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Race updates | Eye Candy retires

Home 2022 Race updates | Eye Candy retires

WILD OATS, Sail No: 4343, Owner: Brett Eagle, Skipper: Brett Eagle, State: NSW, Design: Farr 43, LOA: 13,1

Updates from the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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Thursday December

  • RETIREMENT: Eye Candy, Thierry Leseigneur's Sydney 38, retired due to forestay damage. 

Wednesday 28 December

  • RETIREMENT: Navy One, the Royal Australian Navy's Beneteau First 40, retired with a broken boom.
  • RETIREMENT: Sail Exchange, Carl and Bettina Crafoord's Cookson 12, retired after losing its rudder.
  • RETIREMENT: Mondo, Lisa Callaghan and Stephen Teudt's Sydney 38, retired with a broken gooseneck. 
  • RETIREMENT: Huntress, Victoria Logan's Sydney 39 Cruiser, retired after losing its rudder. 

Tuesday 27 December

  • RETIREMENT: KOA, Andy Kearnan and Peter Wrigley's TP52, retired after losing its rudder. 
  • PROTEST: The protest below will be considered before an International Jury at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania and via Zoom at 1100 hours on Friday 30 December 2022.
    Avalanche v Llama II

Monday 26 December

  • RETIREMENT: Yeah Baby, the Akilaria RC2 owned by Louis and Marc Ryckmans, retired with rudder damage.
  • RETIREMENT: The two-handed boat Avalanche, a Hick 40 owned by James Murchison and co-skippered by James Francis, was the first to retire around 90 minutes into the race due to a broken bowsprit.