Just after midnight, the last yacht, Capriccio of Rhu, with the indomitable Michele Colenso at the helm, crossed the finish line to bring down the curtain on the Rolex Sydney Hobart ocean-racing classic for another year.
It was a fine achievement by this cruising yacht, the only one in its division, especially as Capriccio or Rhu lost considerable time taking an injured crewmember into Wollongong for medical treatment on the first night. Moreover, it was another personal triumph for Michele who was diagnosed with breast cancer just before last year’s race. Also at the tail end of the fleet, in fact the last racing yacht across the line was Huckleberry, one of four entrants from West Australia. For Steve Humphries and his crew it has been a long haul, having aborted their delivery trip by sea because of bad weather and resorting to the long road trip across the Nullabor. For John Walker, at 85 the oldest skipper to have competed in the Rolex Sydney Hobart, this year’s race may not be his last.
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