Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2025

29 Dec, 2009 12:52:00 AM

Jubilant Crichton glad it’s all over

A remarkably relaxed and fresh looking Neville Crichton steered his 100 foot supermaxi Alfa Romeo into Constitution Dock this evening after taking line honours in the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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28 Dec, 2009 10:10:00 PM

Alfa Romeo takes line honours

Neville Crichton’s New Zealand supermaxi Alfa Romeo has taken line honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, crossing the finish line opposite Castray Esplanade on the Derwent River at 22:02:10hrs for an elapsed time of 2 days, 9 hours, 2 minutes and 10 seconds.

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28 Dec, 2009 08:00:00 PM

One More Hurdle

Through another day of stop-start sailing, Alfa Romeo retained the race lead she has held since clearing Sydney Heads. Wild Oats XI, a near sister Reichel/Pugh 100ft maxi, passed Mike Slade's ICAP Leopard and gained on Alfa, which had led her by up to 30 miles throughout the morning.

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28 Dec, 2009 05:59:00 PM

Wallaby flanker turned sailor

The all-star cast aboard the 100 footer Investec LOYAL - Olympic swimming gold medallist Grant Hackett, boxer Danny Green, HSBC Waratahs captain Phil Waugh and former rugby union player Phil Kearns – are getting the taste for ocean racing, so much so they are talking about signing up for next year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart before they reach the finish line of this year’s race.

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Alfa Romeo holds on to Rolex Sydney Hobart lead

28 Dec, 2009 04:00:00 PM

Alfa Romeo holds on to Rolex Sydney Hobart lead

Despite a lead of about 14 nautical miles over four-time line honours winner Wild Oats XI, and only 70 nautical miles to go to the finish of this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Alfa Romeo skipper Neville Crichton is leaving nothing to chance.

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28 Dec, 2009 03:30:00 PM

Tassie yachts heading for home

One of the biggest contingents of Tasmanian yachts left Sydney Harbour on Boxing Day racing to their home port of Hobart and for the eight yachts, getting to Sydney for the start of the 65th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race was itself quite a feat.

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28 Dec, 2009 08:14:00 AM

The Rich get Richer

The maxis leading the Rolex Sydney Harbour race fleet cleared a barrier of light air and calm in Bass Strait in the early hours of this morning to reach away on a new westerly flow at speeds of up to 20 knots.

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27 Dec, 2009 08:30:00 PM

March of the 40 footers

A little known yacht named St Jude is leading the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on handicap late this afternoon; the Sydney 47 owned by Noel Cornish contested the race for the first time last year and was not expected to be at the front end of the star studded fleet.

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27 Dec, 2009 07:52:00 PM

Stop-Start to Hobart

The Rolex Sydney Hobart race fleet leaders stalled and stopped in calms off the far south coast of New South Wales earlier today.

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Alfa Romeo in box seat rival skipper concedes, big test looms this evening

27 Dec, 2009 07:48:00 PM

Alfa Romeo in box seat rival skipper concedes, big test looms this evening

Mike Slade, the skipper of the British maxi ICAP Leopard concedes that Neville Crichton’s Alfa Romeo may have opened the winning lead in the dash for line honours in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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