quicko: boxing day reprise

I forgot to mention the national event that occurs annually on Boxing Day:  the Sydney to Hobart.  For the uninitiated, "the Sydney to Hobart" is a boat race.  Should you be up on your Australian geography, you'll realize rather quickly that, unless it were a plane race, it's rather necessary that any course between these two cities involve at the very least an element of the seaworthy vessel about it, however, this course is entirely water bound.  Various (approximately 100) yachts of various (got me on the details) sizes leave the Sydney Harbour around lunchtime (they have the exact time down much more precisely, oddly enough) and get to Hobart roughly two days later.  It's all very exciting to watch the start for about 5 minutes, after which time the excitement level tapers off enormously only to be slightly rejoinded some time later when the winner is announced.

There seemed to be no surprise this year, as the vessel that got all the news coverage was owned by one of the wealthiest men and won.  Its flag was under the "Wild Oats (Not the American Health Food Store)" bandwagon and it did the very un-Australian thing of not letting the underdog win.  Ah well.  There's always next year.