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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]
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]
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.
[1] [2] As in past editions of the race, it was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney, New South Wales. [3] The 2002 edition began on Sydney Harbour , at 1pm on Boxing Day (26 December 2002), before heading south for 630 nautical miles (1,170 km) through the Tasman Sea , past Bass Strait , into Storm Bay and up the ...
As with previous Sydney to Hobart Yacht Races, the 1992 edition began on Sydney Harbour, at noon on Boxing Day (26 December 1992), 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, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.
The 2013 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex and hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in ... began on Sydney Harbour at 1pm on Boxing Day ...
The 1950 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, was the sixth annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.. Hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney, New South Wales, the 1950 edition began on Sydney Harbour, at noon on Boxing Day (26 December 1950), before heading south for 630 nautical miles (1,170 km) through the Tasman Sea, past Bass Strait, into ...
The 1956 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, was the 12th annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.. Hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney, New South Wales, the 1956 edition began on Sydney Harbour, at noon on Boxing Day (26 December 1955), before heading south for 630 nautical miles (1,170 km) through the Tasman Sea, past Bass Strait, into Storm ...