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A fleet of 104 boats started the race, of which 74 finished. [1] Line honours were claimed by LawConnect in a time of 1 day, 13 hours, 35 minutes and 13 seconds. [2] On the first night of the race two sailors died in separate incidents on the boats Flying Fish Arctos and Bowline after being struck by the boom and main sheet respectively. [3]
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 finish line in Hobart, Tasmania. A fleet of 103 boats contested the race and 85 finished.
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 South Wales, on Boxing Day and finishing in Hobart, Tasmania. The race distance is approximately 630 nautical miles (1,170 km). [1]
It had an elapsed time of 1 day, 13 hours, 35 minutes and 13 seconds, for the 628-nautical mile (722 miles, 1,160 kilometers) race that began Thursday in Sydney harbor.
Two people taking part in Australia's annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race have died in separate incidents, according to police. Both crew members died in separate incidents after being hit by a ...
High seas and gale-force winds battered the 104-strong fleet that left Sydney Harbour on Boxing Day for the 628-nautical mile (1,160km) ocean race, first held in 1945. ... Rolex Sydney Hobart ...
The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is an annual event hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney, New South Wales on Boxing Day then heading south through the Tasman Sea, past Bass Strait, into Storm Bay and up the Derwent River, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.
As in past editions of the race, it was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney, New South Wales. [2] The 2004 race began on Sydney Harbour at 1:10pm on Boxing Day (26 December 2004), before heading south for 630 nautical miles (1,170 km) through the Tasman Sea , past Bass Strait , into Storm Bay and up the River Derwent ...