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Offshore for start of Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race with Mitch Pearson

by John Curnow, Editor, Sail-World AUS 26 Dec 2019 03:12 PST

Regular contributor, Mitch Pearson, headed offshore to turn in this great gallery of images from the 2019 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

TP52 Smuggler - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
TP52 Smuggler - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

The Radford 50 - Pekljus - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
The Radford 50 - Pekljus - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

Making progress on Scallywag - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
Making progress on Scallywag - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

Scallywag - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
Scallywag - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

Scalywag - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
Scalywag - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

Wild Oats XI - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
Wild Oats XI - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

X-Yachts X412 - Lexi- 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
X-Yachts X412 - Lexi- 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

Revel in the conditions - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
Revel in the conditions - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

Maverick 49 the Infinity with the DSS foil - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
Maverick 49 the Infinity with the DSS foil - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

Giddy up! - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
Giddy up! - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

Maverick 49 the Infinity with the DSS foil - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
Maverick 49 the Infinity with the DSS foil - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

Time to get the weight of the foredeck me thinks - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
Time to get the weight of the foredeck me thinks - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

Hull speed - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
Hull speed - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

Envy Scooters - formerly Ichi Ban and originally Azzurra- 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
Envy Scooters - formerly Ichi Ban and originally Azzurra- 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

Did someone say the hard deck for this operation was 500m? - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
Did someone say the hard deck for this operation was 500m? - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

Highly Sprung - will be if the turbine in the chopper fails - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
Highly Sprung - will be if the turbine in the chopper fails - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

Now that's a shy kite - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
Now that's a shy kite - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

Shy pole - there's a treat from the past - and a large single wheel - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
Shy pole - there's a treat from the past - and a large single wheel - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

Yellow says Quetzalcoatl - coachhouse design says Don Jones - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
Yellow says Quetzalcoatl - coachhouse design says Don Jones - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

Pinched stern, dig a hole, grade the ocean the whole way there - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
Pinched stern, dig a hole, grade the ocean the whole way there - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

Black Jack duking it out with the leaders - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
Black Jack duking it out with the leaders - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

On board Black Jack - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
On board Black Jack - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

Sail change for Wild Oats XI - you're not on board to look good - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
Sail change for Wild Oats XI - you're not on board to look good - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

Bow out and having fun - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
Bow out and having fun - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

Crew at work Wild Oats XI - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
Crew at work Wild Oats XI - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

There's a plan for the race - might get cold though... - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
There's a plan for the race - might get cold though... - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

Don't mind it being wet as long as it is fast - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite
Don't mind it being wet as long as it is fast - 2019 RSHYR - photo © Mitch Pearson / Surf Sail Kite

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