2014 Race Recap
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Wild Rose, Tattersall Cup winner for the 2nd time in 2014. Image: ROLEX/Daniel Forster
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2014
Two yachts with a shared history claimed the main prizes at a memorable 70th edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in 2014.
Driven by facing her most fearsome opponent in years, Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI made history by claiming a record-breaking eighth line honours victory.
Some 29 hours later, Oatley’s original Wild Oats arrived in Hobart with a corrected time finish that would ensure overall victory and the coveted Tattersall Cup trophy.
Oatley’s former boat, the 43-ft Wild Rose, owned and skippered by his friend Roger Hickman, secured her second victory in the race, 21 years after the first.
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Race Program
Prior to each race Cruising Yacht Club of Australia publishes a separate official race program (with details of competing boats, the results of past races and articles about the race and its participants and other important events). The 2014 Edition is here.
2014 Rolex Sydney Hobart - Race Documents
Amendment 1 to the Notice of Race
Protest 1 - Request for redress by Pretty Fly III
Protest 2 - Imagination v Katharsis II
Protest 4 - Request for redress by Chancellor
Protest 5 - Application for re-opening of redress by Whistler
Protest 6 - Application for a reopening of the hearing of protest 1 by Victoire
Race reports
In recent years navigators of the overall winner have been invited to write a report on their race, including detail on the weather they experienced. After each race, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's magazine Offshore contains photo galleries, reports and articles on the race. Read on to access them.
February / March 2015 Offshore - see pages 18 to 51
Race Report – Jennifer Wells, Navigator, Overall Winner Wild Rose