Sydney to Hobart start time

They race across 1000 kilometres in some of the roughest seas on the planet — with no prize money at the end. Here is how to — and why you should — watch ...

Hamilton Island Wild Oats XI is the most famous boat in race but has not participated since 2019 due to COVID. Black Jack (Formerly Alfa Romeo II) has a strong Sydney Hobart history and is the reigning Line Honours champion. Andoo Comanche is the hot favourite for line honours this year. They will push hard to get out of the Harbour. Celestial was handed a 40-minute time penalty for not manning their radio for a 90-minute period, during which officials were trying to contact the team. It beat Wild Oats for line honours in 2017, setting a race record in the process, but only after a It has already defeated Black Jack in the Sydney Gold Coast race this year and has won the inaugural Tollgate Islands race. If you are in Sydney and on the water, sponsor Rolex advises spectators who wish to watch the start but not follow the fleet to stick to the "western side of the harbour". For those who can't get to watch the live broadcast of the start of the race on the Seven Network across Australia, Seven West Media will webcast the program. The weather forecast is for northerly winds in the Harbour for Monday's start, which will favour the bigger boats. The overall victory is considered the major prize for sailors and a testament to skill and tactics. Since its beginning in 1945, the Sydney Hobart yacht race has become one of the pinnacles for sailing competitors, with the event being a test of skill, teamwork, nautical engineering and tactics — with weather providing the wild card.