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Whatever the results of the Rolex Sydney Hobart, one thing is certain - when the race starts at 1300 AEDT on Boxing Day it will capture the imagination of sailors and spectators worldwide. As this year’s activities are being run as a COVID Safe event, we would request that spectators are mindful of social distancing requirements and join the millions of viewers who tune into the action on TV and online.

When the fleet for this year's race jostles for position on four start lines around Shark Island, you'll want to be in prime position yourself. To get the full dose of race atmosphere you need to grab a spot on North or South Head, or even join the action on the water among the colourful spectator fleet (which includes craft of all shapes and sizes from ferries to kayaks and even the odd water taxi). But if you're not lucky enough to be there in person when the starting cannon fires, don't worry - there are plenty of ways to follow the race, no matter where you are.

If you've got access to a boat then you can be on the water with the fleet for the start of the race. Spectator craft positioned in the eastern channel can watch the race begin and then follow the fleet down the harbour to the Heads and out to sea. Once underway the fleet can move fast, so if you want to catch the leaders sail through the Heads, it's advisable to get well down the harbour towards Middle Head before the start. At the Heads keep well clear of the rounding marks.

If you only plan on watching the start, and don't wish to follow the fleet, then stick to the western side of the harbour. Good vantage points for spectator boats include Taylors Bay, Chowder Bay, Obelisk Bay and North Head on the west and Rose Bay, Watsons Bay, Camp Cove and South Head to the east.

The Harbour will be very crowded and traffic can be chaotic so stay alert, follow the advice of race officials and remember to keep well clear of the exclusion zone between 12pm and 2pm.

The Jackson  is the only public and official spectator vessel permitted within the Sydney Harbour exclusion zone for the exciting race start.

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On Television

The Seven Network, through 7Mate, will once again broadcast the start of the race live around Australia. 

ABC TV will also be following the fleet down the eastern seaboard and provide all the in-race news footage that is used by the various Australian and International news networks.

For those who can't get to watch the live broadcast of the start of the Race on the Seven Network across Australia, Seven West Media will webcast the program. You can also watch a webcast of the live broadcast on the home page of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race website.

If you miss the live webcast, don't worry, a replay of the start programme will be available on this site, and our friends at Seven West Media will be making a replay available shortly after the live webcast concludes and will be available for the duration of the race. 

Included on the website is the complete list of yachts entered, along with a photograph and description of each boat, a crew list, and the boat's performance data, predicted finishing time and standing for both Line Honours and Handicap Division which is updated every 10 minutes.

There's also archival data including results of past races since the first in 1945, the weather they encountered; a summary of line and overall handicap winners of those races; historical reports and statistical information; designers of those line and overall winners; and profiles of some of the race luminaries over the years.

You'll also be able to follow the event on twitter for race updates http://twitter.com/rshyr  and via Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RolexSydneyHobart  

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The Yacht Tracker page allows viewers to track the entire fleet or a particular boat from start to finish. Yacht Tracker uses a specially designed tool that calculates the predicted results for each and every boat in the fleet, so you can see how each boat is performing.

Each yacht will be fitted with a tracker that will obtain a position using the GPS satellite network, and then transmit that position back to HQ using the Iridium satellite network.

Each yacht's position is then visualised on the race yacht tracker map or overlaid on Google Earth. In addition, the yacht tracker system also shows distance to finish line and progressive corrected time positions under the IRC, ORCi and PHS handicap divisions

To do this, the tracker is configured to automatically update the yacht's latitude, longitude, course over ground and speed over ground - and transmits that information via satellite to a land station.  From there, the data is transferred to the website, which shows in text and graphics each yacht's position in the fleet, its place relative to other boats and known geographic features, and the speed currently being achieved over the land, as well as the direction in which the boat is sailing.

Viewers may view the yachts on a chart through Yacht Tracker or separately on Google Earth. Line honours and progressive predicted corrected times under the IRC, PHS and ORCi handicap categories are updated every 10 minutes.

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Why are sails in black? How can I livetrack yachts? Here's your Sydney to Hobart 2023 pocket guide

You may have missed the ceremonial cannon, but it's not too late to get up to speed with the sailing event of the year.

With poor weather forecast, there's a good chance the race will drag out for longer than expected.

So here's what you need to know on day two of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

How long will it go on for?

It's hard to say. Historically, these races have gone on for days.

The voyage measures 628 nautical miles, which is 1,163 kilometres away.

It is expected that the winner would be able to complete the race within 48 hours.

However, with an unfavourable weather forecast outlining threats of storm activity, erratic winds and possible hail that might not be the case.

Comanche, now known as Andoo Comanche, holds the record for completing the race in one day nine hours, 15 minutes and 24 second back in 2017 when skippered by Jim Cooney.

How can I track the boats online?

You can follow along each vessel's journey using this online tracker .

The yachts have GPS devices installed on them which will allow you to track their position in real-time.

You can also track the yachts via the  Marine Traffic website .

How many yachts participated this year?

Over 100 boats ranging from supermaxis – typically boats over 21 metres long – to smaller yachts are contending in the 78th Sydney to Hobart.

The smallest boats in the fleet are a pair of 30 footers while the largest are about 100 foot in length.

There are 21 two-handed crews (two-person team) and 10 international crews this year.

Here's the  full list of participants this year.

As of 12pm AEDT, there have been eight retirements: Arcadia, Currawong, Maritimo 52, Pacman, Sticky, Rum Rebellion, Georgia Express and line honours favourite SHK Scallywag with a broken bow sprit.

How much will the winner get?

There are no prize money for winners but it's not just all showmanship either.

Crews are competing for trophies across several categories , with the two main ones to keep an eye out for being Line Honours (first across the line) and Overall (winner decided based on handicap).

The first yacht across the line wins the JH Illingworth Challenge Cup, while the Overall winner on handicap wins the Tattersalls Cup.

As of 12pm AEDT, Andoo Comanche and LawConnect were the two supermaxis most likely to take Line Honours.

Here are the main contenders for the Overall title.

• Alive (2018 winner, a Tasmanian boat)
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Why are there sails in black?

Many yachts are sporting black carbon fibre sails in the race and that's intentional.

The carbon filaments which are glued together provide strength to sustain the long journey.

Black, on the other hand, protects the sails against the sun's harmful UV rays, making them much more durable. 

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About the race, “a buglight for weirdos with boats”.

The Singlehanded Sailing Society puts on the Singlehanded TransPacific race every two years, ever since the first race, way back in 1978. Since then, more people have made it to outer space than have raced singlehanded from San Francisco to Hawaii. But, if you like to sail by yourself, paradoxically, you’re still in good company. As Greg Morris, a five time racer, so aptly put it after completing the 1998 race on a Moore 24, “The TransPac is a Buglight for Weirdos with Boats.” These Weirdos will likely turn in to some of your best friends.

RACE THE BOAT YOU HAVE

The race is open to ocean-going boats and skippers. This is not an event catering to the latest and greatest go-fast machines, but rather attracts the adventurous skippers (a.k.a. Weirdos) that want to test themselves out on the Big Blue, and do it in the boats they already own. It’s a long way from here to there. Singlehanding doesn’t make the race any easier; every skipper is navigating, cooking, sailing hard, all the while fixing what breaks along the way, but as long as you and your boat meet the safety requirements, you are set. No foils needed.

AN ADVENTURE (OF A LIFETIME)

The camaraderie amongst skippers begins even before the fleet assembles for race day inspection. At the docks, competitors fine tune last minute preparations, and it’s great to visit the other entries to see the varying solutions to shared problems. Where does one best stow the “dog” food? How many spinnakers will fit in the forepeak? Who is carrying ice cream to Hawaii?

Making landfall in Hanalei Bay marks the completion of an enormous undertaking – a personal victory! By race finish, you will be a different person. You will know more about yourself, your boat, your competitors, and what lies beyond the horizon. As Mike Jefferson put it in his 1996 race log, “Offshore sailing by oneself is a strenuous test of a person’s inner character. Technical skill and experience are, of course, very useful.” If you didn’t get enough on the way there, there’s always the sail home. Though not part of the race itself, the return trip becomes a significant part of the experience.

This Year’s Lineup of Buglighters!

Horizon — Benenteau First 305   Piyush Arora , San Francisco, CA Coyote Point YC, SSS Previous SHTPs: none At age 39, Piyush Arora is perhaps the youngest of this year’s fleet. When asked why he’s taking on this challenge, he replies: “We (my boat and I) expect to find out during the voyage, and I sure hope that the answer will be revealed. His strategy for the race is to “Go west and don’t do anything silly. Since this is my first long passage, my goal would be to keep it simple, find decent wind, and sail Horizon somewhat conservatively. 

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Such Fast — 1D35 David Garman , Renton, WA Des Moines YC, SSS Previous SHTPs: 2016 David Garman gets asked all the time why he’s doing this. “No answer I give seems to satisfy the one asking. But the ocean calls you, and you either live big and go, or you spend the rest of your life wondering.” He has 40+ years of ocean experience, including racing, deliveries and his 2016 SHTP aboard the Santa Cruz 27 Giant Slayer.

David Garmin

Eos — Cal 2-34 Mike Smith , Brisbane, CA Sierra Point YC Previous SHTPs: none “The Singlehanded Sailing Society has proved to be the best group of folks I have ever met,” says Mike Smith. “They have helped me learn a huge amount about singlehanded sailing. Working through the Farallones Race and the LongPac last year as qualifiers helped me get my safety systems in place.

Tortuga — Westsail 32 Randy Leasure , San Francisco SSS, Island YC, Westsail Owners Association Previous SHTPs: 2012, 2016 “I love the experience of ocean sailing and racing,” says Randy Leasure. “Being completely responsible for everything on the boat is overwhelming, but it is also incredibly rewarding and provides a completely unique sense of accomplishment.” He’s done two previous SHTPs on Tortuga and doublehanded last year’s Pacific Cup on a friend’s boat. “I also have my USCG 100-ton masters license, and I captain for a few local charter companies sometimes.”

Randy Leasure

Elmach — X-Yachts XC-42 Christophe Desage , Vancouver, BC Royal Vancouver YC Previous SHTPs: none “I like the challenge and pushing the envelope,” says Christophe Desage. “This will keep me out of my comfort zone. We’ll see about the race, but if half of the fun is to get prepared, this will be lots of fun!”

Christophe Desage

Siren — Santa Cruz 33 Brendan Huffman , Los Angeles Del Rey YC, Blue Water Cruising Club, Cruising Club of America Previous SHTPs: 2021 Brendan Huffman is sailing the SHTP again “to see if I could do better than last time with more experience, preparation and wisdom.” In addition to the last SHTP, he’s completed five Pacific Cups, two Transpacs and 10 Mexico races.

Brendan Huffman

Jamani — J/120 Sean Mulvihill , San Francisco, CA San Francisco YC Previous SHTPs: none “I love sailing, the ocean and this boat,” says Sean Mulvihill. Included in his vast sailing experience are two crewed Transpac races from L.A. to Honolulu, two crewed Pacific Cups, two doublehanded Pac Cups, four deliveries from Hawaii to California, many Farallon, Half Moon Bay, Lightship and Bay races — crewed, doublehanded and solo.

Sean Mulvihill

Iniscaw — Martin 32,  Max Crittenden , Oceanside, CA Pacific Singlehanded Sailing Association Previous SHTPs: 2010 When he retired, Max Crittenden relocated from the Bay Area to SoCal. He’s sailing in the SHTP because, “The last time was such a great experience, I want to have that feeling at least once more.” He started sailing at age 11. “My dad caught the bug and dragged the family along.” To prepare for this race, Max has been doing some cycling, weight-lifting and other exercises. “Lately Aaron, my cat, has helped with sleep training by waking me up every half hour.”

Max Crittenden

Lohengrin — Swan 371 Greg Mardock , Portland, OR Sauvie Island YC Previous SHTPs: none When he originally signed up for the SHTP in 2021, Greg Mardock told us that he’s doing this race as a retirement treat. His previous experience includes coastal cruising, the Pacific Cup, Hobie Cat sailing, miscellaneous deliveries, yearly trips from Oregon up the Washington coast to the San Juans, and local river sailing. He plans to be safe, keep things simple, finish, and have fun.

Greg Mardock

Perplexity — Express 37-1 John Wilkerson, Port Madison, Bainbridge Island, WA Port Madison YC Previous SHTPs: 2021 John Wilkerson hopes to sail a better race than he did in 2021. Since then, he also completed the 2022 Pacific Cup. As a shakedown cruise, he’ll sail Perplexity down the coast from Washington. His strategy is to take one day at a time, and “appreciate being out there.” Provisioning will include Tasty Bite meals, ramen and Oreos.

John Wilkerson

Reverie — Tartan 41 Alexander Benderskii , Los Angeles Pacific Singlehanded Sailing Association Previous SHTPs: none “I love the Hawaiian islands,” says Alexander Benderskii, “but I do not like flying. His strategy for the race is to talk with people who’ve done it before and listen to Stan Honey (and other Transpac/Pac Cup) seminars on YouTube.

Alexander Benderskii

Green Buffalo — Cal 40   Jim Quanci , Point Richmond, CA RYC, SSS, Pacific Cup YC, Cruising Club of America Previous SHTPs: 2012 (overall winner), 2021 In contrast to some of the skippers, Jim Quanci will sail to Hawaii and back yet again this summer in order to relax. You see, he’s been around this block a time or two (19 to be exact). He’s looking forward to disconnecting from “the buzz — (email, social, text, mobile…)”

Green Buffalo

Tony Bourque , Point Richmond, CA, Freedom 40/40 “ Circe “ Richmond Yacht Club, Singlehanded Sailing Society Previous SHTPs: none To Tony Bourque, the Singlehanded Transpacific Race seems like an interesting and fulfilling challenge. “It is also a significant and serious adventure/challenge I am capable of achieving — unlike, say, climbing Mount Everest!” Tony has many years sailing locally on the Bay, ocean and Delta, singlehanded and crewed. He delivered his current boat from San Diego, and helped to deliver Green Buffalo from Hawaii to San Francisco. He completed his 400-mile solo-sail qualifier in April.

Tony Bourque

Solstice  1962 Cal 40 Michael Polkabla is from Pacific Grove and has been sailing since age 12. He has recently competed and won the 2021 Singlehanded Season Championship at MPYC on Monterey Bay, Consisting of 5 long distance events, and routinely competes singlehanded against fully crewed teams on Monterey Bay 2020 to present.

Michael Polkabla

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  Chris Jordan , Point Richmond/San Francisco The Pork Chop Express — Express 27  SSS Previous SHTPs: none “I’ve been considering this race since the late ’90s, when winning may have been paramount,” says Chris Jordan. “Now I’d just like to sail smart and turn in a good time with little breakage. The Express is a fun boat on this course, so I’m looking forward to some good surfing sessions.”

Chris Jordan

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  Gary Burton , Brookings, OR Elizabeth Ann — Westsail 32 Previous SHTPs: 2014, 2016 For Gary Burton, the SHTP is always on the radar, and things have worked out to go this year. Gary grew up lake sailing with his family and has 15 years of ocean experience. His current training has included trail walking and practice sailing.

Gary Burton

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At the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Women Are Making Their Mark

The event is attracting more female skippers than in previous years, and many own the boats.

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The skippers competing in the annual Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race dream of winning a top trophy in this challenging offshore race. This year, 10 of them will be women.

While a female-skippered team has not won the Tattersall Cup, which is awarded to the race’s overall winner, more women have been competing in the race as skippers the last few years. It reflects the expanding ranks in sailing of experienced women, the creation of the race’s two-handed class and an uptick in the number of female boat owners.

Women have been participating in the Sydney Hobart race since 1946, with Jane Tate aboard the Active and Dagmar O’Brien on the Connella. The first all-women’s team, skippered by Vicki Willman, raced in 1975 aboard Barbarian, a 38-foot yacht.

This year, 10 women plan to compete as skippers and co-skippers. This follows an upward trend: nine women raced in 2022 as skippers and co-skippers, and seven competed in 2021. In 2019, this number was six, while three competed in the 2017 and 2018 events.

“It is a changed world for the better,” said Adrienne Cahalan , a two-time Tattersall Cup-winning navigator. She plans to start her 31st race — a record for women — as navigator aboard the 66-foot yacht Alive this year.

“Women are accepted as equal players and leaders,” Cahalan said of the race, noting that women are underrepresented in the Sydney Hobart only among the professional and big-boat crews.

The race, which starts on Tuesday, began in 1945 and is a serious affair. Six sailors died and five yachts sank in the 1998 event. Veterans call it one of the world’s greatest, and hardest , offshore races.

The 628-nautical-mile course begins in Sydney Harbor . After exiting protected waters, teams turn south-southwest and race down the New South Wales coastline, before crossing Bass Strait. This shallow-water swath separates Australia from Tasmania and can sometimes create boat-breaking waves.

Then, navigators approach Tasman Island before the boats make the final 40-mile push across Storm Bay and up the River Derwent to Hobart.

For women, a big part of their overall increase as skippers, sailors said, was because of an inclusive and welcoming community that helped create opportunities.

“There’s a women’s sailing network in Sydney where there’s a lot of engagement from females,” said Lt. Tori Costello, who plans to co-skipper the Royal Australian Navy’s 40-foot Navy One this year. “There’s been so many more females just being involved, being given opportunities to get out there and race.”

Sailors said this change was helped by the creation of women’s sailing events, including the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta and the Sydney Harbour Women’s Keelboat Series. They also cite SheSails, an Australian organization that encourages female participation in sailing, and several active women’s-sailing Facebook groups and clubs, as contributing factors.

Internationally, they point to the Magenta Project, which works to create better equity and inclusion within sailing, as another important element.

“Just about every sailing club I know of has a women’s group actively educating and providing opportunities for women” said Kathy Veel, the owner and a skipper of the 30-foot Currawong and a three-time race veteran. “There are now many very skilled, experienced yachtswomen who seek the challenge of being in charge.”

Another catalyst, sailors say, was the creation of the race’s two-handed class, which debuted in 2021. While most boats racing to Hobart have a full crew, two-handed teams race with just two people.

“Even if you don’t own the boat, the second person in most cases is a co-skipper,” said Wendy Tuck, the first woman to win an around-the-world race as skipper and a two-time two-handed class veteran. “It is a great opportunity.”

While two-handed sailing doubles the number of skipper roles, it requires, and breeds, a high level of competency and trust.

“Two-handed racing is a great format for fast-tracking skills in all aspects of sailing and seamanship,” Veel said.

After all, one skipper often sleeps while the other stands watch.

Many yachts that compete in the two-handed class are about 30 to 40 feet long. This matters, as their smaller sails generate less load than the bigger yachts.

“The smaller size of most two-handed boats makes them very manageable for female sailors,” Bridget Canham said. In 2022, she and Veel became the first all-women’s two-handed team to complete the race; they plan to compete together again this year.

Annika Thomson, skipper and an owner of the 52-foot Ocean Crusaders J-Bird, said that it was not as daunting to race two-handed aboard the smaller boats. She would know: In 2022, Thomson and her husband, Ian, raced their 52-footer two-handed to Hobart.

She was skipper.

“It’s not recommended,” she said as a joke, of racing a big, powerful boat double-handed to Hobart. “We did it, now we forgot all about it.”

This year, Thomson plans to skipper her boat with a crew of 11, including her husband, who will navigate.

While professionally-run yachts often hire professional skippers, many amateur teams are led by owner-skippers.

“Sometimes to take on a leadership role a person needs to create their own opportunities,” Cahalan said. “For example, by buying or chartering your own boat and putting your own team together.”

She isn’t alone in this thinking: Seven of the nine female-led boats are racing with full crews.

“My thought is always, and always has been, if I want to skipper a yacht, I probably need to own it,” Thomson said. “The more women that own yachts, the more women who are encouraged to buy their own yachts.”

Case in point: Of the nine female-led yachts, seven are owned or co-owned by women. These include Thomson’s 52-footer, Hilary Arthure’s 35-foot Wyuna, and Jiang Lin’s 34-foot Min River.

There’s more than pride in vessel ownership at stake. The Sydney Hobart race can award dozens of trophies. Of these, three are specifically reserved for women

For some skippers, these aren’t enough.

“While these trophies are great in that they acknowledge the women who were pioneers and role models in the sport, the prize women really want to win now is the Tattersall Cup,” Veel said.

“I think it’s much more likely a female two-handed boat could win a division,” she said, pointing to the costs and complexities of campaigning a competitive yacht. “But I don’t want to rule anything out.”

Thomson was more optimistic. “It would be really cool if someone took it up this year,” she said, referring to the Tattersall Cup.

Still, she was realistic.

“How long is a piece of string?” she asked, using an Australian phrase meaning that something is only finished when it’s finished.

Trophies aside, sailors said the real rewards of skippering a yacht in this race were camaraderie, teamwork and the chance to lead a team through a demanding test.

Half of the race is “not the best times, and you’re questioning why you’re doing it,” said Costello of the often-rough conditions. “It comes back down to those moments where you’re wide-eyed and it’s a bit crazy out there, and everyone has that knowing look like, ‘OK, we’re going to get through this.’”

And, with more women taking on this leadership challenge, sailors said the race’s future had never looked more inclusive.

“Women are a big part of the population, so we aren’t going anywhere,” said Tuck, who plans to start her 16th race this year as a watch captain aboard Disko Trooper, a 32-footer. “Well, yes,” she corrected, “we are going to Hobart.”

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Pushkino, Russia

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This public space was developed by FK-ramps in 2019 in Pushkino, Moscow region. It has an asphalt pumptrack of 350m2 with surrounding terraced chill-space on the entrance of a shopping mall.

Pushkino, Moscow

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Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2023

VIDEO | 2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - Start Replay

• 26 Dec, 2023 02:30:00 PM

Watch a replay of the live broadcast of the start of the race

Congratulations to all the divisional winners of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2023

PHOTOS | 2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart Official Prizegiving

PHOTOS | Day 5 Morning - Tasman Island and Storm Bay

PHOTOS | Day 5 and Day 6 finishers

PHOTOS | Official Presentation of Tattersall Cup and Rolex Timepiece to the Overall Winner

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VIDEO | Race Update - 31 December Morning

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• Line Honours

Full Standings available approximately three hours after the start.

OFFICIAL ROLEX SYDNEY HOBART MERCHANDISE

Shop the official clothing range of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in person at the Club in New South Head Road, Darling Point or online below.  

From casual to technical clothing, there is something for all occasions. Be quick as stock is limited!