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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

  • RETIREMENTNavy One, the Royal Australian Navy's Beneteau First 40, retired with a broken boom.
  • RETIREMENTSail ExchangeCarl 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. 
  • RETIREMENTHuntress, Victoria Logan's Sydney 39 Cruiser, retired after losing its rudder. 

Tuesday 27 December

  • RETIREMENTKOA, 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 Llama II

Monday 26 December

  • RETIREMENT: Yeah Babythe Akilaria RC2 owned by Louis and Marc Ryckmans, retired with rudder damage.
  • RETIREMENT: The two-handed boat Avalanchea 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.