by Herb McCormick, Sailing World
In what has mostly been a drab, dreary start to the Australian summer, the sun made a brief cameo appearance last week, and the lunchtime scene at Sydney's Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) was hopping. As barmen poured "middies" and "schooners" of Victoria Bitter, the business crowd in their natty attire lounged like lizards beneath the rays on the back patio.
On the docks, however, there was an entirely different sort of buzz. There, crewmen in T-shirts and sailing shorts tended to sails, hardware, and other matters on the gathering fleet of race boats in preparation for an annual Aussie holiday rite: the Boxing Day (December 26) start of the 628-mile Rolex Sydney-Hobart Race. -- Read on: SW Forum
CYCA Offical "Sydney-Hobart" Website
