• 26 Dec, 2010 07:22:00 PM

Champagne conditions go flat

After four hours of vintage downwind racing in flat seas and a 12 knot north-easterly breeze, the frontrunners in the Rolex Sydney Hobart have hunkered down for the long grind to windward that will probably get worse before it gets better.

• 26 Dec, 2010 06:58:00 PM

Rolex Sydney Hobart Race Update 3 - 26 December 2010

• 26 Dec, 2010 06:58:00 PM

Save it for the second half

The Rolex Sydney Hobart, which started from Sydney Harbour at 1pm this afternoon, is shaping up to be two quite distinctive races wrapped into one; the first half, from Sydney Heads to Flinders Island on Tasmania’s north-eastern tip and the second, from Flinders to the finish in the Derwent River.

• 26 Dec, 2010 04:29:00 PM

Rolex Sydney Hobart Race Update 2 - 26 December 2010

• 26 Dec, 2010 04:16:00 PM

Wild Oats XI leads fleet out of Sydney Harbour

The Mark Richards skippered 100 footer, Wild Oats XI, shrugged off a cheeky challenge from Grant Wharington’s Melbourne 98 footer, Wild Thing, to stamp its mark early on the Rolex Sydney Hobart line honours battle.

• 26 Dec, 2010 02:56:00 PM

Rolex Sydney Hobart Race Update 1 - 26 December 2010

• 26 Dec, 2010 02:15:00 PM

Obsession - 2010 Rolex Sydney Hobart start

Russian entry Obsession

• 26 Dec, 2010 10:01:00 AM

‘Tricky’ conditions forecast for Rolex Sydney Hobart

As the rain poured down in Sydney this morning, the Bureau of Meteorology’s (BOM) Michael Logan left Rolex Sydney Hobart competitors wondering just what the weather situation would be for today’s 1.00pm start and beyond of the famous 628 nautical mile race.

• 26 Dec, 2010 09:42:00 AM

Fish out of water about to get wet

Australian swimming icon Geoff Huegill may be regarded as a fish out of water, but despite a forecast wet start today he’s more than excited about racing on top of the blue stuff in his first Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

• 24 Dec, 2010 06:23:00 PM

Crews ready for classic Southerly Buster start conditions

Meteorologists have predicted that this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will be a “classic” with conditions forecast to be rough all the way south to Hobart