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  • Berrimilla approaching Hobart after year long, round the world adventure Berrimilla approaching Hobart after year long, round the world adventure
    • 11 Dec, 2005 03:15:00 PM

    Berrimilla approaching Hobart after year long, round the world adventure

    The pair will spend just a few hours in Hobart before continuing on to Sydney in order to line up again on Boxing Day to contest the boat’s 15th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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  • Melbourne yacht desperate to be in Hobart in time for New Year's Eve party Melbourne yacht desperate to be in Hobart in time for New Year's Eve party
    • 10 Dec, 2005 05:00:00 PM

    Melbourne yacht desperate to be in Hobart in time for New Year's Eve party

    It was a long, hard slog and while the partying at Constitution Dock got into overdrive, Richard and Peter were still urging their tired, thirsty crew across Storm Bay and up the Derwent River to the finish line.

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  • Alex Thomson Wants To Be Alone Alex Thomson Wants To Be Alone
    • 09 Dec, 2005 12:20:00 PM

    Alex Thomson Wants To Be Alone

    At is an old adage. The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is a marathon, not a sprint round the buoys. There are six hundred miles of ocean looking for the weakest link in your boat, your crew, yourself.

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  • Radio Relay Vessel JBW Radio Relay Vessel JBW
    • 07 Dec, 2005 08:51:00 PM

    Radio Relay Vessel JBW

    Cruising Yacht Club of Australia member and champion skiff sailor John Winning has made available to the CYCA his motor cruiser JBW as the Radio Relay Vessel for the 2005 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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    • 05 Dec, 2005 09:11:00 AM

    'Offshore Yachting's official program on sale

    Sixty years ago, on Boxing Day, 26 December 1946, Norwegian-born brothers Magnus and Trygve Halvorsen set sail on their first Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in their 35.5-foot slip Saga.

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  • 89 yachts heading for Hobart 89 yachts heading for Hobart
    • 02 Dec, 2005 08:11:00 PM

    89 yachts heading for Hobart

    The fleet for the 2005 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race stands at 89 yachts after the deadline for final entries closed at 5.00pm today

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    • 28 Nov, 2005 09:02:00 AM

    Entries close this coming Friday, 2 December

    Entries for the 2005 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race close at 1700 hours (5pm) this coming Friday, 2 December, with the Sailing Office of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.

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    • 25 Nov, 2005 04:56:00 PM

    Extension for Rolex Challenge Australian Team

    Yachting Australia today extended for a further five working days the deadline for yacht owners to put forward nominations to be part of the Australian Team for the 2005 Rolex Challenge.

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  • Entries Flowing in for Rolex Trophy Entries Flowing in for Rolex Trophy
    • 24 Nov, 2005 04:48:00 PM

    Entries Flowing in for Rolex Trophy

    Entries are beginning to flow in for the 2005 Rolex Trophy One Design and RatingsSeries to be held in December off Sydney Heads as pre-cursor events to the 61st Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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    • 17 Nov, 2005 12:35:00 PM

    John Bennetto retires after 44 Hobart Races

    Tasmanian yachtsman John Bennetto has hung up his sea-boots after competing in 44 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Races, a record for Australia’s ocean classic and probably unequalled anywhere in the world.

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