Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2025

Zefiro - Doing the Rolex Sydney Hobart in Style

20 Dec, 2013 08:00:00 AM

Zefiro - Doing the Rolex Sydney Hobart in Style

It is said that gentlemen do not go to windward - and quite so - it is a bit like scrum time in the rugby, best suited to miners and the unashamedly agricultural who can only gawp at the nonchalant elegance of wingers in stainless white shorts.

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New Patrice Looking Slick Pre Rolex Sydney Hobart

19 Dec, 2013 12:00:00 PM

New Patrice Looking Slick Pre Rolex Sydney Hobart

Tony Kirby is hugely regarded at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, and with 27 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Races under his belt, is a stalwart of the annual 628 nautical mile race.

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Chinese Dark Horse Stalks Rolex Sydney Hobart

18 Dec, 2013 08:30:00 AM

Chinese Dark Horse Stalks Rolex Sydney Hobart

“I am definitely putting my batting average on the line,” jokes Hong Kong businessman Karl Kwok when talking about the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - true enough, too.

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Rolex Sydney Hobart: Super Sevens champ swaps rugby for super maxi

17 Dec, 2013 01:00:00 PM

Rolex Sydney Hobart: Super Sevens champ swaps rugby for super maxi

English former IRB Sevens Player of the Year, Ollie Philips, has swapped his rugby jumper for sailing gear and is racing in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 2013 Rolex Sydney Hobart aboard the 70 foot Great Britain, which arrived in Sydney on Sunday.

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Kiwi winery owner backs himself for Rolex Sydney Hobart

17 Dec, 2013 10:30:00 AM

Kiwi winery owner backs himself for Rolex Sydney Hobart

New Zealand’s Oyster Bay wine producer Jim Delegat took just one hour to decide on placing $1million on winning this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - and the form guide leading into the race shows he has made a shrewd investment.

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Rolex Sydney Hobart: Wild Oats XI gets a lift

16 Dec, 2013 01:30:00 PM

Rolex Sydney Hobart: Wild Oats XI gets a lift

The guys on Wild Oats XI call her the Swiss Army Knife these days - and fair enough - lately she has added so many foils and blades, thrusting out at all angles from her narrow steel-grey hull, she looks like some kid has had a great time pulling all the do-dahs out of a penknife at once.

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A lengthy inspection – all 45 metres of it – for Wild Oats XI in preparation for Rolex Sydney Hobart

15 Dec, 2013 04:30:00 PM

A lengthy inspection – all 45 metres of it – for Wild Oats XI in preparation for Rolex Sydney Hobart

In keeping with the adage ‘to finish first you must first finish’, the shore crew of Rolex Sydney Hobart Race record holder, Bob Oatley’s supermaxi, Wild Oats XI, today began an intense four-day inspection of the yacht and its new, lightweight carbon fibre mast.

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13 Dec, 2013 03:00:00 PM

Rolex Sydney Hobart: From father to son

In this city, if you played your cards right, when you were born your old man owned a boat, or was very good mates with someone who did - so your earliest memories were of sun, salt air and a summer sea breeze - messing around on Sydney Harbour with the nonchalance of someone born to it.

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Qantas captain leads Tassie charge for Rolex Sydney Hobart honours

11 Dec, 2013 12:00:00 PM

Qantas captain leads Tassie charge for Rolex Sydney Hobart honours

The number of Tasmanian entries may be down in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race (there are four if the NSW-chartered Helsal 3 is included), but they embody both the Corinthian spirit of ocean racing and the original culture of the race.

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Wild Oats XI Takes Round One as Shogun V Wins SOLAS Big Boat Challenge

10 Dec, 2013 06:00:00 PM

Wild Oats XI Takes Round One as Shogun V Wins SOLAS Big Boat Challenge

It has been a long time coming - but at last we have seen Bob Oatley’s six time Rolex Sydney Hobart line honours winner, Wild Oats XI, go head to head against Perpetual LOYAL, widely tipped as the boat most likely to rain on Bob Oatley’s parade in 2013.

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