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Trophy presentation closes Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2017

31 Dec, 2017 05:42:00 PM

Trophy presentation closes Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2017

The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2017 came to an end on December 31 at the Grand Chancellor Hotel in Hobart, where the Official Prize Giving took place.

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31 Dec, 2017 05:29:00 PM

RSHYR 2017: Free at sea

2017 wasn’t Kevin Miller’s first Sydney Hobart but it will most likely be one of his most emotional. Just weeks prior to his marathon to Tasmania, the American watched as California wildfires engulfed and destroyed his home, leaving him and his family with little more than the clothes on their backs.

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31 Dec, 2017 12:18:00 PM

Tony Ellis makes it 50 Sydney Hobarts

When David Gotze/Michael Cranitch’s Triton docked in Hobart on finishing the 2017 Rolex Sydney Hobart, Tony ‘Ace’ or ‘Grumpy’ Ellis became only the second person to sail 50 of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s race – only Tony Cable had gone then before him.

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RSHYR News: Mark Hipgrave is Mister Lucky

31 Dec, 2017 08:53:00 AM

RSHYR News: Mark Hipgrave is Mister Lucky

Yachties and sailing fans were sceptical when they heard a bunch of solo sailors were banding together to campaign Mark Hipgrave’s Jeanneau Sun Fast 3600 Mister Lucky in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race – but they needn’t have worried.

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Father and daughter’s special bond and a whale of a time

30 Dec, 2017 11:38:00 AM

Father and daughter’s special bond and a whale of a time

When James Whittle’s Takani (NSW) moored in Hobart after finishing the Rolex Sydney Hobart at 9.17pm last evening, crew member Katrina Ratcliff realised something pretty special had taken place, and it wasn’t just that she had finished the race alongside her 81 year-old father.

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RSHYR News: Ten left at sea – all due in for New Year

30 Dec, 2017 09:26:00 AM

RSHYR News: Ten left at sea – all due in for New Year

This morning at 7.00am, only 10 yachts remain at sea in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Rolex Sydney Hobart, with all expected ashore in time to ring in the New Year in what has been one of the fastest races on record.

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Paddy Broughton describes the Rolex Sydney Hobart on Kialoa II

29 Dec, 2017 08:02:00 PM

Paddy Broughton describes the Rolex Sydney Hobart on Kialoa II

In 1971, American sailor Jim Kilroy sailed his 23-metre yawl Kialoa II to line honours victory in the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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29 Dec, 2017 06:57:00 PM

Wendy Tuck wins - barking orders

In an even fleet of 11 identical 70-footers in the Clipper Race fleet of the Rolex Sydney Hobart, Wendy Tuck is amazing - today she brought Sanya Serenity Coast and its huge crew of amateurs across the finish line at the head of their fleet - where all 11 boats arrived within 90 minutes of each other.

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29 Dec, 2017 06:47:00 PM

Ichi Ban is Number One at last

Matt Allen’s Ichi Ban has been confirmed as the overall winner of the 2017 Rolex Sydney Hobart. With 28 races under his belt, this is the culmination of a quest to claim the top prize at one of the world’s most revered sporting occasions by one of Australia’s stalwarts of the sport of sailing. The coincidence of a new boat and a forecast that encouraged the 50-footers, made Ichi Ban one of the pre-race favourites. That should not in any way diminish the scale of this achievement. Ichi Ban needed to sail a near perfect race to beat their immediate opposition, both on the water and on handicap.

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29 Dec, 2017 06:43:00 PM

It’s amore

“Amo questa gara - I love this race,” Giancarlo Simeoli declares after his seventh Rolex Sydney Hobart after years on the much loved Brindabella, but this time he raced south aboard the faster, wilder American Cookson 50, Triple Lindy and had a ball.

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