Tag: yacht race

Andoo Comanche Wins Line Honours in Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

December 27, 2022
AustraliaInternationalSportsSports NewsSydney to HobartwatersportWorldyacht race
0 Comment

Andoo Comanche has defended its title and claimed Line Honours on the water in the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on Dec. 28. The annual 628-nautical mile race event starts in Sydney, New South Wales, where the fleets sail down the south-east coast of Australia and finish in Hobart, Tasmania. It is considered one…

Read More

Protest Gives Ichi Ban Overall Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race Win

December 30, 2021
AustraliaInternationalSportsSydney to HobartWorldyacht race
0 Comment

Ichi Ban has become the first yacht to win back-to-back Sydney to Hobart handicap honours in more than 50 years after rival Celestial copped a “devastating” time penalty. Celestial was penalised 40 minutes for breaching race rules after protests lodged by Ichi Ban and the race committee were upheld in the early hours of Friday….

Read More

Black Jack Takes Line Honours in Gruelling Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

December 28, 2021
AustraliaBlack JackInternationalline honourssoutherly windsSportsSydney to HobartVictoryWorldyacht race
0 Comment

Black Jack has won line honours in the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race early Wednesday morning after howling southerly winds and heavy seas thinned out the fleet early in the race. The 100-foot supermaxi crossed the finish line on Hobart’s Derwent River at 1.37 a.m. in a time of 2 days 12 hours 37 minutes…

Read More