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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.
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.
Check out the Rolex highlights video of their namesake race, the Rolex Sydney Hobart. Lovely.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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!
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!
Want to follow the 2022 edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race which starts at 1pm (AEDT) on Monday 26 December? Find out how!
Simply sign up at tickets.paris2024.org and enter the draw. The deadline to register for Make Your Games packs is 31 January 2023 at 6pm CET. Official guides to ticketing and ticket prices are available to download on the official Paris 2024 Olympic Games website.
Top Mixed Team at the 2022 World and European Championships, Swedish siblings Hedvig and Hugo Liljegren take the Spotlight
After more than a hundred days at sea, only six of the original 16 entrants who departed Les Sables d’Olonne in France are likely to pass through the Hobart gate which shuts on January 31st.
IMOCA concludes the first step in an evolutionary rule process. The Class and its sailmakers have defined the first elements of the IMOCA Green Sail Rule. A rule that was voted on in 2021 and is based on the overall objective to reduce the impact that sail production has on the environment over the following years.
South African Sailing will mark its 75th anniversary with a series of events that began earlier in December and run through the long weekend of 16-18 December 2022 showcasing programmes and initiatives around the country, which are accessible to all South Africans.
The Nautor’s In Conversation with Campaign continues and after interviewing the key people behind the scenes, it’s time to talk about the trends and the feeling of the markets with the main actors – people “in front of the customers” – the Nautor ambassadors for these beautiful yachts.
Nick Egnot-Johnson, Sam Barnett, Zak Merton & Bradley McLaughlin, representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron have been crowned 2022 Open Match Racing World Champions after an epic five days of racing on Sydney Harbour in strong conditions.
A total of 95 entries representing 15 countries raced in all three disciplines of the class, the ILCA 7, ILCA 6 and ILCA 4 with the latter being the largest fleet contesting for the Asian Open Championship title which displayed great promise for the class in this region and beyond.
Tanguy Fournier Le Ray, the French owner/skipper of 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race entrant, South Brittany, is proud that his crew will be all French – bar one Australian.
Today at 20H54 hours UTC the Franco-Japanese crew of MILAI Around The World was first across the leg 5 finish line at the entrance to the Beagle Channel, which leads to the Argentinean town of Ushuaia.
Sydney, Australia (17 December, 2022) – The four semi-finalists were decided today at the World Match Racing Tour finale event on Sydney Harbour, being co-hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. The winner of the event will be crowned 2022 Open Match Racing World Champion.
Antigua Sailing Week is back in 2023 for a week of thrilling competition afloat and fun partying ashore, all set against the backdrop of the warm seas, big winds and the spectacular scenery of this historic Caribbean island. The Notice of Race is out now and entries are coming in from all over the world and expected to exceed 100 yachts.
Sydney, Australia (15 December, 2022) – USA’s Chris Poole/ Riptide Racing and Denmark’s Jeppe Borch / Borch Racing excelled in perfect conditions again on Sydney Harbour today, finishing at the top of the first qualifying stage, advancing both teams directly to the Quarter-final stage.
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