Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race News

Hobart - Wild Oats XI shaves nearly seventeen minutes off its own 2005 record to take line honours in the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Now the long wait for a possible repeat of the triple crown.

Sydney - A flying start before the wind as the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race provides Boxing Day entertainment for the sixty eighth consecutive year.

Hobart - Loki made it over the line fourth overall behind Investic Loyal, Wild Oats XI and Lahania, but had a prolonged and tense wait to see if rivals in similar IRC handicapped craft would snatch the crown.

Sydney - Competitive yachting is a spectacle that is both photogenic and difficult to photograph. I took some shots around the CYCA Rushcutters Bay start venue for the world's most accessible Christmas race.

Sydney - These past weeks has seen plenty of traffic into the Sydney headquarters of the annual Christmas contest, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia at Rushcutters Bay, in preparation for the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.