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andoo Comanche smoking towards the River Derwent
Here we go! The first boats in the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race are smoking into the River Derwent! The end is nigh for the 100-footers!
Live from 26 Dec
Photo Credit: Kurt ArrigoRolex Sydney Hobart
Race Start in
107 yachts are confirmed for the start line on Sydney Harbour this Boxing Day, 26 December
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International News
Shout Out to all those you’re following in the Rolex Sydney Hobart
Before the start of the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart, we asked you all to send in the names and boats you’re following in this year’s race. The response was overwhelming, so here is a shout-out to every single one of them!
International News
Two-Handed Yacht MISTRAL takes the lead in the Rolex Sydney Hobart
When the two-handed division was introduced for the first time in the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, the fleet wasn’t eligible for the overall IRC prize due to the use of auto-pilots.
International News
Maxis brace for nail biting finale to Rolex Sydney Hobart
The 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet is revelling in the downwind run to Tasmania thanks to the north-to-north easterly winds of Monday’s action-packed start prevailing.
International News
Hopes fading for a Rolex Sydney Hobart Race Record
As the hours’ tick away, it’s looking less likely that andoo Comanche will break the Rolex Sydney Hobart race record, set by LDV Comanche back in 2017 when she was under the ownership of Jim Cooney and Samantha Grant.
International News
Rolex Sydney Hobart: KOA retires with rudder damage
Updates from the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
International News
Crew Culture – We need to f&%king work on it
Watching the start of the Sydney Hobart is always a Christmas evening tradition (up here in the Northern Hemisphere). Although we can relate more to the mid-sized boats on the second or third start line, we’re happy to watch the big guys weave their way through the fleet and out the heads – it’s always fascinating.
International News
Rolex Sydney Hobart: The CRUX of it
This is a community service announcement to all sailors in the sailing world. ALWAYS READ THE OFFICIAL PAPERWORK. It’s written for a reason, not just because the officials get off on typing shit loads of words on a keyboard.
International News
Andoo Comanche continues to lead Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Andoo Comanche (John Winning Jr) continues to lead the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race this morning, but the other three 100-footers are keeping her honest, with LawConnect (Christian Beck) giving chase just nine nautical miles off Andoo Comanche’s transom.
International News
Rolex Sydney Hobart: Redemption for Celestial?
After being penalised in the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race for failing to complete a mandatory radio sked report, Celestial (Sam Haynes), who was set to win the Tattersall Cup, was forced to stand back, take the penalty, and watched Ichi Ban (Matt Allen), lift the famous trophy instead.
International News
The 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Highlights Video
Check out the Rolex highlights video of their namesake race, the Rolex Sydney Hobart. Lovely.
International News
The Two-Handed Fleet of the Rolex Sydney Hobart
Twenty-one double-handed boats entered this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart; one didn’t make the start, and one retired after the start – leaving 19 still racing. This year is the first time the Two-Handed Division can compete for the Tattersall Cup – overall victory!
International News
Rolex Sydney Hobart: The comms from on board Hamilton Island Wild Oats
Hamilton Island Wild Oats had a rather intense start to the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race which involved a penalty turn, and a check to see if they were sinking. It took some time to write this up word for word, of what we could hear, but here it is. All the comms form Mark Richard and Murray Jones.
International News
Faster than a speeding bullet! 19 boats ahead of record
Just four hours into the 2022 Roelx Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, 19 boats area ahead of the 2017 line honours race record set by LDV Comanche (now andoo Comanche) in 2017. Holy hecka!
International News
Fast and dramatic start to Rolex Sydney Hobart
The 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race got off to a fast and dramatic start today. The assisting downwind conditions once the boats turned right at the Heads could see the first boat cross the finish line as early as tomorrow night.
International News
Rolex Sydney Hobart Start Highlights
Here we go! It was a WILD start! The 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart got away on time at 1300 local Sydney time, and the great race south is on!
International News
2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: LIVE STREAM
If you can’t watch on the water, or from the shorelines on Sydney Harbour, then tune in and watch the Channel 7 live stream of the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race!
Sydney Hobart
Psaltis and Bencsik to mark major milestones together
When Ed Psaltis and Michael Bencsik step aboard Psaltis’ yacht Midnight Rambler today, the lifelong friends will tuck away yet another special memory, as they take in the festive atmosphere at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia while making final preparations for the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
New Zealand
Kiwis in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
There are loads kiwi sailors racing in the 2022 edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Let’s catch up with a few of them!
Sydney Hobart
Talking tactics with Speedwell co-skippers
On the eve of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Craig Neil’s TP52 Quest sits in her pen at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, equipped for the strong northerly winds that have been forecast.
Sydney Hobart
TP52 sailors anticipate speedy journey south
On the eve of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Craig Neil’s TP52 Quest sits in her pen at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, equipped for the strong northerly winds that have been forecast.
Sydney Hobart
Rolex Sydney Hobart: 111 entered, 109 on the start line
Two withdrawals before the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has even started. The great race south starts at 1300 hours ADST on Monday 26th December from Sydney Harbour.
Australian News
“We have the tallest navigator” – John Winning Jnr, andoo Comanche
The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race starts at 1300 hours Australian eastern daylight savings time on Boxing Day (1500 hrs kiwi time) and at today’s final press conference with the overall line honours potential winners, it was a confident John “Herman” Winning Jnr who thought that his andoo Comanche team had the upper hand.
Sydney Hobart
Dream for Rolex Sydney Hobart internationals
The Thomas Kneen-owned Sunrise is a proven ocean racer internationally. This is its first trip Down Under, but it won the 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race, placed second in the Rolex Middle Sea Race and claimed a divisional win the RORC Caribbean. While unsuited for the light to medium northerly winds forecast for the first day, Cheney is hoping that may change.