• 31 Dec, 2017 05:42:00 PM

Trophy presentation closes Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2017

The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2017 came to an end on December 31 at the Grand Chancellor Hotel in Hobart, where the Official Prize Giving took place.

• 31 Dec, 2017 05:29:00 PM

RSHYR 2017: Free at sea

2017 wasn’t Kevin Miller’s first Sydney Hobart but it will most likely be one of his most emotional. Just weeks prior to his marathon to Tasmania, the American watched as California wildfires engulfed and destroyed his home, leaving him and his family with little more than the clothes on their backs.

• 31 Dec, 2017 12:18:00 PM

Tony Ellis makes it 50 Sydney Hobarts

When David Gotze/Michael Cranitch’s Triton docked in Hobart on finishing the 2017 Rolex Sydney Hobart, Tony ‘Ace’ or ‘Grumpy’ Ellis became only the second person to sail 50 of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s race – only Tony Cable had gone then before him.

• 31 Dec, 2017 10:37:00 AM

Kialoa II - interview with Paddy Broughton in Hobart

• 31 Dec, 2017 08:53:00 AM

RSHYR News: Mark Hipgrave is Mister Lucky

Yachties and sailing fans were sceptical when they heard a bunch of solo sailors were banding together to campaign Mark Hipgrave’s Jeanneau Sun Fast 3600 Mister Lucky in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race – but they needn’t have worried.

• 30 Dec, 2017 05:44:00 PM

Rolex Sydney Hobart 2017 - Downwind Class

The 73rd Rolex Sydney Hobart will be remembered primarily for a record breaking run by LDV Comanche and the overall win by one of the sport’s great stalwarts – Matt Allen, owner of Ichi Ban. It will also stay in the memory for the epic downwind conditions experienced on the second and third days, which enabled the planning boats to demonstrate their prowess.

• 30 Dec, 2017 01:52:00 PM

Photographs from Day 5 of the 2017 Rolex Sydney Hobart

• 30 Dec, 2017 11:38:00 AM

Father and daughter’s special bond and a whale of a time

When James Whittle’s Takani (NSW) moored in Hobart after finishing the Rolex Sydney Hobart at 9.17pm last evening, crew member Katrina Ratcliff realised something pretty special had taken place, and it wasn’t just that she had finished the race alongside her 81 year-old father.

• 30 Dec, 2017 09:26:00 AM

RSHYR News: Ten left at sea – all due in for New Year

This morning at 7.00am, only 10 yachts remain at sea in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Rolex Sydney Hobart, with all expected ashore in time to ring in the New Year in what has been one of the fastest races on record.

• 29 Dec, 2017 08:10:00 PM

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2017 - Overall Winner

The TP52 Ichi Ban, owned and skippered by seasoned campaigner Matt Allen, has won the 73rd Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and, with it, the Tattersall Cup and Rolex timepiece reserved for the overall winner on corrected time.