5:00 AM Fri 17 Dec 2010 GMT
Australia?s best-known maxi Brindabella never really left the scene, but in recent years one of the country?s most iconic ocean racing yachts has been a bit out of shape - still one of the prettiest boats in the fleet, but not so quick. The upcoming Rolex Sydney Hobart, though, will have a whole new old Brindabella on the start line. With an enthusiastic new owner with deep enough pockets and a crew who dearly love her, she is almost as fresh and as spry as the day George Snow first steered her across the start line way back in 1993.
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by Jim Gale
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