Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs Ahoy there: Crewman Fynley Harding climbed the Alive on reconnaissance before it tilted under Bolte Bridge.Credit: John DynanOn the second try, onlookers exhaled when the Alive cleared the bridge.Hine said that had Alive hit the bridge it would not have damaged the Bolte’s structure.“[Authorities] might have sent me a bill for paint.“But you would damage the boat severely. It’s not very likely the boat would sink, but if you damage the mast I wouldn’t be doing the race. It would be a year’s wait for a new one.”The Alive, based in Hobart and owned by businessman Phillip Turner, will set off in the Melbourne Osaka Cup yacht race later this month, with Hine and Glenn Myler its only crew.In the Sydney to Hobart, the Alive had 12 crew.In 2006, a crew member of ABN AMRO 1 is pictured up the mast as the yacht tilts over to pass under the Bolte Bridge during the Melbourne stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race.Credit: Dallas KilponenHine wants to beat the race record of 21 days, 12 hours, 41 minutes and 13 seconds set by Chinese Whisper in 2018.Adam Buchholtz, City of Melbourne waterways manager, said the yacht tilt was “pretty exciting” and last happened when the global Volvo Ocean Race fleet came to Melbourne in 2006.George Shaw, the Melbourne Osaka Cup yacht race organising committee chairman, said Alive was moored at Melbourne City Marina in Docklands, requiring it to go under the Bolte Bridge because Sandringham marina, where most of the race fleet are moored, is not deep enough.Alive can be viewed from Victoria Harbour boardwalk for two weeks, then will again be tilted under Bolte Bridge and sail to Portsea to start the race on March 30 at 3.25pm.Most of the fleet are scheduled to leave Portsea this Sunday at 5pm, but bad weather might delay the launch.Shaw said the race is regarded as “one of the most difficult in the world”, with two crew having to do “everything”, from repairs to navigation, amid often treacherous weather conditions.

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