Dec 28, 2012

Sydney to Hobart competition personality Wild Oats Eleven has slowed and is no longer placed to mangle her possess competition record.

Westerly winds have cut a super-maxi’s speed to about 12 Knots with around 30 nautical miles to go before she reaches Constitution Dock.

The five-time leader dull Tasman Island during 3.30am Hobart time and is approaching to arrive during Constitution Dock around 8.30, about fifty mins outward her 2005 record.

Wild Oats leads Ragamuffin-Loyal by forty-two nautical miles.

Meanwhile, Victorian vessel Living Doll is a initial casualty. She withdrew final night after violation her rudder channel Bass Strait.

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