Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2025

Wild Oats XI makes it seven Rolex Sydney Hobart line honours victories

28 Dec, 2013 08:00:00 PM

Wild Oats XI makes it seven Rolex Sydney Hobart line honours victories

Mark Richards skippered Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI to her seventh line honours victory in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race at 19.07.27hrs AEDT this evening, and in doing so, equalled the seven line honours record set by the yacht first known as Morna, which took honours from 1946 to 1948 and then as Kurrewa IV in 1954, ’56, ’57 and ’60.

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Oats tramping like a train to the finish

28 Dec, 2013 03:00:00 PM

Oats tramping like a train to the finish

Six-time line honours winner Wild Oats XI is tramping at between 25 and 27 knots towards Tasman Island 30 nm away and is expected to finish at about 1830 in Hobart.

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28 Dec, 2013 01:00:00 PM

The intrigue of who could win overall

While frontrunners are settling in for a white-knuckled final 100 nautical miles, not far behind is an intriguing tussle for the overall IRC win that hinges on a few degree of the compass.

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28 Dec, 2013 09:00:00 AM

Getting Ready for the Big Bash

Brindabella skipper Jim Cooney reports that the veteran maxi enjoyed a very successful second night at sea and is reveling under spinnaker in a brisk breeze this morning, but already his thoughts are turning to the big change forecast for later this evening.

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A Slow Rolex Sydney Hobart Favouring Smaller Boats

28 Dec, 2013 07:30:00 AM

A Slow Rolex Sydney Hobart Favouring Smaller Boats

Soft overnight conditions in Bass Strait have frustrated the front runners of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race all night, especially the heavier Perpetual LOYAL, which has watched the lighter, leaner Wild Oats XI gradually inch away from her.

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28 Dec, 2013 04:35:00 AM

Slow night in the lottery

It has been slow progress overnight and this morning in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race with Wild Oats XI opening up a 15 nm lead over Perpetual LOYAL and a further eight miles back to Ragamuffin 100 as they close on the Tasmanian coast.

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27 Dec, 2013 07:16:00 PM

Waiting Waiting Waiting

Light winds, in many places no wind at all, it has been a day of frustration for the 92 remaining yachts in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet. There just isn’t a lot of wind, especially out in Bass Strait.

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27 Dec, 2013 07:00:00 PM

Rolex Sydney Hobart: The Calm Before

Twenty-four hours after the Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet raced out of Sydney Harbour the pace slowed up as the lead boats picked their way down the southeast coast of Australia.

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Rolex Sydney Hobart: They Can Touch Each Other

27 Dec, 2013 01:00:00 PM

Rolex Sydney Hobart: They Can Touch Each Other

Inch by inch, mile-by-mile, defending champion Wild Oats XI is reeling in Perpetual LOYAL as the pair breaks away from the pack to lead the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet into Bass Strait.

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27 Dec, 2013 08:00:00 AM

Honouring a Rolex Sydney Hobart Great

This year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart marks an extraordinary anniversary - fifty years ago Trygve and Magnus Halvorsen sailed their 39 foot timber, double ended Freya to victory in the 1963 race - then they did it again, in 1964, and again in 1965.

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