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  4. InfoTrack, Scallywag duel for Sydney-Hobart yacht race lead

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  5. Fleet sails south from Sydney Harbour to Hobart in 2022 Yacht Race

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  1. 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, on Boxing Day and finishing in Hobart, Tasmania. The race distance is approximately 630 nautical miles (1,170 km). [1] The race is run in conjunction with the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, and is widely ...

  2. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2023

    This morning four yachts remain at sea in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Jason Bond's Beneteau First 47.7 Enigma (NSW) and Kiwi husband and wife, Michael and Tracey Carter on Allegresse, both due to finish today. Read Full Story. 01 Jan, 2024 08:59:00 AM.

  3. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Latest updates and live boat cam coverage

    The 2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will go down in history as a "Big Boat" race with the top three yachts all being over 60ft and early finishers. The smaller boats in the race encountered head winds of 35-45kts and rough seas - making it impossible to finish ahead of their deadlines to take the top trophy, the Tattersall Cup.

  4. From the Archives, 1946: The story of the first Sydney to Hobart race

    The crew of winning yacht Rani are pictured on their arrival in Hobart on January 1, 1946 Sydney Morning Herald Archives. Such equipment as suffered damage was, generally speaking, running gear ...

  5. Dramatic start to Sydney to Hobart yacht race with close calls and wild

    Andoo Comanche sails through Sydney Harbour during the start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Boxing Day 2023. ... the line then made the best of a change in the wind to pass the heads first.

  6. Sydney to Hobart yacht race: LawConnect wins Sydney to Hobart line

    In a finish for the ages, LawConnect has sensationally overtaken Andoo Comanche in the final moments to snatch line honours in the 2023 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.

  7. Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 2023: Live updates, results, retirements

    Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 2023 as it happened: Andoo Comanche holds slender lead, Olympian among three more retirements By Billie Eder and Dan Walsh Updated December 27, 2023 — 9.05pm first ...

  8. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2023

    The 628 nautical mile course is often described as the most gruelling long ocean race in the world, a challenge to everyone who takes part. Scallywag and Wild Oats XI at the start in 2016. Matador surfing their way to Hobart. Tasman Island. From the spectacular start in Sydney Harbour, the fleet sails out into the Tasman Sea, down the south ...

  9. Sydney to Hobart yacht race: How two days of sailing came down to just

    Sydney to Hobart yacht race: How two days of sailing came down to just 51 seconds. LawConnect crossed the finish line first, followed seconds later by Andoo Comanche. (Supplied: CYCA)

  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. Sydney to Hobart yacht race: A tight race to the finish line in

    As defending champion Andoo Comanche and fellow supermaxi LawConnect battle it out for line honours in this year's Sydney to Hobart yacht race, organisers ar...

  12. Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 2023: Live updates, results, retirements

    Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 2023 as it happened: LawConnect wins line honours in thrilling finish against Andoo Comanche By Billie Eder Updated December 28, 2023 — 10.32am first published at 5.46am

  13. Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race: 70 Years

    The crew of Wayfarer in the 1945 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race: (Left to right) Geoff Ruggles, Len Willsford, Brigadier A.G. Mills, Peter Luke (at rear), Bill Lieberman, Fred Harris. Courtesy Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. That first race encapsulated many features now associated with the event, and in hindsight was a warning of things to come.

  14. Sydney to Hobart yacht race

    Race record holder Andoo Comanche holds the lead on the Sydney to Hobart yacht race — and favourable winds have it close to beating its own record pace from 2017. Look back at how the race ...

  15. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2023

    Thank You for making the 2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - A Race for the Ages. ... This morning four yachts remain at sea in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Jason Bond's Beneteau First 47.7 Enigma (NSW) and Kiwi husband and wife, Michael and Tracey Carter on Allegresse, both due to finish ...

  16. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2023

    The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will again start in accordance with tradition with the firing of a starting cannon. The start will be at 1.00pm on Boxing Day, 26 December. The fleet will start from start lines off Nielsen Park with boats on the northern line rounding "Victor Mark" and boats on the southern lines rounding "X-Ray Mark", at the ...

  17. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

    Once a year, Sydney's harbour is overtaken by yachts in every direction by the Sydney Hobart race. The grand prize is the Tattersall Cup, which gives boats handicaps given size and speed. The real race, though, is for 'line honours,' the reward given to the first yacht that makes it to the finishing line.

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

    Combine your enthusiasm for expedition cruising with this epic yacht race with The Yachtsman's Cruise: Sydney to Hobart voyage departing 26 December on expedition ship Coral Discoverer. Described as the most gruelling ocean race in the world, the 75th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in 2019 will see 170 yachts cross the start line in Sydney ...

  19. Sydney to Hobart yacht race: everything you need to know

    Sydney to Hobart yacht race: everything you need to know. Sydney Harbour will shine on Boxing Day as tens of thousands gather on shores, boats and down the coast to watch more than 100 magnificent ...

  20. Sydney to Hobart yacht race

    The cannon sounds and they are off in the Sydney to Hobart for another year. (Rolex/Studio Borlenghi) From its beginning in 1945, the Sydney to Hobart yacht race remains one of the pinnacles for ...

  21. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2023

    The 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race got off to a fast and dramatic start today. The assisting downwind conditions once the boats turned right at the Heads could see the first boat cross the finish line as early as tomorrow night. The 1pm start on Sydney Harbour got underway in north to north easterly 10-15 knot winds, under glorious sun and ...

  22. Happy Go takes the Double

    HONG KONG, March 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — For the first time in 14 years, the Line Honours winner of the Rolex China Sea Race has 'done the double' and picked up the IRC Overall as well! ... Today, Rolex is Title Sponsor of 15 major international events - from leading offshore races such as the annual Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and ...

  23. Let the Games Begin at the 2024 Rolex China Sea Race

    Speaking at the Rolex China Sea Race press conference at Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club today, first-time ... from leading offshore races such as the annual Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and the ...

  24. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2023

    CQS laying over on Sydney Harbour. The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is a classic long ocean race open to anyone who owns a yacht that qualifies for this challenging event and which meets all the safety requirements of a Category 1 safety race. In the earliest years of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, all the yachts were built from timber - heavy ...

  25. Yacht Mark Twain being refurbished in bid to compete in Sydney to

    Once a fine racing yacht, the Mark Twain had fallen into disrepair in port at George Town in recent years. From its first entry in the Sydney to Hobart in 1971, the boat long held the steadily ...

  26. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2023

    Race Organiser Notes. Arcadia - Retired - mainsail damage. Bacardi - Retired - rigging damage. Currawong (TH) - Retired - electrical issues. Georgia Express - Retired - rigging issues. Maritimo 52 - Retired - rigging damage. Millennium Falcon - Retired - crew illness. Pacman (TH) - Retired - runner damage.