Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2025

23 Dec, 2005 03:22:00 PM

Small boats, Big ambitions

With much of the media attention for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race inevitably focused on the big, expensive line honours contenders, it is easy to overlook the 30-foot battlers that will arrive in Hobart some days later.

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Lone sailor delighted to be back with the pack

23 Dec, 2005 03:07:00 PM

Lone sailor delighted to be back with the pack

Melbourne sailor Nick Moloney may have climbed every Everest in international yachting - the Vendee single handed round-the-world race, the America’s Cup, the Whitbread Round the World (now the Volvo Ocean Race), the Rolex Fastnet to name a few – but as a born and bred Aussie, the Rolex Sydney Hobart has a special place in his heart.

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22 Dec, 2005 10:16:00 PM

Rolex Sydney Hobart Website to interface with Google Earth

Building on the world first feed for its Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race in July this year, for the 2005 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race CYCA has given viewers the option to see the positions of the yachts on a map in the original Yacht Tracker application, or alternatively to view the race in Google Earth, with yacht positions and standings updated every ten minutes.

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22 Dec, 2005 05:53:00 PM

Eyes on the Tattersall prize

Rolex Sydney Hobart Overall Winner Contenders Line Up

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21 Dec, 2005 06:08:00 PM

Wot if ‘Wot's Next’ Won?

Wot if ‘Wot's Next’ Won? - Web businessman Graeme Wood pursues Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Dream

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Down at Dover their eyes will be on Farr South

21 Dec, 2005 01:06:00 PM

Down at Dover their eyes will be on Farr South

The village of Dover in the Huon Valley of southern Tasmania has a vested interest in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The aptly named yacht Farr South is representing the local Port Esperance Sailing Club and many townsfolk are sailing aboard in the ocean classic that starts next Monday.

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'Young guns' show sailing skills in Rolex Trophy

18 Dec, 2005 06:02:00 PM

'Young guns' show sailing skills in Rolex Trophy

Two of Australia’s champion young sailors, Sean Kirkjian and Michael Blackburn, have played significant roles as a helmsman and a key sail trimmer aboard Yendys and Quantum Racing, the two yachts gaining top placings in the Rolex Trophy – Rating Series, the eight race offshore series that ended off Sydney today.

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18 Dec, 2005 09:46:00 AM

Tough ocean race good training for the laidback life

Forget the glamour of high tech, lightweight flyers and drenched professional crews perched on the rail battling across Bass Strait, for David and Andrea McKay this 2005 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is the start of a life the rest of us dream about.

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17 Dec, 2005 10:55:00 AM

German sailors seize opportunity of a lifetime

The only German entry in this year´s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has arrived at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia to make final preparations for the Boxing Day blue water classic.

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Queensland moves to 2nd in Rolex Challenge

16 Dec, 2005 06:07:00 PM

Queensland moves to 2nd in Rolex Challenge

Consistently good results by the Queensland team of Yendys and Wedgetail have moved that State’s team into second in standings in the Rolex Challenge, being sailed as part of the Rolex Trophy – Rating Series being sailed off Sydney this weekend and continuing in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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