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Double-handers make the cut

30 April 2022
Eligible two-handed entrants will be able to competefor the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) most prestigioustrophies. This will include the George Adams Tattersall Cup (awarded to the overall winner of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race), the John H. Illingworth Challenge Cup (awarded to the Line Honours winner of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race), the Peter Rysdyk Trophy…
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Smoke on the water

10 December 2019
For the first time in the 26-year-history of the Big Boat Challenge, the race has been abandoned due to safety concerns following the settling of thick smoke from the Australian bushfires over the Sydney basin and a serious lack of visibility. “It was really suggested to us from harbour control that perhaps we shouldn’t be racing” said Race Officer, Denis Thompson. “The smoke…
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Rolex Sydney Hobart start!

27 December 2017
Wow…… that was definitely the slowest start I have seen for the Rolex Sydney Hobart, and consequently the start with the most mix ups in the pecking order to what was expected. The fleet are now headed down the East Coast of Australia in a gradient nor’Easter which is set to build and give the sailors some more “send it” conditions that are generally expected for the…
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Sailor Girl Live: Rolex Sydney Hobart 2016

22 December 2016
Wow……… We interviewed 30 boats before the start, we were there live for the start when CQS “capsized” and Beau Geste was second out of the heads, and then when Perpetual Loyal broke the record in Hobart. We were live for the next 13 boats across the line, and then in Customs House for some chat and banter. “Sailor Girl Live! Brought to you by Zhik” was…
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IRC shaping up in Hobart; Balance, Rags 52 and Primitive Cool

29 December 2015
7th, 8th and 9th on line honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart for 2015 chat with Nic about their race experience and, in the case of Balance, the Ragamuffin TP52 and Primitive Cool, a potential showing in the overall IRC results… By morning we will have a better idea of how it is all going to unfold with the two French teams in hot contention. For more adventures, head to…
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