By now, as a tradition on Boxing Day, together with the Premier League matches on Boxing Day, in Australia all eyes are on the 77th edition of the Sydney-Hobart regatta but attention this year is higher than usual because, in based on the weather forecast, the record for the crossing could be broken.
It would be about doing better than the time set by the supermaxi Comanche, which in 2017 covered 628 nautical miles (1,200 km) in one day, nine hours, 15 minutes and 24 seconds.
"It's a race that could definitely break a record, especially with Comanche at the start," Mark Richards, skipper of the nine-time supermaxi Wild Oats, said on the event website. victory will be a bargain for the thirty-metre maxis: Andoo Comanche, Black Jack, Wild Oats and LawConnect.
