Watching the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race via Google Earth

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Dec 26th 2005 at 4:01PM

We've written before about yachtspotting using Google Earth. Now you can also watch a yacht race using the program. This year, according to Gizmag, the entire world can watch the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, which starts today, via the Internet. The race's web site has a yacht tracker but the race can also be watched via Google Earth with yacht positions and standings updated every ten minutes. It should be an interesting race with the Alfa Romeo and Wild Oats XI both expected to do well and this may be a record-setting year.

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