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Sydney to Hobart line honors favourite Andoo Comanche has a helpful however not decisive lead over her three supermaxi rivals.
After nearly 18 hours of racing the three-time line honors winner was main by round 9 nautical miles from LawConnect.
The opposite two supermaxis, Black Jack and Hamilton Island Wild Oats, have been just a few miles additional again.
The supermaxis have been round race document tempo on Monday night time however dropped behind within the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Nonetheless, the tempo is anticipated to select up once more from round mid-morning when stronger winds from the north are forecast.
There was a sizeable hole of near 40 nautical miles to the following group headed by the 80-foot Queensland based mostly boat Stefan Racing.
Additionally in that chasing group have been the Volvo 70 Willow, the 72-foot URM Group, and Tasmania’s 66-foot Alive, the 2018 total victor.
The prime quality contingent of TP52s have been setting the tempo within the battle for handicap honors.
Sydney based mostly TP52 Celestial, which completed second total final yr, was main the best way adopted by a variety of comparable size boats, American yacht Warrior Received, Gweilo and New Zealand’s Caro.
The fleet dimension remained at 107, with no additional withdrawals in a single day following the early retirements of Avalanche and Yeah Child.
Avalanche pulled out with a damaged bowsprit inside two hours of the beginning and Yeah Child was compelled out with rudder harm.
