The second day of the 2013 Rolex Sydney Hobart race say the fleet slowing down, as the lead yachts made they way down the southeast coast of Australia.
First day of the 69th Sydney Hobart Race was accompanied by 15-18-knot southeasterly winds with sunshine and blue skies.
McConaghy Boats is the most successful builder in the Rolex Sydney Hobart regatta.
As tradition dictates, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is expected to kick off from Sydney Harbour on December 26, 2013. The 69th edition of this popular event will host an amazing fleet of 94 yachts, including the 2012 Line Honours and Overall Winner – the 100ft superyacht Wild Oats XI.
- 20th SOLAS Big Boat Challenge
- 69th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
- Australia
- Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
- CYCA SOLAS Trusts
- Perpetual Loyal
- Rolex Sydney Hobart
- Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
- Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2013
- SOLAS Big Boat Challenge
- SOLAS Big Boat Challenge 2013
- Sydney
- Sydney Harbour
- Wild Oats XI
- Wild Thing
A preview of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, the 20th edition of SOLAS Big Boat Challenge is set to start in Sydney Harbour today, on December 10, 2013.
McConaghy Boats, including the 30-metre superyacht Wild Oats XI as well as the 30-metre luxury yacht Wild Thing, are currently preparing for the upcoming Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, which will kick off later this month.
Sydney Hobart race record holder, Bob Oatley’s supermaxi yacht Wild Oats XI, will have her repaired mast re-stepped tomorrow, on December 5, 2013.
This year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, an iconic sporting event, is set to start next month, hosting 97 yachts, including 22 international entrants. The event will be once again attended by the 100-foot Maxi yacht Wild Oats XI.
The recently concluded 68th edition of the popular Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, won by sailing yacht Wild Oats XI, once again demonstrated its status as an iconic sporting event.
Sailing Yacht Wild Oats XI completed the course of the Rolex Sydney Horbart Yacht Race in a record time of 1 day 18 hours, 23 minutes and 12 seconds, taking the sixth line honours victory in eight years.
2012 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race’s second day demonstrated the larger yachts, especially sailing yacht Wild Oats XI, taking full advantage of the wind direction change to northeast.
The popular sailing regatta, Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, started in outstanding conditions with the forecasted southerly breeze offering perfect angle for a spinnaker start and run down the harbour.