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  1. Sydney Hobart Yacht Race historical yachts to battle on Sydney Harbour

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  2. Last yacht finishes Sydney-Hobart race, 4 days after winner

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  3. A Quick Guide to the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

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  4. Record eyed as Sydney-Hobart yacht race begins

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  1. Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 1988

    Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 1988. Major Results. Line Honors: Ragmuffin (3-15-29-07) Weather. The race underdefined the toughness of the 630 nm bash race Southwards, a race that brings back every yacht and yachtsman to the common denominator of sound seamanship and stout craft in big seas and strong winds.

  2. 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

    The 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race was the 54th annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.It was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney, New South Wales.It was the most disastrous in the race's history, with the loss of six lives and five yachts. 55 sailors were rescued in the largest peacetime search and rescue effort ever seen in Australia.

  3. Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

    The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is an annual event hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney, New South Wales, ... (1961, 1963 and 1964) and Bumblebee IV firstly in 1979 and then again in 1988 and 1990 as Ragamuffin. When Wild Oats XI won back-to-back titles in 2006, ...

  4. Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Winners 1980 to 1989

    The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in December is an icon of Australia's summer sport. The course covers a distance of 628 nautical miles from Sydney Harbour to the East coast of Australia, Bass Strait, the Tasmanian east coast, Storm Bay, Derwent River and finally Battery Point in Hobart, Tasmania. ... 44th Race — 1988 — 119 starting fleet ...

  5. List of Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race winners

    This is a list of Winners for the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race since 1945. Line honours winners. Year Sail number Yacht State/country Yacht type LOA (Metres) Skipper Elapsed time d:hh:mm:ss ... 1988 SM 80 Illusion: Davidson 34 10.20 Gino Knezic IOR 3:18:20:35 1989 KA SM 2 RFD Ultimate Challenge: Dubois One Tonner 12.17 Lou Abrahams IOR 3:02:18 ...

  6. Illusion back for another crack at Sydney-Hobart

    One of the smallest yachts to win overall honours in the Sydney to Hobart race will compete again this year after a long absence. Illusion won the bluewater classic in 1988 and last competed in 1990.

  7. 1988 Overall winner Illusion heading for Hobart again

    'Illusion No Mirage' read the headline in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 'Offshore ' yachting magazine of February/March 1989, reporting on the rugged 1988 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The 34-footer Illusion from Melbourne had taken out Overall first place under the IOR handicap system, Victoria's then second only Overall win ...

  8. Sydney to Hobart 1998 storm tragedy: Heroes, survivors remember

    Davidson is talking about the crew of the Stand Aside, one of the stricken yachts in the 1998 Sydney to Hobart ocean race. The 1998 Sydney to Hobart turned to tragedy when it was struck by a ...

  9. Famous Australian Yacht Race Remembers 1998 Tragedy

    FILE - The injured crew of demasted Australian yacht "Stand Aside" await rescue by helicopter as they tow a life-raft in Bass Strait during the Sydney-to-Hobart ocean race, Dec. 27, 1998. SYDNEY ...

  10. 75 years of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

    The current race record was set in 2017 by LDV Comanche, at one day, 9 hours, 15 minutes and 24 seconds - an unthinkable record for those who sailed in the very first race 75 years ago. Nine-times Sydney to Hobart line honours champion Wild Oats XI in 2015. Image courtesy Andrea Francolini. The first 'Hobart' sailors were friends from the ...

  11. Flashback: The 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race tragedy

    The start of the race, Boxing Day 1998. Simon Alekna. A fateful decision by five shipwrecked Sydney-Hobart yachtsmen to cut an air hole in the floor of their overturned life raft ended in three of ...

  12. The dangerous storm during the 1998 Sydney to Hobart yacht race

    Very large text size. Boxing Day dawned hot but clear over the mainland harbour city for the start of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart race. The nor'east sea breeze was building and most sailors on the ...

  13. Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, 1998

    An unusually strong low pressure depression developed which resulted in mid-summer snow across parts of south-east Australia. The weather system built into a...

  14. The deadly Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race (1998)

    To mark the 20th anniversary of the deadly 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, Four Corners unearthed this archive episode investigating what happened in that ...

  15. Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race: 70 Years

    Yacht Race to Tasmania: It is expected that an Ocean Yacht Race may take place from Sydney to Hobart, probably starting on December 26, 1945. Yachtsmen desirous of competing should contact Vice President Mr P Luke …. Entries close December 1 1945. From these small beginnings the cruise became a race and Captain Illingworth helped with the ...

  16. Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race.Start. December 26, 1988

    Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race.Start. December 26, 1988. . Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images. Pricing. Boards. AI Generator. Sign in. ... Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race.Start. December 26, 1988. (Photo by Antonin Cermak/Fairfax Media via Getty Images). Save. Embed. PURCHASE A LICENSE. Standard editorial rights;

  17. WAS 1998 THE MOST DIFFICULT SYDNEY TO HOBART RACE.

    While the 1998 Sydney to Hobart was the most deadliest Sydney to Hobart yacht race it wasn't the most difficult race, it ranks as the 4th most difficult. In 1998, at the starters' gun, 114 yachts took off through Sydney Harbour and out into the Tasman Sea, to make the 628-nautical mile passage to the south-east of Tasmania. In what became the deadliest incident in Australian sailing history ...

  18. Sydney Hobart Programs

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  19. Sydney to Hobart 75 Years

    In this, its 75th year, the Sydney to Hobart race fields 170 local and international teams. Also included in the 75th year commemorative program for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2019 is a display of photographs by acclaimed yachting photographer Richard Bennett in the museum's Yots Café during December 2019 to January 2020. Richard's ...

  20. Code 1: Minute by Minute: Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race of 1998 (Channel

    Code 1: Minute by Minute: Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race of 1998 airs Thursday 30 November 2023 on Channel Seven. What is this episode about A "super cell" storm caused enormous waves in the Bass Strait shortly after the annual Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race began. The rescue operation involved thirty aircraft. First responders and […]

  21. 1992 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

    The 1992 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Kodak, was the 48th annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. As in past editions of the race, it was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney, New South Wales. As with previous Sydney to Hobart Yacht Races, the 1992 edition began on Sydney ...

  22. 1985-86 AWA Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

    The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is one of the world's great annual blue water yacht races. Each year the world's great racing yachts congregate in Sydney Harbour to compete in the unpredictable seas off the west coast of Australia in a 630 nautical mile race to the tiny Constitution Dock in Hobart, capital of Australia's southern island, Tasmania. For the 1985-86 Race (it started ...