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Comanche, the 2017 Rolex Sydney Hobart line honours winner and race record holder, fought back brilliantly from a slow start in this year’s 75th running of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s race by taking the lead soon after exiting Sydney…
They have one of the most important jobs of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race – without them, the 628-nautical-mile race would not even get under way. It takes a trio of official starters to formally carry out the three-stage…
The sight of award-winning Australian actor Kerry Armstrong on the 62-footer Magic Miles in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart should leave observers thinking they are seeing double. Why? Because double is what they will see. Armstrong will be joined as…
Jeanneau has announced that world-renowned American yachtsman and North Sails President Ken Read will campaign the new Jeanneau Sun Fast 3300 in the double-handed division of the 2020 Fort Lauderdale to Key West Race along with navigator Suzy Leech. The…
The line honours race in the Rolex Sydney Hobart is tipped to match last year’s thriller when the first four boats were within sight of each other going up the Derwent River to the finish. The Cruising Yacht Club of…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) 75th Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is pleased to announce that 22 teams will take part in the Southern Cross Cup, which has been reintroduced this year in conjunction with the 2019 Rolex Sydney…
Eight international crews are entered in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 2019 Rolex Sydney Hobart, each aiming to take home a trophy or two. Judging by some of their boats and the talent in the crews, all are within reach of…
For Bruce Watson, the owner/skipper of 2019 Rolex Sydney Hobart entrant Imalizard, memories of the 2017 race should be painful, with his campaign thwarted by the loss of the Welbourn 12’s mast. However, the setback, which required Watson and his crew…
At the 1pm start of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) 75th Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on Boxing Day, history will be made when Rebecca Connor and her boat, Wonderland, take part in the race for the first time….
A strong field of 16 will represent Queensland in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) 628-nautical-mile 75th Sydney Hobart Yacht Race come Boxing Day, among them Mark Jacobsen’s Banter and Craig Salter’s Dream. Dream, an Inglis 38, has not…
Five contenders to win the famous Tattersall Cup, awarded to the winner of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race each year, were mulling over their chances this morning, trying to decide which boats would be favoured to win the 75th…
A 60-year-old timber Sparkman and Stephens design that has never competed in a major bluewater race south of the equator is primed to join the 75th anniversary Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet setting off from Sydney Harbour at 1pm on December…
The reputation of the Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart (L2H) Yacht Race as a tactical race with lots of turning points, tides and currents to juggle is what has drawn Victorian team Vertigo to the start line for the first time….
The 2019 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race marks the historic 75th Sydney Hobart Yacht Race – and fans from near and far will this year be able to take on the journey no matter where they are! Virtual Regatta and…
It might have thrown others for a loop, but the sale of their former boat, and the arrival of their new boat not expected until February, has not stopped Paul Glynn and Mattijs Willenborg from racing in the Cruising Yacht…
During training for the 2019 Rolex Sydney Hobart, master photographer Andrea Francolini went for a ride on supermaxi Comanche and took these images. Click on the dots above to see all 10 action shots.
Naval Group yacht crew members, Pierre Louiset and Steven Patriarca know only too well what the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race takes. With forceful winds, freezing waters, a lack of sleep and an incredible physical challenge, these crew members are…
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) forecasts the 2019 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will start in clear and smoke haze-free conditions. Gabrielle Woodhouse, from the BOM, said the forecast on Boxing Day of north to north easterly winds should make for…
When the fleet of 157 yachts set sail in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) 75th Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on Boxing Day, Western Australia will be well-represented with seven entries; a handful have run the track before and…
Put a top-notch crew with an equally as credentialed boat, and the result should impress. Of course, in a race like the Rolex Sydney Hobart, where a crew’s fate hangs in the balance of so many variables, ‘should’ is a…
The 12th edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club's RORC Caribbean 600 will start on Monday 24th February 2020 from Antigua. Already the early entries are nudging towards an eclectic mix of 50 boats, with competition expected to be as…
Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart entrant, RAD, will be back on the start line of the 2019 race hoping for more than an ounce of luck on the journey south after an early exit in 2018. RAD, a Radford…
The IDEC SPORT maxi-trimaran skippered by Francis Joyon crossed the finish line for the new record between Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and Shenzhen (China) last night at 2324hrs UTC. They sailed the 844 miles of the theoretical course in…
The 2021-22 edition of The Ocean Race will make one stop in Asia, with the city of Shenzhen serving as the host city for the fully-crewed, offshore race. Located directly north of Hong Kong, in an area known as the…
Royal Geelong Yacht Club life member Paul Buchholz will compete in the 75th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, before turning his attention closer home to home for the 177th MacGlide Festival of Sails. The owner and skipper of racing yacht…
After setting sail on Saturday morning from Ho Chi Minh City in the south of Vietnam, the IDEC SPORT maxi-trimaran may reach the finish line of this new record attempt to Shenzhen (China) tomorrow morning at dawn European time. This…
The Vendée Globe Visual, designed by the Désigne and Pulp agencies, has been unveiled. A dreamlike identity in which the very essence of the race’s main themes are conserved, the planet’s oceans, the emblematic colours of the race, red and…
Act 3 of the IDEC Sport Asian Tour started early this morning for Francis Joyon and his crew, who left Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City) at 0255hrs UTC and crossed the start line off Port Saigon, heading for China, in…
Following the arrival of Seattle into Fremantle overnight, just three Clipper Race teams remain at sea, navigating their way towards Western Australia. Unicef, Punta del Este and Visit Sanya, China remain on the racecourse and Race Viewer addicts are in…
Act 2 of the programme of records referred to as the IDEC SPORT ASIAN TOUR finished in Ho Chi Minh City on December 4 with a new reference time being set of 12 days, 20 hours, 37 minutes and 56…
Interview with Warwick Sherman by Jay Anderson, a member of the Occasional Course Language crew: Can you give an overview of your journey thus far? Indeed, in brief, I was diagnosed in July 2010 with Non-Hodgkin’s Mantle Cell Lymphoma. At that…
Richard Palmer's British JPK 10.10 Jangada was presented with the RORC Transatlantic Trophy in Grenada at a ceremony and prizegiving banquet held at Camper & Nicholsons Victory Bar and Restaurant. Racing two-handed with Jeremy Waitt, Jangada scored the best corrected…
Following the success of the inaugural Brisbane to Hamilton Island Yacht Race in 2019, Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron in association with Hamilton Island Yacht Club has set the 2020 race start from Brisbane’s Moreton Bay for July 31. Video of…
Sodebo Ultim 3, the only boat to have abandoned the race after stopping in Cape Town, arrived back in Lorient this morning, bringing the very first Brest Atlantiques race comes to a close. Maxi Edmond de Rothschild took first place,…
Today’s Grinders Coffee SOLAS Big Boat Challenge, on Sydney Harbour, has been abandoned due to safety concerns. Spectator, public and competitor safety remains at the heart of all races the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) runs and with thick smoke…
Day 17 – Monday 09 December, 2019. Giles Redpath's British Lombard 46 Pata Negra, skippered by Andy Lis, finished the 2019 RORC Transatlantic Race on Monday 09 December in an elapsed time of 15 days 22 hrs 58 mins 13…
On a quiet and hazy Sydney Harbour morning, before the traffic of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Classic Yacht Regatta and Trophy Series race, weekend boaties, ferries and Christmas charters, some special Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race entrants gathered…
After a three-week game of cat and mouse across the Southern Ocean, between the two leading Clipper Race teams, it was Qingdao which clinched a narrow victory. The team, flying the flag for China’s sailing city, pipped closest rival Ha…
Can you be debris free when you go yacht racing? Well of course you can, however the aim of this article to is give you ideas on how to reduce your debris when you go racing or even cruising. Plastic…
Four of the world’s top maxi yachts will race in Tuesday’s Grinders Coffee SOLAS Big Boat Challenge on Sydney Harbour, the last big hit-out before the Rolex Sydney Hobart. Wild Oats XI, Black Jack, SHK Scallywag and InfoTrack, plus Naval…
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