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List of Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race winners
This is a list of Winners for the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race since 1945. [1] Line honours winners. Year Sail number Yacht State/country Yacht type LOA (Metres) Skipper Elapsed time d:hh:mm:ss ... 1984 KZ 5555 Lion New Zealand: Holland Whitbread Maxi 23.90 Peter Blake: 3:11:31:21 1985 1400 Apollo: Lexcen Maxi 21.60 Warwick Rooklyn 3:04:32:28 ...
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 1984
From KEVIN WHALAN in Wollongong. A HELMSMAN from the Sydney-Hobart yacht race competitor Andromeda was taken to hospital after the crippled boat limped into Wollongong Harbor yesterday. Sean Langman, 22, of Sydney suburb Rhodes, was asleep on the cabin floor after his watch when the mast broke in a huge swell, spearing into his head as it fell.
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is an annual oceanic yacht racing event hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney, ... New Zealand in 1980 and 1984 were different yachts. Brindabella in 1991 & 1997 were different yachts. Records and statistics. Wild Oats XI, the 2005-2008, ...
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. ... 40th Race — 1984 — 151 starting fleet ...
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Results
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Results from its beginning in 1945. SYDNEY TO HOBART YACHT RACE. This renowned yachting challenge was initiated in 1945 and begins each Boxing Day (26th. December) when competitors leave Sydney Harbour on a 628 nautical mile challenge to Hobart in Tasmania. ... 1984: New Zealand: 3: 11.31: Indian Pacific: 1985 ...
History & Archives
The CYCA dock ahead of the 1984 SHYR. Photo: David Colfelt The 1946 SHYR fleet moored in Constitution Dock after the Race. CYCA Life Member Merv Davey in the cap and Davey Jones on the tiller of Trade Winds in the 1950s. ... In 1945 a planned cruise to Hobart quickly turned into a race and the famous Sydney Hobart Yacht Race was born.
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151 starters in 1984 (46 finished) Boat designers - most overall wins: Bruce Farr / Farr Yacht Design - 21 since 1976; Sparkman & Stephens - 8 (1967, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1983, 2006) ... The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is organised by Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
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 ...
PDF Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Statistics 1945
Largest fleets: 371 starters in the 50th race in 1994 (309 finished); 179 starters in 1985 (145 finished); 151 starters in 1984 (46 finished), 117 in 2014 (103 finished) Smallest fleet: Nine starters in the inaugural Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in 1945 . Largest number of international entries: In 2015 and 2017 there were 27, including the 12
Sydney to Hobart: a past and a present winner
Last year's Rolex Sydney to Hobart winner, Darryl Hodgkinson's Victoire, is raced by a 'Corinthian' crew - a team of amateurs who are at the top of their roles, sailing in a 2006 New Zealand-built yacht. It was marketed by Cookson Yachts as a turbo-charged cruiser-racer. It sports a canting keel and canard centerboard, carbon spars ...
Lindsay May
Lindsay Bruce May OAM is an Australian sailor, known for his achievements in offshore yacht racing including 3 Overall Wins & 1 Line Honours win in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race as well as holding the record for the most consecutive races sailed. [1] [2] [3]As an offshore sailor & navigator, May has sailed in many of the world's most regarded regattas & races including the Admirals Cup ...
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024
1984 Photographs. NEWS; 01 Jan, 1985 10:17:00 PM; 1984 Photographs. View all photos ... 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. ...
PDF Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Statistics (1945 -2019)
starters in 1984 (46 finished); 147 started in 1979 (142 finished) . Largest fleet post-2000: 116 in 2004 (59 finished); 117 in 2014 (103 finished); 157 in 2019 (154 finished) Smallest fleet: Nine starters in the inaugural Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in 1945. Largest number of international entries: In 2015 and 2017 there were 27,
Sydney to Hobart yacht race
In 1984, a fleet of 150 yachts started, but 104 retired in the face of 'strong to gale force' southerly winds that battered the fleet. ... while the race itself was, in 2008, the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, after the race's organiser, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, negotiated a multi-year sponsorship deal with the prominent ...
Dual Sydney Hobart winner Westward gifted to Maritime Museum in Hobart
The cutter Westward, the only Tasmanian yacht to have twice won the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on handicap, today made an historic return to Constitution Dock on Hobart's waterfront more than 60 years after winning the bluewater classic in 1947 and 1948. The entry in the Dock, the traditional berth from yachts finishing the Sydney Hobart Race ...
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024
The countdown is officially on! In just 100 days, the starting cannon will signal the beginning of the 79th edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. On December 26th, the world's top sailors will once again converge in Sydney Harbour, ready to embark on one of the most iconic and challenging ...
Rolex Sydney Hobart: 50 years on from New Zealand's treble
The first two-handed entry to finish the 2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race Rupert Henry believes his two-handed boat, Mistral, can one day win the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race overall after he sailed the Lombard 34 to an impressive finish today. Posted on 30 Dec 2023 RSHYR 2023 | Bow Caddy Media arrivals videos
Under 100 Days to the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024
With now only 99 days remaining until the start of the 79th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, this year's field of competitors is shaping up to be one of the most exciting in recent memory. A total of 75 yachts have already registered, ranging from seasoned campaigners to first-time entrants - all gearing up for the 628 nautical-mile challenge. ...
1985-86 AWA Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race (1986)
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 ...
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. [1] 55 sailors were rescued in the largest peacetime search and rescue effort ever seen in ...
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 ...
1994 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
The 1994 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Kodak Gold, was the 50th 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 1994 edition began on Sydney Harbour, at noon on Boxing Day (26 December 1994 ...
Largest fleet to start the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
When. 01 January 0001. The largest number of vessels to start the annual Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is 371 in 1994. Of those, 309 finished the race. Records change on a daily basis and are not immediately published online. For a full list of record titles, please use our Record Application Search. (You will need to register / login for access)
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 1983
Modern Boating Magazine article re1983 Hobart. Condor and Nirvana Protest (Modern Boating Article) By 10.30 am on December 30, 54 yachts had berthed, Challenge was looking unbeatable and the protest hearing between Nirvana and Condor was due to start in the boardrooms of the Wrest Point Casino. Condor was represented by the outspoken Ted Turner ...
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 ...
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024: A Legendary Challenge Awaits
The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, one of the world's most iconic and challenging offshore races, is gearing up for its 79th edition, set to begin in less than 100 days on Thursday, 26 December 2024.This 628-nautical-mile event, known for its unforgiving conditions and competitive spirit, will once again capture the attention of sailors and spectators worldwide.
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This is a list of Winners for the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race since 1945. [1] Line honours winners. Year Sail number Yacht State/country Yacht type LOA (Metres) Skipper Elapsed time d:hh:mm:ss ... 1984 KZ 5555 Lion New Zealand: Holland Whitbread Maxi 23.90 Peter Blake: 3:11:31:21 1985 1400 Apollo: Lexcen Maxi 21.60 Warwick Rooklyn 3:04:32:28 ...
From KEVIN WHALAN in Wollongong. A HELMSMAN from the Sydney-Hobart yacht race competitor Andromeda was taken to hospital after the crippled boat limped into Wollongong Harbor yesterday. Sean Langman, 22, of Sydney suburb Rhodes, was asleep on the cabin floor after his watch when the mast broke in a huge swell, spearing into his head as it fell.
The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is an annual oceanic yacht racing event hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney, ... New Zealand in 1980 and 1984 were different yachts. Brindabella in 1991 & 1997 were different yachts. Records and statistics. Wild Oats XI, the 2005-2008, ...
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. ... 40th Race — 1984 — 151 starting fleet ...
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Results from its beginning in 1945. SYDNEY TO HOBART YACHT RACE. This renowned yachting challenge was initiated in 1945 and begins each Boxing Day (26th. December) when competitors leave Sydney Harbour on a 628 nautical mile challenge to Hobart in Tasmania. ... 1984: New Zealand: 3: 11.31: Indian Pacific: 1985 ...
The CYCA dock ahead of the 1984 SHYR. Photo: David Colfelt The 1946 SHYR fleet moored in Constitution Dock after the Race. CYCA Life Member Merv Davey in the cap and Davey Jones on the tiller of Trade Winds in the 1950s. ... In 1945 a planned cruise to Hobart quickly turned into a race and the famous Sydney Hobart Yacht Race was born.
151 starters in 1984 (46 finished) Boat designers - most overall wins: Bruce Farr / Farr Yacht Design - 21 since 1976; Sparkman & Stephens - 8 (1967, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1983, 2006) ... The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is organised by Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
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 ...
Largest fleets: 371 starters in the 50th race in 1994 (309 finished); 179 starters in 1985 (145 finished); 151 starters in 1984 (46 finished), 117 in 2014 (103 finished) Smallest fleet: Nine starters in the inaugural Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in 1945 . Largest number of international entries: In 2015 and 2017 there were 27, including the 12
Last year's Rolex Sydney to Hobart winner, Darryl Hodgkinson's Victoire, is raced by a 'Corinthian' crew - a team of amateurs who are at the top of their roles, sailing in a 2006 New Zealand-built yacht. It was marketed by Cookson Yachts as a turbo-charged cruiser-racer. It sports a canting keel and canard centerboard, carbon spars ...
Lindsay Bruce May OAM is an Australian sailor, known for his achievements in offshore yacht racing including 3 Overall Wins & 1 Line Honours win in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race as well as holding the record for the most consecutive races sailed. [1] [2] [3]As an offshore sailor & navigator, May has sailed in many of the world's most regarded regattas & races including the Admirals Cup ...
1984 Photographs. NEWS; 01 Jan, 1985 10:17:00 PM; 1984 Photographs. View all photos ... 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. ...
starters in 1984 (46 finished); 147 started in 1979 (142 finished) . Largest fleet post-2000: 116 in 2004 (59 finished); 117 in 2014 (103 finished); 157 in 2019 (154 finished) Smallest fleet: Nine starters in the inaugural Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in 1945. Largest number of international entries: In 2015 and 2017 there were 27,
In 1984, a fleet of 150 yachts started, but 104 retired in the face of 'strong to gale force' southerly winds that battered the fleet. ... while the race itself was, in 2008, the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, after the race's organiser, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, negotiated a multi-year sponsorship deal with the prominent ...
The cutter Westward, the only Tasmanian yacht to have twice won the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on handicap, today made an historic return to Constitution Dock on Hobart's waterfront more than 60 years after winning the bluewater classic in 1947 and 1948. The entry in the Dock, the traditional berth from yachts finishing the Sydney Hobart Race ...
The countdown is officially on! In just 100 days, the starting cannon will signal the beginning of the 79th edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. On December 26th, the world's top sailors will once again converge in Sydney Harbour, ready to embark on one of the most iconic and challenging ...
The first two-handed entry to finish the 2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race Rupert Henry believes his two-handed boat, Mistral, can one day win the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race overall after he sailed the Lombard 34 to an impressive finish today. Posted on 30 Dec 2023 RSHYR 2023 | Bow Caddy Media arrivals videos
With now only 99 days remaining until the start of the 79th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, this year's field of competitors is shaping up to be one of the most exciting in recent memory. A total of 75 yachts have already registered, ranging from seasoned campaigners to first-time entrants - all gearing up for the 628 nautical-mile challenge. ...
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 ...
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. [1] 55 sailors were rescued in the largest peacetime search and rescue effort ever seen in ...
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 ...
The 1994 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Kodak Gold, was the 50th 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 1994 edition began on Sydney Harbour, at noon on Boxing Day (26 December 1994 ...
When. 01 January 0001. The largest number of vessels to start the annual Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is 371 in 1994. Of those, 309 finished the race. Records change on a daily basis and are not immediately published online. For a full list of record titles, please use our Record Application Search. (You will need to register / login for access)
Modern Boating Magazine article re1983 Hobart. Condor and Nirvana Protest (Modern Boating Article) By 10.30 am on December 30, 54 yachts had berthed, Challenge was looking unbeatable and the protest hearing between Nirvana and Condor was due to start in the boardrooms of the Wrest Point Casino. Condor was represented by the outspoken Ted Turner ...
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 ...
The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, one of the world's most iconic and challenging offshore races, is gearing up for its 79th edition, set to begin in less than 100 days on Thursday, 26 December 2024.This 628-nautical-mile event, known for its unforgiving conditions and competitive spirit, will once again capture the attention of sailors and spectators worldwide.