107 yachts are confirmed for the start line on Sydney Harbour this Boxing Day, 26 December
“It doesn’t matter about winning – that’s not even on our agenda, really,” Bell says candidly during a pre-race interview at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. “What’s on the agenda is everyone testing their comfort zones and doing the best they can.”
Yerko Cattarinich’s first Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is more than a personal milestone. For the newly elected president of the Chilean Sailing Federation, it is a statement of intent about where he wants to take the sport — and his country.
Xu Lijia is used to pushing through discomfort – now more than a decade after her Olympic gold, she now listens carefully to her body.
The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race celebrates its 80th anniversary this year, a proud milestone for an event defined by courage, endurance and human achievement.
“Sailing is in my blood. I have done it since I was seven-years-old,” Marshall said. “I knew this is what I wanted to do.”
“I was diagnosed with MS and thought that was it for me,” Greg says. “Then a mate said, ‘Let’s go sailing around the world,’ and everything turned around from there.”
Juliet Constanzo will steer, navigate and call tactics at various times, while her older sister Clare is the navigator on board Tasmanian entry Ambition.
SAVE THE DATE – Friday 26th December, otherwise known as BOXING DAY, otherwise known as the DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS, but down under? Known as the day the HOBART starts!
Englishman Patrick Whelan flew out from the UK to Sydney on 3 November, with a suitcase and a dream – to compete in the 2025 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
Ali Braden began sailing to help out her brother when one of his crew quit and it took a long while before she embraced the sport, but now at just 18, Braden will be aboard Pacific Road Xanthus as the youngest woman in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
Competitors in the 2025 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race may think they’re seeing double as they come across the Akilaria RC2 yacht Titlespace Yeah Baby at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.
Jeanneau’s proven offshore pedigree front and centre as accomplished sailors, including Performance Boating Sales Director Lee Condell, back the brand
Five-time Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe is set to dive into unfamiliar sporting waters after..
Quintin Fowler learned that bluewater miles aren’t only measured on charts, they’re tallied in phone calls that don’t get returned, certificates that take months, and the quiet moments when you almost give up, but decide to keep going anyway.
Line Honours winning Skipper from the last two Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Races..
Entries have closed for the 80th running of the ‘Great Race South’..
‘This is the boat’ that could win Sean Langman his first Rolex Sydney Hobart. Sean Langman, Managing Director of Noakes Group, believes his yacht has what it takes to help him secure his first ever win in a Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
Chris Taylor’s reaction to the news that his Pogo 40 Le Tiroflan was the 80th yacht entered in the 80th edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race (RSHYR), was tinged with humour.
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) has published the full independent review report into the three incidents in the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, which tragically saw two fatalities and a man overboard (MOB) incident.
When Yann Rigal and Michel Quintin began sailing Double Handed in 2020, Rigal had his doubts. “When Michel called me and said, ‘Are you in?’ I was like, ‘Wow, that’s crazy but yes, let’s go’,” Rigal laughed.
Australia’s offshore racing scene is setting a bold new course. The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) has launched the Southern Cross Series — a world-class, three-race challenge designed to unite sailors from every hemisphere.
While the start of the 80th anniversary Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is still some time away, preparations are already well underway at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA). Master Lock Comanche was the first entrant in the 80th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
The 80th anniversary of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is expected to attract huge interest from sailors from Australia and around the globe, all eager to participate in the milestone event.
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