Black Jack breaks hoodoo of near misses to win Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race line honours
After Mark Bradford steered Black Jack to line honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race this morning, he said he knew “pretty much after the start” that the boat would win.
The confident remark from Bradford to a brilliant win in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 628 nautical mile race then prompted elated boat owner, Peter Harburg, to chime in: “Mark said he was confident from the start. I was confident when that [finish] cannon went off.”
Black Jack’s victory dropped the curtain on what had been a gripping tussle between the three 100 footers in the race. The others two were Christian Beck’s LawConnect and Seng Huang Lee’s SHK Scallywag 100 which were left to fight it out for second and third places..read more