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December 23, 2005
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in Google Earth
The official site of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has announced they will be supporting Google Earth as their format of choice for following the race. The race begins on December 26th and the site indicated the position updates wiill be done every ten minutes. The route goes from Sydney, Australia to the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. This yacht race has been going on for about 60 years and has often been in the news. The weather can be very challenging on this race, and on some years boats have been lost due to the weather.
You can download their Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 
GE file and learn more about the race right now. Then, save it in your My Places folder so you will be ready to check on the race after Christmas. I like how they have used their placemarks folder to provide details on the race and links back to the web site. I am also looking forward to following this race in near-real time for the first time.
Posted by FrankTaylor at December 23, 2005 06:45 AM
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Posted by: Israel at December 26, 2005 07:40 AM
This is looking cool.
1 minute I was tracking a whale a few thousand miles away from them, now I am tracking 85 yachts :P
I wonder if they'll keep it switched and we can follow them on their next trips.
Posted by: SashDaMan at December 26, 2005 11:49 AM
It's great application of Google Earth. Will be there anything similar also during Dakar 2006?
Posted by: Lars at December 27, 2005 06:50 PM
I can't see the ships anymore on Google Earth. And it is not possible to go on the Homepage of the Race. Can anybody help me where I can find the standings of the Race?
Thanks!!!
hechterbroch@hotmail.de
Posted by: Holger at December 27, 2006 02:33 PM
It's great application of Google Earth. Will be there anything similar also during Dakar 2006?
Posted by: awsan at March 30, 2008 01:46 AM
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Hi
Do you know who supplies the Inmarsat D+ terminals installed onboard the yachts?