It will be the 70th Anniversary Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race this year – a contest at sea that has inspired a nation and the world. The race will start at 13:00 AEDT on Friday 26 December.
Following nearly a dozen makeovers in the past 10 years, the 30-metre supermaxi yacht Wild Oats XI is expected to make sailing history by being the first to finish in the upcoming Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race for an unprecedented eighth time.
The upcoming 70th Anniversary Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race promises to be the most memorable in years. The event will host five impressive 100-foot Maxis, including the all-new superyacht Comanche.
Luxury German carmaker, Audi, has become one of the primary sponsors of the famous 100ft supermaxi yacht Wild Oats XI. The vessel is currently preparing for next month’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
- 2014 Rolex Sydney Hobart
- 32nd Audi Hamilton Island Race Week
- 70th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
- Audi Hamilton Island Race Week
- Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2015
- Australia
- Cabbage Tree Island Race
- Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
- Hamilton Island
- Hamilton Island Race Week
- Hobart
- Rolex Sydney Hobart
- Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
- Sydney
- Sydney Hobart
- Transpac Race
- Transpac Race from Los Angeles to Honolulu
- Wild Oats XI
The upcoming nine months will see the Bob Oatley’s supermaxi yacht Wild Oats XI participate in the 70th anniversary Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in December 2014, as well as the Transpac Race from Los Angeles to Honolulu in July 2015.
This year’s 70th anniversary Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will host its largest line-up of yachts in a decade. A total number of 119 vessels will attend the race, including the all-new 100ft superyacht Comanche.
This week saw the recently launched 100-foot maxi racing yacht COMANCHE by Hodgdon start her first sea trials in Newport, Rhode Island. She is expected to make her racing premiere at the 2014 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
Photos from the launch of the brand new 100′ sailing superyacht Comanche at Hodgdon Yachts, released by North Sails President Ken Read and shared by Hodgdon Yachts.
The 2013 edition of Rolex Sydney Hobart was attended by 7 McConaghy yachts. The builder can now lay claim to 15 overall victories in this popular race.
It has been a huge success for the Southern Spars-rigged yachts at the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race, taking Line Honours victory for nine consecutive years.
The year 2013 saw another record edition of the popular Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, attended by an amazing number of 94 yachts.
Darryl Hodgkinson’s Cookson 50 sailing yacht Victoire has become the official Overall Winner of the 69th edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.