InfoTrack leads as Sydney to Hobart race gets haze-free start

  • Supermaxi leads fleet of 157 out of harbour
  • Black Jack and Comanche makes poor starts

InfoTrack has taken the initial bragging rights in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, getting through Sydney Heads first. The supermaxi, which took line honours in 2016 as Perpetual LOYAL, got a flyer as the race started in winds of 15 to 18 knots.

She led the fleet of 157 out of Sydney Harbour, followed by Scallywag and Wild Oats XI, with Black Jack and Comanche making the worst starts of the quintet of supermaxis. It was the third time InfoTrack has passed through Sydney Heads first in the race, having achieved the feat under its previous name in 2015 and 2016.

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