True South

Legacy gave them the start. Spirit took them across the line.

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Few sporting events hold the cultural weight of the Sydney to Hobart. Every Boxing Day, as the Cricket Test breaks for lunch, millions of Australians turn their attention to the start of the Great Race. For days, the nation follows the fleet into one of the world’s most treacherous bodies of water — Bass Strait — where shifting weather systems can turn elite competition into a fight for survival.