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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. Sydney to Hobart yacht race 2023 guide: history, start time, black

    Sydney to Hobart yacht race 2023 guide: history, start time, black sails, favourites, distance, tracker. It starts on a harbour, finishes on a river and in-between sailors will ride a wave of emotion.

  3. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024

    Navigator Chris Lewis shares his view of the maxi yacht LawConnect's thrilling win in the 2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race. We interrupt your regularly scheduled program to bring you live coverage from the finish of the 2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race. We now take you to Hobart, Tasmania, where two of the race's 100-foot supermaxis are ghosting ...

  4. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024

    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 ...

  5. Here's your Sydney to Hobart 2023 pocket guide

    You can follow the fortunes of teams with the Sydney to Hobart yacht race tracker. ... Over 100 boats ranging from supermaxis - typically boats over 21 metres long - to smaller yachts are ...

  6. Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 2023: Start time, weather forecast, how to

    How long is the race? ... Who is the favourite to win the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race? There are a few favourites for the 2023 race. TAB has Andoo Comanche at $1.50, followed by Law Connect at $3. ...

  7. Sydney to Hobart yacht race

    From its beginning in 1945, the Sydney to Hobart yacht race remains one of the pinnacles for sailing competitors. Dismissed by some as "rich people and their toy boats", the race is actually a ...

  8. Sydney to Hobart yacht race

    They race across 1,000 kilometres in some of the roughest seas on the planet — with no prize money at the end. Here is how to — and why you should — watch the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

  9. 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 ...

  10. 2021 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

    The 2021 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race was the 76th annual running of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, hosted by Cruising Yacht Club of Australia and sponsored by Rolex. [2] It began on Sydney Harbour at 13:00 on 26 December 2021, before heading south for 628 nautical miles (1,163 km) via the Tasman Sea, Bass Strait, Storm Bay and up the River ...

  11. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024

    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 ...

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

    From Sydney... to Hobart. Look, this one's in the name. Boats travel from our state's capital past Wollongong, southern NSW and then through the Bass Strait to Hobart. The quickest route to ...

  13. Sydney to Hobart yacht race 2023

    This year, the 78th running of the Sydney to Hobart, has a fleet of over 100 boats ranging from supermaxis (typically boats over 21 metres) to smaller yachts. There are two starting 'lines' with ...

  14. 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

  15. 2023 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

    The 2023 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex and hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney, was the 78th annual running of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.It began on Sydney Harbour at 1 pm on Boxing Day (26 December 2023), before heading south for 628 nautical miles (1,163 km) through the Tasman Sea, Bass Strait, Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the ...

  16. How to follow the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race

    How to follow the 2022 Rolex Sydney-Hobart Race. Sydney is expected to send off the fleet in style when the race starts at 1300hrs (local time) on Saturday, 26 December. Spectator boats can watch ...

  17. 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 ...

  18. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

    Enjoy Yachts as they competed for the Tattersall Cup. Race starts off coast of Sydney into Hobart. The journey takes place over the course of several days. Hosted by the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. Event usually starts around boxing day. Fly into Sydney or Hobart International Airport. Race started in 1945.

  19. 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 ...

  20. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024

    Yacht Tracker - Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Year 2024 2023 2022 2021 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 ...

  21. Sydney to Hobart start time: When does the 2023 yacht race begin?

    Sydney to Hobart time: Start, schedule for 2023 yacht race The 2023 edition of the Sydney Hobart yacht race will start at 1:00 p.m. AEDT on Boxing Day - Tuesday, December 26.

  22. 2023 Fastnet Smallest & 2nd Oldest Boat: Little Aussie Maluka

    Also on board Maluka was his long-time friend Gordon Maguire (aka 'Gorgeous Gordy'), a veteran of the Volvo Ocean Race and five-times winner of the Sydney to Hobart. And, just as we were about to leave the dock, British sailing legend Ian Barker (49er champion and Silver medallist at the 2000 Olympics ) hopped on board for the ride.

  23. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024

    The finish line of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is located off Castray Esplanade on the River Derwent and some 12 nautical miles from the Iron Pot which marks the entrance to the Derwent Estuary. This 12 mile stretch of water has provided some exciting and frustrating moments for many competitors. Hollywood Boulevard negotiating the sea ...

  24. 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. By Lucy Shannon. Posted Wed 27 Dec 2023 at 7:29pm, updated Wed 27 Dec 2023 at 8:11pm. LawConnect crossed the ...

  25. Orcas have sunk another vessel off the European coast. Why won't they

    A group of three orcas repeatedly hit the rudder of a race boat in June 2023. (Supplied: The Ocean Race) The orcas are at it again: for the seventh time in four years, a pod of whales has sunk a ...

  26. Why is William Crowther, whose statue was toppled in Hobart, such a

    William Crowther has been described as "a racist" who "mutilated the body of a man because of his race".(ABC News: Andy Cunningham)

  27. Hydrogen-powered aircraft in development by Australian company AMSL

    An Australian aviation startup on a mission to decarbonise air travel is developing a battery that could power a small aircraft to travel 1,000 km using hydrogen, and it already has a customer.