| Hugo Boss' Big Night Out |
| HOBART, AUSTRALIA-(28-12-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Hobart, Australia - Currently in 7th place in the Rolex Sydney Hobart, Hugo Boss is scrapping it out with Open 66 Coogans Stores, Reichel Pugh 60 Loki and Volvo 60 Seriously 10 in a tight battle to determine the top 10 boats over the line. |
|
Read more
|
| Rueful Crichton reflects on what might have been |
| HOBART, AUSTRALIA-(28-12-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Hobart, Australia - A disappointed Neville Crichton, skipper of Alfa Romeo, said the race was won and lost at Green Cape in South East Australia at daybreak yesterday. Alfa Romeo finished an hour and sixteen minutes behind race winner Wild Oats XI. |
|
Read more
|
| 7:38 AM AEDT: Wild Oats XI nearing finish but under jib only |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(28-12-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - Bob Oatley's 30m maxi yacht Wild Oats XI is set to smash the race record for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race despite being forced to drop her mainsail in the Derwent River. |
|
Read more
|
| 9:35am (AEDT): Wild Oats XI Breaks Rolex Sydney Hobart Record |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(28-12-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - The brand new 30 metre maxi from Sydney, Wild Oats XI crossed the finish line at 10 seconds past 8 am this morning, taking 1 day 18 hours, 40 minutes and 10 seconds to complete the course. She has slashed an hour and 7 minutes hours off the record set by Nokia in 1999. |
|
Read more
|
| Skandia crosses the line after troubled final day |
| HOBART, AUSTRALIA-(28-12-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Hobart, Australia - The rebuilt Melbourne maxi Skandia crossed the finish line at 2:46 this afternoon, and had to be towed into her berth at Constitution Dock. For the second time in the race her engine had failed her. |
|
Read more
|
| 8:00 pm: Wild Oats XI Closes Gap, Winds Whip Up |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(27-12-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - Leading maxi in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Wild Oats XI has regained record pace as she closes on the Tasmanian coast with nightfall expected to bring gale force following winds. |
|
Read more
|
| 1.20pm: 27 Dec Gale Warning As Wild Oats XI Pulls Ahead |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(27-12-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - A gale warning for eastern Bass Strait has reignited hopes for a race record in the Rolex Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race. |
|
Read more
|
| 7:35AM (AEDT) : Prospects of New Record May Have Gone With The Wind |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(27-12-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - Light overnight winds have frustrated the competitors in the Rolex Sydney Hobart yacht race, with the fleet strung out along the NSW coast in listless, variable conditions as the sun rose on day two. |
|
Read more
|
| Vintage first day for Rolex Sydney Hobart Fleet |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - 9:45 PM -(26-12-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - 9:45 pm - As the 85 yachts settle in for the night off the New South Wales coast, the competing sailors have described the first day of the race as close to perfect. |
|
Read more
|
| Fleet keeps it simple |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - 6:15 PM -(26-12-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - 6:15 pm - As the 85 boats in the fleet enter the first evening of the race the character of this race is becoming evident: dont muck about with fancy tactics - put your foot to the floor and get to Hobart the shortest way possible. |
|
Read more
|
| Wild Oats XI draws first blood in Rolex Sydney to Hobart |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - 3:55PM (AEDT)-(26-12-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - 3:55pm (aedt) - In perfect Sydney summer weather the 85 boats of the 2005 Rolex Sydney-Hobart fleet staged an incident free start to the race. |
|
Read more
|
| Final Weather Briefing Confirms Record Race Is On |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(26-12-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - Just hours before the start of the 2005 Rolex Sydney Hobart yacht race the Bureau of Meteorology has told the 85 skippers and their navigators that they can expect fast reaching and downwind conditions for most of the race. |
|
Read more
|
| Job Isn't Finished Yet Says Round The World Sailor |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(20-12-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - Sydney turned on one of its special summer mornings to welcome home adventurers Alex Whitworth and Peter Crozier. Under the bluest of skies, the sun setting the harbour ablaze with light, around 25 spectator boats greeted Whitworth’s modest 10 metre yacht Berrimilla as she passed through Sydney Heads at around 8am and made her way to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. |
|
Read more
|
| That Was The Rolex Trophy, Now For Hobart |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(18-12-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - Sparkling blue waters, a moderate swell and gusty south westerly winds around 20 knots made for a magic day’s racing on the final day of the Rolex Trophy - Rating Series off Sydney today. |
|
Read more
|
| Tough Ocean Race Good Training For The Laidback Life |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(18-12-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - Forget the glamour of high tech, lightweight flyers and drenched professional crews perched on the rail battling across Bass Strait, for David and Andrea McKay this 2005 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is the start of a life the rest of us dream about.
|
|
Read more
|
| German Sailors Seize Opportunity of a Lifetime |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(17-12-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - The German entry in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has arrived at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia to make final preparations and wait for its keen crew to arrive over the next few days. |
|
Read more
|
| Sailing Legend Passes Away |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(17-12-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - John Bennetto, a “legend in Australian yachting”, has died in Hobart after a brief illness.
Bennetto, 79, passed away in hospital late yesterday, only nine days before the start of the 61st Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in which he had hoped to compete for the 45th time. |
|
Read more
|
| Newcastle Family Leave Hobart Sailing To Son This Year |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(16-12-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - When it comes to ocean racing experience in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht, the Howard family of Newcastle ranks well: 35 races between them, mostly on boats from Lake Macquarie Yacht Club. |
|
Read more
|
| What A Difference A Year Makes |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(15-12-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - Two years ago, the 98-foot New Zealand maxi Konica Minolta was the gun boat of the Rolex Sydney Hobart yacht race, her only rival Melbourne maxi Skandia. |
|
Read more
|
| Melbourne Yacht Desperate To Be In Hobart In Time For New Year's Eve Party |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(10-12-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - This year, the boys on Melbourne yacht Addiction are hoping for a cheerier New Year’s Eve than the one they had last year. |
|
Read more
|
| Fleet at 89 Yachts |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(2-12-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - The fleet for the 2005 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race currently stands at 89 yachts with just hours until the deadline for entry forms closes at 5.00pm today. |
|
Read more
|
| Fleet currently at 92 yachts |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(29-11-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - Entries for the 2005 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race close at 5.00pm this Friday, 2 December, with the Sailing Office of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA). |
|
Read more
|
| First entry in as Notice of Race is posted on Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2005 Web Site |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(12-7-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - A design race is under way to create new boats to win line and handicap honours for the 2005 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, with the Notice of Race for Australia’s great ocean classic posted on the official website www.rolexsydneyhobart.com. |
|
Read more
|
| Rolex extends naming rights partnership of Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race to 2010; Channel Seven to be host broadcaster |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(11-7-2005) Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Commodore Martin James tonight announced that the Club’s principal sponsor, Rolex SA, will extend its naming rights sponsorship of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and its associated regatta, the Rolex Challenge, up to and including the 2010 race. |
|
Read more
|
| No rated speed limit for 61st Rolex Sydney Hobart |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(17-2-2005) 61st Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race |
| Sydney, Australia - Super maxi yachts will have the potential to be significantly faster in this year’s 61st Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race because, while their maximum overall length has been locked in at 30 metres, there will no longer be a rating based speed limit. |
|
Read more
|
| Leading boats in Rolex Trophy start line collisions |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(18-12-2004) Rolex Trophy |
| Two prominent contenders for the Rolex Trophy, Targé and Skandia, along with Andrew Short Marine, were involved in a crunching collision at the start of this afternoon’s race six of the rating series off Sydney. |
|
| Courtesy of Daniel Forster / Rolex |
| TARGE, winner of race 5 |
|
|
Read more
|
| New Zealand super-maxi 3-up in Rolex Trophy |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(17-12-2004) Rolex Trophy |
| Sydney, Australia - New Zealand super-maxi Konica Minolta sailed into the history books today with a rare line and handicap double in the Rolex Trophy, at the same time notching up her third win in this series against Australian arch-rival Skandia. |
|
Read more
|
| Wild Oats’ double in Rolex Trophy opening day |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(16-12-2004) Rolex Trophy |
| Sydney, Australia - Australia’s newest ocean racing yacht, Wild Oats, used her canting keel to full advantage to win both races of the Rolex Trophy rating series which began off Sydney Heads today in perfect sailing conditions. |
|
Read more
|
| German, British yachts in Rolex Trophy |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(15-12-2004) Rolex Trophy |
| Sydney, Australia - The well-performed British yacht Aera and the newly launched German boat Vineta will begin their first racing campaigns in Australian waters tomorrow when they contest the prestigious Rolex Trophy rating series off Sydney Heads. |
|
Read more
|
| Six teams named for Rolex Challenge |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(14-12-2004) Rolex Trophy |
| Sydney, Australia - The inaugural Rolex Challenge teams challenge will be a state-of-the-art international clash of super maxis and grand prix racing yachts embracing this week‚s Rolex Trophy and the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. |
|
Read more
|
| Perini wins Rolex Trophy Farr 40 class on drama-filled final day |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(13-12-2004) Rolex Trophy |
| Sydney, Australia - Sydney yachtsman Richard Perini today won the Farr 40 One Design class of the prestigious Rolex Trophy on a dramatic, windy end to the international series off Sydney. |
|
Read more
|
| Internationals struggle in light and flukey winds of Rolex Trophy |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(12-12-2004) Rolex Trophy |
| Sydney, Australia - World Champion Jim Richardson is the best placed of three international crews contesting the Rolex Trophy after a second day of light and flukey winds on the Tasman Sea off Sydney today. |
|
Read more
|
| Shifting light winds upset first day of Rolex Trophy |
| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(11-12-2004) Rolex Trophy |
| Sydney, Australia - World champion in the Mumm 30 class, Sydney yachtsman Richard Perini, again underlined his prospects of achieving a unique double in international yacht racing when he scored a first and a third on frustrating opening day for the Farr 40 One Design class in the prestigious Rolex Trophy. |
|
Read more
|
