Not-so-barmy army race to Hobart

THERE is a huge amount of pride, readjustment to ''normality'', bucketloads of bravado and quite a few cartons of (cold) beer and bottles of rum at stake in this year's Sydney to Hobart when the three armed forces from the British Services go head-to-head in identical boats.

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