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Two hours until the start - crowds starting to build at South Head
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Old America's Cup Boat - not in the race - you can go for a spin in the harbor on this most days
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Need to figure out what the orange sails were about
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1 hour to go to the race - crowds getting ridiculous
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Lovely boat porn
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Ella's Pink Lady!
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Maxi's coming out pre-race
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Zembra boat practicing pre-race
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Cops looking for Banana Republic to invade
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Wild Oats coming straight for us
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Wild Oats tacking
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Wild Oats running
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Wild Oats
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Crazy kayakers… they were run off by the police (having failed to find a Banana Republic suitable for invasion)
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Race positioning
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Race positioning
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Heading for the line
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And finally racing
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Wild Oats took line honors and beat everyone out of the harbor
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Sydney Hobard race (video)