Here's what one of the yachts that made it look like. The crew are dressed in bright red jumpsuits. I presume they are immersion suits, as it's not unusual for sailors to be tossed overboard into the freezing Tasman Sea during the race. There also seem to be a lot of sailors on board. Everyone must live on top of each other.
The end of this year's race was very anti-climactic. There was a techncial challenge to the winner, Wild Oats, something involving phoning/not phoning in as they crossed some boundary or other. So the shiny silver cup in the awards tent was still in its display case as I walked by on the way to the Taste of Hobart, the summer's big food fest.
The weather in this part of the world is super sunny, super glary and lots and lots of cloud and wind. Next stop, Antartica.
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