Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2025

29 Dec, 2009 07:43:00 PM

Southerly Slow-Up

A strong southerly to southwesterly change sweeping up the Tasmanian coast this afternoon slowed the 87 yachts still at sea in the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race.

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29 Dec, 2009 06:40:00 PM

Weather holds the key to race win

An unfavourable weather forecast for the rest of today and tomorrow for yachts still at sea and in contention for corrected time honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race holds the key to the overall race win this year.

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29 Dec, 2009 06:30:00 PM

Scallop pies first stop for Lahana crew

The Queensland super maxi Lahana, owned by Peter Millard and John Honan arrived in Hobart this afternoon, docking just before 5.00pm after finishing the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, the eighth yacht to cross the line of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 628 nautical mile race.

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Ingvall and Witt’s new plans after Rolex Sydney Hobart

29 Dec, 2009 04:28:00 PM

Ingvall and Witt’s new plans after Rolex Sydney Hobart

Ingvall and Witt, a former 18ft skiff champion and skipper of Volvo-class yachts in previous Rolex Sydney Hobart races, tied up in Hobart this afternoon, ecstatic about their race this time, and enthused about their new venture.

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Pre-race favourite now waits for others to decide her fate

29 Dec, 2009 01:58:00 PM

Pre-race favourite now waits for others to decide her fate

Zennstrom described RÁN’s race as a mixture of spectacular beats and reaches in amongst dispiriting lulls, when they had the wind seeker out, trying to find whatever whisp of breeze they could.

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29 Dec, 2009 01:13:00 PM

Classics of past chase modern glory

Forty-footers, several of them carrying the names of classic boats from the Corinthian past of Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Races, are coming into their own for an overall win in this year’s event as they race down the Tasmanian east coast into the path of escalating southerly winds.

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29 Dec, 2009 12:30:00 PM

Sport stars thrive at sea

Boxing world champion Danny Green described his experience once Investec LOYAL had docked in Hobart, his first visit to the island state, after finishing fourth over the line. “The whole thing was a buzz. We all pulled together, there was great camaraderie.”

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Wild Oats XI does a rapid U-turn in Hobart while owner Bob Oatley plans to come back next year

29 Dec, 2009 11:41:00 AM

Wild Oats XI does a rapid U-turn in Hobart while owner Bob Oatley plans to come back next year

Bob Oatley’s supermaxi Wild Oats XI slipped into Hobart just minutes after midnight last night, but even before she had crossed the finish line in the Rolex Sydney Hobart race he was planning a return.

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Wild Oats XI arrives in Alfa Romeo’s wake

29 Dec, 2009 01:48:00 AM

Wild Oats XI arrives in Alfa Romeo’s wake

Mark Richards, the skipper of Wild Oats XI, the four-time line honours winner and record holder of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, vowed to return next year after finishing second to arch rival and near sistership, the New Zealand supermaxi Alfa Romeo, just after midnight this morning.

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Alfa Gets the Gun at 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

29 Dec, 2009 12:54:00 AM

Alfa Gets the Gun at 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

After sailing a near perfect tactical race in extremely difficult conditions, with extremes from a testing 25-knot southerly, with a bumpy seaway through the first night, to a calm in the notoriously rough and windy Bass Strait, Neville Crichton's Alfa Romeo was first to finish in the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race, with an elapsed time of two days, 9hrs, 2mins, 10secs for the 628nm course.

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