New sail a 'big relief' for Loyal

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SKIPPER Anthony Bell and his Perpetual Loyal team will get Christmas Day off to enjoy with their families after a crucial sail for their Sydney to Hobart campaign arrived early from the US.

The sail was flown in yesterday with the supermaxi sailing Monday or Tuesday for the final time before the Boxing Day start of the race.

The early arrival of the replacement sail for the one which exploded during a Sydney Harbour race almost a fortnight ago is a major relief for the Loyal crew, who also lost one of their prime helmsman, Michael Coxon, to illness in the lead-up to the race.

"It's a big relief,'' Bell said yesterday.

Bell is the man behind the transformation of one of the fastest yachts in the world - the supermaxi Spedboat/Rambler - from a trashed hull in a UK boatshed to being on the start line of the Sydney to Hobart as Perpetual Loyal.

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Bell decided to forge ahead with plans to rebuild the yacht, which capsized during the 2011 Fastnet Race, after watching last year's race on television.

The yacht is significantly heavier than her 100-foot rivals and will need certain conditions to gain the edge on them.

But in Bell's corner is top numbers man Stan Honey who has flown from the US to do the race after navigating Bell's former yacht Investec Loyal to victory in the 2011 race.

The yachts will sail south with TV personalities Larry Emdur and Karl Stefanovic in its crew, along with round-the-world solo sailor Jessica Watson and former Swans captain Jude Bolton.

The celebrities are aboard to help raise money and awareness for the Loyal Foundation charity.

Yesterday, rival Wild Thing went for her final sail before the Sydney to Hobart with Wild Oats out on Saturday in a big southerly testing sails and her repaired mast ahead of the race.

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