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Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
COMING SOON
18 March, 2026
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Home Race 2017 Recap

2017 Race Recap

Ichi Ban

TP52 Ichi Ban, Overall Winner in 2017

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2017

The 2017 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race defied all odds continuing the run of near perfect weather conditions propelling the super-maxis across Bass Straight and in to Hobart in record time.  The front runners for Line Honours included the multiple title holder Wild Oats XI and the newly bought LDV Comanche, now owned by Jim Cooney.  After a close incident at Sydney Heads the title was decided in the Jury Room with Wild Oats XI being penalised 1 hour and giving the new race record of 1 day 9 hours 15 minutes and 24 seconds to LDV Comanche.

For the Overall Win and the prize of the Tattersall Cup the downwind race favoured the mid-sized boats with Matt Allen's newly commissioned TP52 Ichi Ban as a favourite leading into the race.  With the TP52 class growing rapidly the competition was fierce with the winning boat having to sail a flawless race.  Allen was able to test the newly built Botin 52 in the lead up Blue Water Pointscore races where he and his team won convincingly. In the end Ichi Ban was able to take the win by 20 minutes on corrected time over previous champion Quest. 

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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 2017 Edition is here.    

2017 Rolex Sydney Hobart - Race Documents

Notice of Race

Sailing Instructions

Amendment 1 to the Sailing Instructions

Amendment 2 to the Sailing Instructions

Protest No 1 - LDV Comanche against Wild Oats XI

Protest No 2 - Infotrack Request for Redress

Protest No 3 - PYR-ArnoldCo/Wot Eva

Protests No 4 & 5 - Hotelplanner.com & Eve Request for Redress

Race Briefing

There is a compulsory race briefing 2 days before the race.  Watch it here:

2017 Race Briefing

Weather

A light Easterly breeze at the start developed into a hard NE'er by the time the leading yachts were on the far south coast of New South Wales.  The Nor-Easter continued to build for a fast run across Bass Strait for the entire fleet; gradually swinging into the North and North West.

The maxi yachts experienced good winds until the River Derwent. 

The competitive 50 foot yachts had a great battle, while the bulk of the fleet were becalmed for most of the third night at sea.  The tail-enders had to deal with a 40 knot South / South Westerly change on the 4th and 5th days.

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 reports and articles on the race.  Read on to access them.

February / March 2018 Offshore - see pages 13 and pages 16 to 58

Race Report - Will Oxley, Navigator, Overall Winner Ichi Ban