A collection of the winners of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race -1945 to 1959
The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in December is an icon of Australia’s summer sport. The course covers a distance of 628 nautical miles from Sydney Harbour to the East coast of Australia, Bass Strait, the Tasmanian east coast, Storm Bay, Derwent River and finally Battery Point in Hobart, Tasmania.
Line Honours goes to the first yacht to cross the finishing line. The Overall Winner is determined by each yacht’s finish time adjusted by several factors. As a result, the fastest boat is often not the Overall Winner.
About the Race See also Sailing Links | Race Winners by Year | Present – 2000 1990 – 1999 | 1980 – 1989 1970 – 1979 | 1960 – 1969 1945 – 1959 |
Overall Winner = ow Line Honour = lh
Time is shown as DD:HH:MM:SS Days:Hours:Minutes (and Seconds where available)
TIME | YACHT NAME | DESIGNER | |
15th Race — 1959 — 32 starting fleet size | |||
3:08:33:02 ow 4:13:33 lh | Cherana Solo | Russ Williams, NSW Vic Myer, NSW | Alan Payne, NSW Alan Payne, NSW |
14th Race — 1958 — 22 starting fleet size | |||
3:13:46:35 ow 5:02:32 lh | Siandra Solo | Graham Newland, NSW Vic Myer, NSW | Arthur Robb, England Alan Payne, NSW |
13th Race — 1957 — 20 starting fleet size | |||
3:00:55:37 ow 3:18:30 lh | Anitra Kurrewa IV | Trygve & Magnus Halvorsen, NSW F & J Livingstone, NSW-VIC | Trygve Halvorsen, NSW William Fife, UK |
12th Race — 1956 — 28 starting fleet size | |||
3:08:33:52 ow 4:04:31 lh | Solo Kurrewa IV | Vic Myer, NSW F & J Livingstone, NSW-VIC | John Alden, USA William Fife, UK |
11th Race — 1955 — 17 starting fleet size | |||
3:09:21:05 ow 4:18:13 lh | Moonbi Even | HS Evans, NSW FJ Palmer, NSW | John Alden, USA J Laurent Giles, UK |
10th Race — 1954 — 17 starting fleet size | |||
3:17:58:01 ow 5:06:09 lh | Solvig Kurrewa IV | Trygve & Magnus Halvorsen, NSW F & J Livingstone, NSW-VIC | T & M Halvorsen, NSW William Fife, UK |
9th Race — 1953 — 23 starting fleet size | |||
3:16:12:12 ow 5:07:12 lh | Ripple Solvig | Ron Hobson, NSW Trygve & Magnus Halvorsen, NSW | AC Barber, NSW T & M Halvorsen, NSW |
8th Race — 1952 — 17 starting fleet size | |||
4:09:56:18 ow 6:02:34 lh | Ingrid Nocturne | JS Taylor, SA JR Bull, NSW | Bill Atkin, USA Alan Payne, NSW |
7th Race — 1951 — 14 starting fleet size | |||
2:19:48:26 ow 4:02:29 lh | Struen Marie Margaret Rintoul | Tom Williamson, NSW AW Edwards, NSW | Robert Clark, UK Phillip Rhodes, USA |
6th Race — 1950 — 16 starting fleet size | |||
3:20:17:13 ow 5:05:28 lh | Nerida Margaret Rintoul | Colin Haselgrove, SA AW Edwards, NSW | Alfred Mylne, Scotland Phillip Rhodes, USA |
5th Race — 1949 — 15 starting fleet size | |||
3:23:39:43 ow 5:10:33 lh | Tradewinds Waltzing Matilda | Mervyn Davey, NSW Phil Davenport, NSW | Mervyn Davey, NSW Jock Muir, TAS |
4th Race — 1948 — 18 starting fleet size | |||
3:07:45:48 ow 4:05:01 lh | Westward Morna | GD Gibson, TAS Claude Plowman | Jock Muir, TAS William Fife, UK |
3rd Race — 1947 — 28 starting fleet size | |||
4:24:56 ow 5:03:03 lh | Westward Morna | GD Gibson, TAS Claude Plowman | Jock Muir, TAS William Fife, UK |
2nd Race — 1946 — 19 starting fleet size | |||
4:11:53:27 ow 5:02:53 lh | Christina Morna | JR Bull, NSW Claude Plowman | Lars Halvorsen, NSW William Fife, UK |
1st Race — 1945 — 9 starting fleet size | |||
6:14:22 ow 6:14:22 lh | Rani Rani | Capt. John Illingworth, UK Capt. John Illingworth, UK | AC Barber, NSW AC Barber, NSW |