Wild Oats on track for Sydney to Hobart yachting treble
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Supermaxi Wild Oats was on course to claim a third consecutive Sydney to Hobart title Thursday after extending its lead in the bluewater classic.
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Rescue teams are confident of saving most surviving whales from a pod beached off Tasmania&#39;s east coast - the second mass stranding in Tasmanian waters in 24 hours.
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Environmental group Greenpeace's  anti-whaling ship Esperanza sailed into Sydney Harbour on  Friday to re-supply after protesting against Japanese whalers  in the Antarctic and heads on from there to Japan to pursue its  protest.
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Yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur's was powering ahead in her bid to set a new solo round-the-world record as she navigated 715 miles off the southwest tip of Australia.
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A fully loaded cup yacht hurtling through the ocean in a decent breeze is exhilarating, if not a little frightening. I&#39;m on Emirates Team New Zealand as 18th man for the last match of the day, against Italian challengers +39.
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SYDNEY-Hobart race organisers yesterday declared they would not delay today&#39;s race despite the worst weather warning for the classic since the 1998 disaster.
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New Zealand super maxi Konica Minolta has increased its lead over Australian rival Skandia in the 60th Sydney-Hobart as rough weather slams into the fleet and forced 31 boats to retire.
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Ludde Ingvall and his crew on Nicorette have claimed the early honours by being the first boat out of the heads on Sydney Harbour in the race to Hobart on Sunday.
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Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade, one of the biggest of its kind in the world, is going green this year with a message to Australians that they must take action to protect a threatened environment.
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Australian maxi Nicorette won the  Sydney-Hobart yacht race Wednesday after rough weather forced  out almost half the fleet, including heavily fancied super  maxis Konica Minolta and Skandia.
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THE bacon sizzled, the eggs crackled and the horses took to the turf for the Breakfast with the Best at Moonee Valley yesterday in the lead-up to Saturday&#39;s Carlton Draught Cox Plate.
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SYDNEY, Australia - English leukemia survivor Lloyd Scott completed his Australian coast-to-coast odyssey Thursday as he steered his penny farthing bicycle into the waves at Sydney's Bondi Beach.
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SYDNEY  - Novice super-maxi Nicorette won the storm-lashed Sydney to Hobart yacht race after raging seas forced out defending champion Skandia and joint favourite Konica Minolta.
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The crew of the only super-maxi to finish the Sydney to Hobart yacht race is celebrating in Hobart after taking line honours this morning.
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WITH the heavens set to open over Melbourne this morning, one of Australia&#39;s biggest bookmakers predicts a rush of money so large for Irish galloper Vinnie Roe that he will become the new favourite for today&#39;s Melbourne Cup.
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IT will be cold, wet and bumpy with a high attrition rate, but the 60th Sydney to Hobart could still produce the second-fastest time in the history of the gruelling ocean race.
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A search is underway around Maria Island on the east coast of the Australian state of Tasmania to see if there have been any further whale and dolphin strandings.