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Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 1998 Sydney Hobart losses rememberedThreatening skies complemented a sombre mood as skippers, crews and friends gathered together at Constitution Dock in Tasmania to pay tribute to the six sailors who lost their lives during the 1998 Sydney to Hobart 10 years ago.more....
Last yachts to finish Sydney Hobart for New YearThe final two yachts sailing in the 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart are expected to enjoy the rarity of a New Year celebration on dry land.more....
Snapshot view of the Rolex Sydney Hobart 2008As New Year’s Eve looms and the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race comes to a close, boatingOz pays tribute to the world’s most famous yacht race – the boats, the people and the scenery, stunningly shot by official photographers Carlo Borlenghi and Daniel Forster, two of the world’s best photographers who have been covering this and other international events for decades.more....
At 86 racing to Hobart is a piece of cakeAs Impeccable motored quietly to its berth in Hobart, a media scrum teetered on the narrow quay, for this was an important moment - CYCA Commodore Matt Allen was on hand to present a cake to John Walker, at 86 the oldest skipper ever in the history of the Rolex Sydney Hobart, to mark his, and the boat’s, 25th race.more....
Dutchman will come back despite the DerwentAtse Blei, the owner/skipper of the Dutch S&S 41 Pinta-M says he will just have to leave his boat here and come back for a crack at the real Rolex Sydney Hobart, with the violent southerly fronts and the cold hard, dead of night bashes into big steep seas it is renowned for.more....
Nest Property - in the doldrums and dead last!At lunchtime today Murray Wilkes and his crew aboard Nest Property were really in the doldrums they had come to a grinding halt just north of Maria Island after a scintillating spinnaker run that lasted a couple of hours.more....
Sydney Hobart: Valheru resurrectedTony Lyall sailed his beloved Valheru to Sydney to compete in the 2002 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race expecting to put in a top performance. But within minutes of the start their race was done. Peugot Racing collided with Valheru, forcing her to retire with severe hull damage.more....
Sole female skipper arrives in Hobart victoriousSally Smith, the lone female skipper has completed her first Rolex Sydney Hobart at the helm of Helsal IV. The big 20 metre cruiser owned by her father, Dr Tony Fisher, was one of two Helsals in this year’s race. Sally’s brother Rob was competing on the more race-oriented Helsal III.more....
Shogun disqualified – two others granted redressThe Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race international jury, chaired by John Kirkjian, with jury members Katsuya Hasiba, Lars Nyvqvist, John Rountree and Tony Mooney, heard three protests and two applications for redress yesterday evening, resulting in the Melbourne yacht Shogun being disqualified, while Ragtime and Telcoinabox Merit were given redress.more....
Commercial skippers rescued Georgia crewFor those in peril on the sea, it would be comforting to know that people like Leo Rodriguez and his “motley” crew aboard Telcoinabox Merit are at hand - and when Georgia lost its rudder and began sinking on night one of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race off Batemans Bay, Telcoinabox Merit, a Volvo 60, was two miles in front of her, with seven commercial skippers aboard.more....
Sydney Hobart - 30 still at seaBy 6pm on Monday evening 30 of the 94 remaining competitors in the Rolex Sydney Hobart 2008 had arrived in Hobart.more....
Helsal III nears homeThe Tasmanian retiree in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Helsal III, has reached Triabunna despite a damaged rudder and will not resume racing.more....
Elementary - Watson!Sailing in his fourth Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, 35-year-old Kirk Watson was handed the helm by skipper of Sailors with Disabilities, David Pescud, to sail the yacht across the Castray Esplanade finishing line in 25th place overall today.more....
Quest announced overall winner of Rolex Sydney HobartOne of Sydney’s most successful yachtsmen, Bob Steel, today completed a rare double in the history of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race when his latest Quest was declared the overall winner of the 2008 race, the winner on corrected time.more....
Two more out of Sydney Hobart raceAn additional two yachts have retired in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race both Helsal III (Robbie Fisher) from Tasmania and Leukaemia Foundation (R. Holstein/S. Kellie) from NSW, have suffered rudder damage.more....
Bulk of Sydney Hobart yachts battle the elementsNearly half the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet, more than 40 boats, is locked in battle this evening, east of Flinders Island, a long way out to sea and battening down the hatches as strong winds continue.more....
It’s not the size - just feel the qualitySydney yachtsman Bob Steel may be on the verge of his second overall win in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race six years after winning the race on corrected time with a previous Quest, but Steel now has a nervous night’s wait to see if he has won again.more....
The shark that ate Skandia!It seems a two metre shark has played a crucial role in the line honours outcome of line honours in the 64th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.more....
11th hour battle for Tattersall's Cup gloryAn 11th hour battle among Australia’s top 50-foot yachts for the ultimate prize in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, the Tattersall’s Cup for the winner on corrected time, has been taking place in Storm Bay at the entrance to Hobart’s Derwent River.more....
Andrea Francolini witnesses Wild Oats XI’s extraordinary featRenowned photographer Andrea Francolini captured Wild Oats XI’s historic Rolex Sydney Hobart line honours victory on the Derwent River this morning as she sailed to the finish line under reefed down mainsail in the time of 1 day 20 hours, 34 minutes and 14 seconds - just under two hours outside of the record she set in 2005, finishing at 09.34.14am local time today.more....
TP52’s set to fight it out for Tattersall's CupLine honours may well have been decided, but the main prize in the Rolex Sydney Hobart, the Tattersall’s Cup for overall victory, is going to come down to the wire, with three TP52’s fighting it out for the main trophy.more....
Wild Oats moments from historic line honours victoryAt 9.30am today, Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI is only a short time away from taking line honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race their finish on the Derwent River will put the Mark Richards’ skippered super maxi into the record books as the only yacht to win four consecutive line honours victories, beating Morna’s three in a row from 1946 to 1948.more....
Wild Oats XI and Cougar II hold ace cardsThe crew on the 30m maxi Wild Oats XI look likely to get their dream finish in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart after all - Grant Wharington’s former overall winner Skandia may stolen the limelight yesterday, but this morning she trails Wild Oats XI by 15 nautical miles on approach to Tasman Island.more....
Wild Oats does battle with a sharkWild Oats XI has confirmed that it hit a two-metre long shark at 6.40pm last night, when sailing at about 20 knots east of Schouten Island on Tasmania’s east coast while engaged in a tense match race with the other maxi in the Rolex Sydney-Hobart race fleet, Grant Wharington’s Skandia.more....
Cougar II stalks the ultimate prizeFor the true believers, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2008 is not the heavy weight contest at the front of the fleet it is about the ultimate prize, the Tattersall’s Cup, for the winner on corrected time.more....
Skandia holds her own while Quantum shuts downIt has been a mixed night for some of the favorites over the past 12 hours, with some gaining ground and other leaving themselves with a mountain to climb today to get back into contention.more....
Hobart race leaders enter Bass StraitFor most of yesterday, the top six boats in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race chewed up the miles, the 30 metre maxis peaking at 20 knots of boat speed before the winds lightened off considerably just before midnight and this morning frontrunners Wild Oats XI and Skandia are virtually side by side, but are off record pace.more....
Boxing Day at the Cruising Yacht Club of AustraliaThere’s nothing like Boxing Day at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia – it’s a tradition amongst yachties, their families and friends in the final preparation stages of the Rolex Sydney Hobart – as these pictures show - where else would you want to be?more....
Fourteen successfully rescued from stricken yachtAt approximately 21:20 hours on Boxing Day, 32 nautical miles south-east of Point Perpendicular on the NSW south coast, a mayday call was issued from the Melbourne based yacht Georgia, a Farr 53 owned by Sydney Hobart race veterans Graeme Ainley and John Williams from Sandringham Yacht Club, as a result of losing their rudder and taking on water.more....
Lead yachts setting breakneck pace“This is the most comfortable first night we’ve ever had,” is how 26 Rolex Sydney Hobart race veteran Bruce Taylor summed up life on board his IRC 40 Chutzpah this afternoon.more....
Wild Oats and Skandia lead fleet after perfect startSydney Harbour was showcased in all its splendour for the start of the 64th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race this afternoon when one hundred boats set off from two start lines north of Shark Island on a perfect Sydney summer afternoon.more....
Sydney Hobart away in perfect conditionsYacht racing legend Lou Abrahams fired the start cannon to send the 100-strong fleet on its way in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race this afternoon on Sydney Harbour.more....
Lou Abrahams on Sydney Hobart start dutyAs usual it’s all bustle at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia this morning as all prepare for what is billed as the toughest ocean race in the world – but one icon will be missing this year – Lou Abrahams, one of yachting’s finest gentlemen and a record setter with 44 Sydney Hobart races under the belt, will miss his first race, instead firing the gun from the official start boat.more....
Ragtime adds the Hobart race to her resumeThere is only one American entry in the Rolex Sydney Hobart this year, Chris Welsh’ Spencer 65 Ragtime, but it really is a case of quality before quantity and this is one of the most accomplished racing yachts of all time. She is drop dead gorgeous, too.more....
A fast “friendly” race predicted for Sydney HobartThe Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed early predictions of fresh northerly winds over the first two days of the Rolex Sydney Hobart 2008, ensuring the sailors a fast, thoroughly enjoyable ride to Tasmania.more....
Classic entries fuelled by same design Hobart winnersLovers of the classic S&S racing yachts of the 1970’s and 80’s, with their graceful sheer, neat reverse counter transom and voluptuous tumblehome, should keep an eye out on Boxing Day for two Dutch entries in the Rolex Sydney Hobart 2008.more....
Everest of yachting lures international sailorsThe Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race’s reputation as one of the toughest ocean races in the world continues to lure sailors from all parts of the globe, and in an extraordinary show of confidence given the current financial climate, more than 100 sailors have travelled from all over the world – New Caledonia, America, Europe, Russia, Switzerland - to crew the 11 international entrants and to join the many Australian crews as overseas imports.more....
Hell Sal - it’s just a race!Three days out from the start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart and all is relaxed on board Helsal IV - skipper Sally Smith is in the cockpit comfortably chatting with family and a couple of the crew, a raging nor-easter is blocked by the big spray dodger and awning.more....
Size matters - to ShortyFor a bloke who sells boats to other people for a living, Andrew ‘Shorty’ Short seems to have enormous difficulty keeping his own cheque book at bay- he’s a sucker for a big, sexy money-hole in the water, provided it goes fast, fast, fast.more....
Forty four Sydney Hobart’s and still going strongOn Boxing Day a cheery, unassuming bloke with an impish sense of humour will pass an extraordinary milestone Tony Cable will cross the start line for his 45th race to Hobart, a record surpassing yachting legends Lou Abrahams and the late John Bennetto with 44 races each.more....
Express run to Hobart forecastThe NSW Bureau of Meteorology’s early weather forecast is predicting ideal fast sailing conditions for at least the first two days of the Rolex Sydney Hobart 2008.more....
Timely reminder that safety mattersWith less than a week to go before the start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart 2008, the mostly young crew of the Volvo 60 Getaway-Sailing.com had a sharp reminder of just how important and how difficult in practice safety at sea can be.more....
Walross 4 – from Berlin to Hobart via everywhere!Since leaving Hamburg in October last year, the ever-changing crew of Walross 4 has partied in Mexico, sun baked in the Canaries and cheered at the Olympic Games in China. And while the young crew is thrilled to be a part of this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart, for them it is more of a weekend getaway than a long distance sprint.more....
Sydney Hobart: Loki launched - Living Doll looking likelyToday an excited and relieved Stephen Ainsworth joined with his wife Nannette as she poured champagne over the bow of their brand new Reichel/Pugh 63, Loki, to christen the boat in the traditional way just before it was launched at Woolwich Dock.more....
Sydney Hobart race start live webcast via Yahoo!7In what is regarded as a world first for the sport of yachting, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is pleased to announce that the Seven Network and Yahoo!7, will provide a live 90 minute webcast of the start of the 64th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race to a global audience.more....
Russian maxi officially withdrawn from Sydney HobartThe Cruising Yacht Club of Australia was today advised by Aussie skipper Mark McRae that the Russian Open 85, Trading Network/Alye Parusa was being officially withdrawn from the Rolex Sydney Hobart starting list.more....
Living Doll’s living nightmareThe bang of a mast breaking is a noise no skipper wants to hear, particularly on a seven-week old boat five days before it’s due to leave its home port to contest Australia’s premier ocean classic.more....
Russian maxi out of the Rolex Sydney HobartMark McRae, Australian skipper of the Russian maxi Trading Network/Alye Parusa, admits he’s shell shocked after learning that a new keel will take 14 days to build, putting the Open 85 out of contention for this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart.more....
One month to Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race startIn one month’s time Sydney Harbour will come alive as the second largest Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet in a decade sets off for the annual summer blue water classic and this also year marks the 10th anniversary of the ill-fated 1998 race.more....
Rolex Spirit of Yachting broadcast on Network 7In the weeks preceding the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2008, official broadcaster of the ninety minute live telecast of the start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Network 7, will be airing the Rolex Spirit of Yachting series each Sunday morning.more....
Glark’ Cable heads for Sydney Hobart record booksWild Oats XI's bid for a historic fourth consecutive line honours win is likely to grab most of the headlines in this year's Sydney to Hobart yacht race, but while the outcome of the race depends on many variables, there is certain to be at least one new record.more....
Russian maxi in doubt for Rolex Sydney HobartThe skipper of the first Russian boat to enter the Rolex Sydney Hobart in almost 20 years is now racing the clock in Auckland, New Zealand, to have a new keel built after large cracks in the existing keel were discovered earlier this week.more....
Wild Oats XI released from hangar for Sydney Hobart questThis morning in Sydney the 98-foot triple Rolex Sydney Hobart line honours winner Wild Oats XI was taken out of mothballs at Bankstown Airport, the first step in the crew’s quest for a record fourth consecutive line honours win in the Boxing Day classic that is attracting huge international interest.more....
Rolex Sydney Hobart applications for entry close MondayBoat owners planning to be on the start line on Boxing Day, 26 December 2008, for this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race have until Monday November 3 to submit an application for entry with the organising club, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.more.... |
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