2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race | Thrilling battles loom for top honours
Peter Gee and Peter Shipway look back on a more forgiving second night at sea for the fleet in the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
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Cooking up a storm in Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Peter Dowdney is one of Australia’s most experienced yachtsmen, who should easily get by without a good hot meal while sailing in an event like the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. But even if the thought had passed his mind…
Big boat finale for Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race line honours a real possibility
A spectacular fight for line honours up the Derwent River in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race may be on the cards, says Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Commodore, Noel Cornish. At 5pm today, Peter Harburg’s Black Jack was well into the…
2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race | A wild first night
Peter Gee and Peter Shipway reflect on a rough first night in the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
Big swell for start for the Tassie bound Melbourne fleet
Make or break decision to be made for Hobart fleet The combined Melbourne to Hobart and Melbourne to Devonport fleets had a very civilized start time of 14:30 today in the vicinity of Portsea Pier, allowing for excellent spectator viewing….
VIDEO | Day 1 recap – 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart
88 boats started the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on Sydney Harbour, with a challenging first day for the fleet.
Sydney Hobart: Fleet battles tough first night
The toll of strong southerly winds and rough seas on the first night of the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race continued to mount, with 24 boats forced to retire by this morning. A thrilling see-saw battle was still developing…
Rough conditions force early spate of Sydney Hobart withdrawals
Strong winds and high seas have handed the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet a battering on the first night, with 12 entries being forced to withdraw. Tonight, the forecasted strong southerly that reached up to 30 knots, along with…
Original Sin takes line honours in closest race in years
Under grey skies and light rain falling, 84 yachts with more than 600 crew onboard, set sail from Port Melbourne in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s annual Cock of the Bay race to Blairgowrie. New arrival to the Victorian…
Early Sydney Hobart retirements
Moneypenny, Blink and Mako are early casualties of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht race this evening, a strong southerly of up to 30 knots on a heavy seaway has taken its toll this evening. All…
Sydney Hobart: Technical disaster costs SHK Scallywag 100 lead
SHK Scallywag 100 skipper David Witt was reminded of how tenuous fortune can be in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, when a furling disaster after exiting the heads cost him the race lead on line honours following a spectacular…
Who’s who behind the 2021 Sydney Hobart starting cannon
Bruce Gould will this year have the honour of firing the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race replica start cannon at 1pm on Boxing Day to send the 90-strong fleet off and on its way. As Sydney Hobart custom has dictated…
Classic southerly set to blow in Sydney Hobart start
Crews in the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race were eagerly bracing themselves this morning for a classic tough start with a forecast southerly set to send them on their way. The Bureau of Meteorology of NSW today confirmed the…
Sydney Hobart fleet at 91 following two withdrawals
The 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet stands at 91 following the withdrawal today of Jim Cooney’s Volvo Open 70, Willow, and the Infiniti 46R, Maverick 49, owned by Quentin Stewart. Cooney advised the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) that…
South Australians give Sydney Hobart a ‘punt’
On the sail from South Australia to Sydney on board the Northshore 38 Inukshuk, Rob Large (60) and Chris Riggs (63) calculated that they have a century of sailing experience between them. That should come in handy for the sailors,…
Melbourne to Hobart and Devonport yachts ready to race
Yachts will set sail from Portsea on the afternoon of December 27 to Hobart and Devonport. Preparation for long distance ocean races, particularly those that start in Bass Strait, is onerous in any year. In 2021, with multiple lockdowns and…
Sydney Hobart: It’s a family affair
Zac Heyes’ first memory of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is of the Boxing Day start, trying to see his father Paul on television somewhere in the fleet. This year, Heyes,18, will finally get to see his dad close up and…
LawConnect embraces rough and tumble Sydney Hobart forecast
The forecast of strong southerly winds and rough seas may be a concern for many in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race for the Boxing Day start; but not for Christian Beck. The owner/skipper of the 100-foot LawConnect, one of the…
Melbourne’s Christmas yacht race draws huge fleet
Victoria’s yacht racing community will be out in force on Boxing Day for the Cock of the Bay yacht race. After a year of not sailing and in fact not even being able to visit the bay, or your boat,…
Gigs by Festival of Sails
Geelong’s iconic Festival of Sails is proud to be supporting a new entertainment program for the 2022 event, unveiling a new CBD initiative, ‘Gigs by Festival of Sails’. The Royal Geelong Yacht Club’s 2022 event will be held from Saturday,…
Ed Psaltis embarks on 39th Sydney Hobart
Ed Psaltis planned to stop sailing in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race after 35 starts; he tried, but it didn’t work, and nearing his 39th participation, his enthusiasm for the 628 nautical mile race – and his passion to win…
16ft skiff National favourites
An elite fleet of 45 boats is set to contest the 2021-2022 Red Pumps Australian 16ft Skiff Championships at Belmont, Lake Macquarie, from January 2-8, following the close of entries yesterday. A further nine boats have nominated for the accompanying…
Jimmy Spithill on SailGP: ‘We’ll give it everything we’ve got’
Having finished second in Australia, Jimmy Spithill now hopes to lead the United States SailGP Team to Grand Final glory on home waters in San Francisco. Jimmy Spithill: We hit a top speed of 53.1 knots (0.1 knots short of…
Katie McCabe: ‘How I circumnavigated Britain, aged 14’
A dream to sail solo transatlantic is all well and good, but if you’re 14-years-old and your mum says no, it’s time to look for options closer to home. I had lived on a boat since I was two weeks…
How to manage and deal with seasickness
Seasickness is caused by the interaction between the organs of balance, the visual and tactile systems and the brain. While being thrown around a boat, our brain cannot reconcile the messages it receives. It is over-stimulated by conflicting information caused…
First Sydney Hobart for Fruit Salid 3
When Mark Drobitko bought the green and orange yacht he will soon sail in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race for the first time, he and his crew were immediately smitten. After the Queenslander purchased the Beneteau First 40 in Southampton,…
Zhik partners with IMOCA Paprec Arkéa for Vendée Globe
Zhik are announced as the Official Technical Clothing Parner of IMOCA Paprec Arkéa, hot on the heels of Paprec and Arkéa announcing the joint Vendée Globe campaign with skipper Yoann Richomme. Yoann (38), an experienced skipper and naval architect, has…
A message from World Sailing’s President
Season’s greetings from World Sailing President: Dear Sailing Family and Friends, As we approach the Christmas and New Year holidays, I would like to extend my sincere greetings and very best wishes to all of our friends, partners and sailors…
11th Hour Racing Team: 2021, it’s a wrap!
A message from 11th Hour Racing Team skipper Charlie Enright: Sitting here at home in Rhode Island and as we head into the holiday season, I’ve been looking back on all that has been done by the team and I’m…
‘Most beautiful ship in the world’ docks in Brooklyn
A 278-foot sailing vessel called by many ‘the most beautiful ship in the world’ sailed majestically into ONE°15 Brooklyn Marina at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Sunday morning. The Statsraad Lehmkuhl, Norway’s 107-year-old three-masted tall ship, will be docked at the marina until…
Australia SailGP: Inspire Racing recap
What a week we just witnessed in Sydney, glamour conditions for the Inspire Racing program and if it is even possible, better conditions for the race days on Friday and Saturday. The 16 super talented athletes arrived on Tuesday to…
Red sky by morning, sailors take warning
Many a sailor has asked if there is really any truth to the phrase: ‘Red sky by morning, sailors take warning.’ I have myself, without really knowing with certainty. Asking an expert with thousands of miles of ocean sailing the…
Polyphasic sleep for short-handed sailing
Polyphasic sleep management when sailing single-handed is one of those aspects that terrorises each and every sailor who has not yet sailed by themselves. It is not a simple subject to deal with and requires plenty of practice. It is…
Australia Sail GP highlights
Relive all the action from the third Sail Grand Prix on iconic Sydney Harbour, including one of the most dramatic moments of the season so far, and an emotional victory on home waters.
Taking on Bass Strait two-handed
Competing in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is no small feat. The maxi yachts in the fleet can have up to 24 crew members. But imagine taking that right turn out of Sydney Harbour and heading south towards Bass…
Sydney Hobart: Two-handed magic set to ignite high sea drama
For Lincoln Dews, the challenge of racing in the Two-Handed Division of the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will not only be historic, but “enormous” – for him, his crewmate and his rivals. The Two-Handed Division is one of the…
Sydney Hobart: Weather forecast smiling on small boats
As the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet settles into its first night at sea after the start, don’t be surprised if some of the smaller boats like White Bay 6 Azzurro are well in the frame. Based on Monday’s long range…
Stopover dates announced for The Ocean Race
The Ocean Race 2022-23 will visit nine iconic international cities over a six-month period, with leg one starting from Alicante, Spain, on 15 January 2023. The start of the 14th edition of The Ocean Race, early in the new year,…
Sailors embark on three-year odyssey
A fleet of 32 boats holding more than 100 crew members from 13 nationalities, plus two dogs, are embarking on a three-year round-the-world adventure. Organised by blue water sailing group Grand Large Yachting and famous sailor Jimmy Cornell – initiator…
Windsurfer fleet continues to grow
Despite the challenges water sports events have faced throughout the Covid pandemic, the Windsurfer Class of Australia continues to buck the trend with growing participation across the country and a return to national racing this season that will see more…
