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  • Photos from 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart - day 2 Photos from 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart - day 2
    • 27 Dec, 2016 09:00:00 PM

    Photos from 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart - day 2

    All photos from ROLEX photographers Kurt Arrigo and Daniel Forster.

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  • More photos from 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart - day 1 More photos from 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart - day 1
    • 27 Dec, 2016 08:10:00 PM

    More photos from 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart - day 1

    Start photographs courtesy of Lachlan Murnaghan, Murnaghan Media

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  • Act 1 builds to a climax in Rolex Sydney Hobart Act 1 builds to a climax in Rolex Sydney Hobart
    • 27 Dec, 2016 06:13:00 PM

    Act 1 builds to a climax in Rolex Sydney Hobart

    Less than a day and a half after the fleet left the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney to begin the 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart, excitement is building as Act 1, the race for line honours, hurtles towards resolution.

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  • Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: 27 December Video Highlights Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: 27 December Video Highlights
    • 27 Dec, 2016 04:08:00 PM

    Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: 27 December Video Highlights

    Records are set to be broken at the 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race as the fleet makes rapid progress through the Bass Strait on route to the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.

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  • Will this be the year of the V70’s? Will this be the year of the V70’s?
    • 27 Dec, 2016 04:00:00 PM

    Will this be the year of the V70’s?

    The current race leader of the Rolex Sydney Hobart overall, the New Zealand V70 Giacomo, is confident of maintaining full speed as she closes on the Tasmanian north-east coast this afternoon with a possible ETA in Hobart of 5am.

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  • UPDATED: Wild Oats XI retires with keel damage UPDATED: Wild Oats XI retires with keel damage
    • 27 Dec, 2016 12:00:00 PM

    UPDATED: Wild Oats XI retires with keel damage

    Wild Oats XI, the supermaxi that has dominated the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race for the last 11 years, is out of this year’s race after succumbing to the record pace she was setting at the head of the fleet.

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  • Photos from 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart - day 1 Photos from 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart - day 1
    • 27 Dec, 2016 11:30:00 AM

    Photos from 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart - day 1

    All photos from Rolex photographers Kurt Arrigo and Daniel Forster.

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  • Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Start Video Highlights Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Start Video Highlights
    • 27 Dec, 2016 06:27:00 AM

    Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Start Video Highlights

    The 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is underway. A fleet of eighty-eight yachts from eleven countries, and comprising four 100-ft Maxi yachts, are contesting the 72nd edition of this famous 628-nautical mile offshore race.

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  • Wild Oats leads – multiple boats ahead of record Wild Oats leads – multiple boats ahead of record
    • 27 Dec, 2016 05:20:00 AM

    Wild Oats leads – multiple boats ahead of record

    This morning Wild Oats XI continued to lead the 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart, but the race is far from over, with Perpetual LOYAL, Black Jack, Scallywag and Giacomo within striking distance as they continue their quick march down the south coast of NSW – and incredibly at least 24 boats are ahead of the race record – or on record pace.

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  • Glorious Start to 72nd Epic Glorious Start to 72nd Epic
    • 26 Dec, 2016 05:34:00 PM

    Glorious Start to 72nd Epic

    Sydney turned on a magic day for the start of the 72nd Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, as crews and curious onlookers jostled along the narrow dock arms of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia this morning, it was clear that this was going to be one of those classic Sydney Harbour summer days.

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