10:48 PM Sat 19 Dec 2009 GMT
Sail-World's Fleet Notes for the 65th annual Rolex Sydney to Hobart race are online already. They make good reading and they will continue to expand, with the help of owners, skippers and navigators over the next two weeks.
Read our 2009 Sydney Hobart Boat Notes here
The Sail-World team (led by 14 Hobart veteran Trevor Walkley in Melbourne) prepared the initial draft, and now all the skippers who have entered the race have passworded access to the detailed Sail-World notes, so they can edit, correct and expand their online entries.
While the Sailing magazines news on the boats and crew were frozen six weeks ago the Sail-World Rolex Sydney to Hobart boat notes are being continually updated by owners and skippers, right up until Boxing Day morning.
We have had updates from half of the 100 boats in the last 72 hours alone. Its an ever refining process.
Last year they were still updating on Christmas Day and making last minute modifications even on Boxing Day morning.
These notes are accessed by thousands of family and friends and sailing and general media around the world.
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Trevor Walkley - © .
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If you are racing south, check if the skipper has spelled your name right and has detailed correctly the number of Hobart's you've done. That is if he's even put you on the list yet.
If you see any errors, please ask your skipper to correct the boat notes as soon as he's given access. If your boat image is not one of the best you have, then please email a better one to Trevor at news(at)sail-world.com
If you are not turning right on Boxing day or going to be amongst the spectator fleet, you'll probably need the Sail-World notes to confirm there are 100 boats racing south, not just the half dozen or so you will see on the television coverage of Boxing Day start.
Read our 2009 Sydney Hobart Boat Notes here
by Rob Kothe & Trevor Walkley
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