Sydney to Hobart

Skippers of the supermaxi yachts preparing for Monday's Sydney to Hobart bluewater classic are targeting a new record in a high-speed race they predict will ...

2012 - Wild oats XI 2012 - Wild Oats XI 2014 - Wild Oats XI You can also follow all the action live on foxsports.com.au. Two main prizes are up for grabs in the Sydney to Hobart race. “It all depends on the actual conditions.

There's a live and free broadcast from 12.30pm AEDT on 7mate and 7plus. There will also be live coverage during the lunch break of the Boxing Day test between ...

Nadine Morton is the breaking news reporter for 140 Australian Community Media newspapers across the country. At Tasman Island the fleet turns right into Storm Bay for the final sail up the Derwent River to the historic port city of Hobart. Larger boats in the fleet will start off the front line, just north of Shark Island. Spectator craft positioned in the eastern channel can watch the race begin, and then follow the fleet down the harbour to the Heads and out to sea. Once underway the fleet can move fast, so if you want to catch the leaders sail through the Heads, it's advisable to get well down the harbour towards Middle Head before the start. She writes about police, health, regional issues and general news reporting.

There are 25 kiwi sailors racing in the 2022 edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Let's catch up with a few of them!

Especially with the Sydney to Auckland and the Auckland to Fiji coming up next year, it would be awesome to see kiwi boats racing for IRC. Let's catch up with a few of them! Definitely strong competition though and there’s a lot of experience in the teams we’re up against. Logan: andoo Comanche has been sailing well but this is a downwind race. Wijohn: It’s awesome how many, well funded, crewed and equipped boats show up for this race and I reckon if the kiwis started racing IRC, we’d get to line up with more of these boats you see in the Hobart. Bex: Well if the TAB is anything to go by we think it’s pretty good. Wijohn: The best rail banter I’m happy to share (haha) was from a friend Una on the delivery back from the 2019 Hobart. Logan: It’s the pinnacle offshore event in the Southern Hemisphere, and everyone’s here for the race. But with handicap racing like this there are too many variables to ever leave the dock with any confidence. It’s a race of stature and I have watched all my idols compete in it as I was growing up so naturally for me it’s a bucket list thing to finish. I love offshore sailing and the Hobart is a race with lots of well-optimised IRC boats who’ve all put a lot of effort in throughout the season building up to this race being their pinnacle event. Let’s catch up with a few of them!

These include last year's line honours winner Black Jack, 3-time line honours winner and current race record-holder Andoo Comanche, previous winner and last ...

How to watch the 2022 Sydney to Hobart yacht race You can watch the start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race on free-to-air television on the 7 Network. As the network will be showing the Boxing Day Test on its main channel 7, the start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race will screen on 7Mate. How to watch the 2022 Sydney to Hobart yacht race in Australia What time does the 2022 Sydney to Hobart yacht race start? The Sydney to Hobart yacht race returns in 2022 with an international fleet for the first time since 2019.

The Line Honours race record is there for the taking in this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, so long as the forecast of downwind conditions prevail ...

At Tasman Island the fleet turns right into Storm Bay for the final sail up the Derwent River to the historic port city of Hobart. The 628 nm Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will be the 77th edition in 2022 with a fleet of 120 boats. It’s going to be quite a sleigh ride,” said Lewis, for whom this will be a fourth start. But if it’s dead the whole way, I’d say not; but then it only has to change a couple of degrees and all of a sudden, it’s all on. “The boats … The winds should strengthen on day two and three, by which time the big boats should have finished in Hobart.

There's a live and free broadcast from 12.30pm AEDT on 7mate and 7plus. There will also be live coverage during the lunch break of the Boxing Day test between ...

Nadine Morton is the breaking news reporter for 140 Australian Community Media newspapers across the country. At Tasman Island the fleet turns right into Storm Bay for the final sail up the Derwent River to the historic port city of Hobart. Larger boats in the fleet will start off the front line, just north of Shark Island. Spectator craft positioned in the eastern channel can watch the race begin, and then follow the fleet down the harbour to the Heads and out to sea. Once underway the fleet can move fast, so if you want to catch the leaders sail through the Heads, it's advisable to get well down the harbour towards Middle Head before the start. She writes about police, health, regional issues and general news reporting.

The Line Honours race record is there for the taking in this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, so long as the forecast of downwind conditions prevail ...

At Tasman Island the fleet turns right into Storm Bay for the final sail up the Derwent River to the historic port city of Hobart. The 628 nm Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will be the 77th edition in 2022 with a fleet of 120 boats. It’s going to be quite a sleigh ride,” said Lewis, for whom this will be a fourth start. But if it’s dead the whole way, I’d say not; but then it only has to change a couple of degrees and all of a sudden, it’s all on. “The boats … The winds should strengthen on day two and three, by which time the big boats should have finished in Hobart.

The fog that has enveloped Sydney's world famous harbour is quite literally the best place to start our coverage of the 2023 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. As the morning's light came up, its density even precluded the ferries from running.

It is a semblance of a notion, and to be taken with not merely a grain of salt, but rather a full packet. Many have autopilots that are not suited to this kind of work, so it is hand steer only, and you have to do nav, skeds, sail changes, cook, sleep etc etc amongst it all too. Coming off a wave, stopping at the bottom of it, and have the rig keeping on going is not going to get you into Ye Olde Hobart Town anytime soon. Add in the extra pressure of the dark hours, and it becomes one of those ocean racing definition moments – long periods of boredom interspersed with moments of sheer terror. It also serves to shines brightly on the first of several major points to consider at all times during the event. Just like the fog, things will lift and clear, and we’ll be making sure you have all the material here at Sail-World.com to provide luminescence, clarity and contrast.

Thick fog blanketing Sydney Harbour is expected to lift in time for the start of the iconic Sydney...

"We expect some of that fog to clear up in a few hours across Sydney but it is likely we'll see that low cloud and fog persisting along the south coast of NSW tonight. "We've got fog and low cloud, but we're expecting that to lift over the next couple of hours," the Bureau of Meteorology's Gabrielle Woodhouse said as she gave the final weather briefing on Boxing Day for the crews poised to take to the water for the crossing to Tasmania. Thick fog blanketing Sydney Harbour is expected to lift in time for the start of the iconic Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.

After three years of bushfire, one cancelled race and major COVID-19 disruptions, 109 yachts are set to race to Hobart in the iconic annual race.

Crews will then have to navigate to various bouys in the ocean (Victor, X-ray and so on), depending on their starting line. “[The other super maxis] are all under pressure because they are the favourites. We’ll look at those gunning for the latter in a moment.) But boats will be moving long before the cannon: they must gain momentum by moving from behind the starting line, but be sure not to cross it until 1pm. Remember, they need to go past these buoys to equalise the distance. There hasn’t been an official public decision yet, but the crew decided to act pre-emptively.

The fleet sets sail on Sydney Harbour for the 77th edition of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. Can Andoo Comanche break the record it set in 2017?

They will sail to different opening marks to level out the distance travelled. And a protest being called out already because they say they didn't have room to tack! Richards thinks they haven't - if he's wrong, though, it could ruin their race. there's a lot of shouting going on! Deploy the jib!" "Deploy the jib! Black Jack is second, and then there is a fair gap back to the other two leaders. Rounding out the top 10 is Whisper, owned by Phillip Turner and skippered by Duncan Hine. Just to show you how things can change, depending on the winds ... Andoo Comanche has found its sea-legs, so to speak, and is absolutely flying! Hamilton Island Wild Oats is sticking closer to shore, but isn't getting the big wind. By Andrew McGarry