• 28 Dec, 2010 03:37:00 PM

It’s not about luck, it’s about preparation

It might be unlucky for some, but husband and wife team Jim and Mary Holley didn't believe there was anything ominous about setting sail for race number 13 on Boxing Day last Sunday.

• 28 Dec, 2010 02:57:00 PM

Rolex Sydney Hobart Race Update 1 - 28 December 2010

• 28 Dec, 2010 02:15:00 PM

A cold, miserable night as fleet regroups

Pain and pleasure are all about perspective. Even when you are cold, tired, and the boat beneath you is slamming off six metre waves, there can be plusses as well as minuses as the Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet is finding out.

• 28 Dec, 2010 10:55:00 AM

Big Seas and Breeze Continue to Take a Toll

The attrition continues in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race – throughout the night and into this morning, an additional six yachts retired with a grocery list of problems: damaged steering, torn mainsails, broken booms and engine issues. This time, the retirements were among the small to mid-sized boats, bringing to 16 the total number to have retired with 71 boats still battling hard in the race

• 28 Dec, 2010 10:06:00 AM

Instant skylight

When the Victorian Peterson 44 lost its mast off the southern NSW coast yesterday afternoon, the force was so great it ripped the two chainplates from the starboard side of the deck, the fittings through which the side stays, or shrouds, are secured.

• 28 Dec, 2010 07:39:00 AM

Southerly claims three overnight retirements; Ragamuffin leads on handicap

There was a further three retirements overnight in the 66th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race among the small to mid size boats, bringing to 15 the total number to have retired with 72 still at sea.

• 27 Dec, 2010 11:00:00 PM

Day 2 in photos

A collection of photos from 27 December 2010

• 27 Dec, 2010 08:33:00 PM

Rolex Sydney Hobart Race Update 4 - 27 December 2010

• 27 Dec, 2010 07:21:00 PM

Bass Strait delivers punishing conditions

The forecast gale-force conditions made good today for the bulk of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet with yachts experiencing 40-50 knots of gale to storm-force winds from the west-southwest -- together with massive seas

• 27 Dec, 2010 06:20:00 PM

Rolex Sydney Hobart Race Update 3 - 27 December 2010