Grace Kennedy steered disABILITIES across the finishing line. Source: Kim Eiszele / News Limited
A BLIND skipper, a teenage girl, the oldest female in the fleet, a Chinese celebrity and the first black South African to compete in the Sydney to Hobart all finished the classic on a history-making day for the race yesterday.
Sydney sailor Kirk Watson became the first blind skipper to complete the race after leading Sailors with disABILITIES to a 31st place across the finish line.
"We gave Grace (Kennedy), our 19-year-old, the helm so she could steer across the finish line,'' said Watson of the youngest member of his crew completing her first Hobart race.
Kennedy has spina bifida and was competing in her first Hobart with the team which heads to Hobart each year.
South African Masibulele Liyaba sailed into Hobart on Invest Africa to write his name in the history books as did 73-year-old Jill Sharp, who was the oldest female in this year's race.
Both Liyaba and Sharp, along with Chinese celebrity Vicky Song, were all in the Clipper round the world fleet which is using the Sydney to Hobart as a leg of their global odyssey.
On the weekend, Ragamuffin skipper Syd Fischer, 86, equalled the record for the oldest male ever to race south when he arrived late Saturday night.
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