Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Winners 1970 to 1979

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
35th Race — 1979 — 147 starting fleet size
3:03:31:06 ow 4:01:45 lh	Screw Loose Bumblebee 4	Bob Cumming, TAS John Kahibetzer, NSW	Ron Holland, NZ-Ireland German Frers, Argentina
34th Race — 1978 — 97 starting fleet size
3:12:13 ow 4:02:23 lh	Love & War Apollo	Peter Kurts, NSW Jack Rooklyn, NSW	Sparkman & Stephens USA Bob Miller, NSW
33rd Race — 1977 — 131 starting fleet size
3:10:14 ow 3:10:14 lh	Kialoa III Kialoa III	Jim Kilroy, USA Jim Kilroy, USA	Sparkman & Stephens USA Sparkman & Stephens USA
32nd Race — 1976 — 85 starting fleet size
3:07:45:07 ow 3:07:59 lh	Piccolo Ballyhoo	John Pickles, NSW Jack Rooklyn, NSW	Bruce Farr, NZ-USA Bob Miller, NSW
31st Race — 1975 — 102 starting fleet size
2:13:16:56 ow 2:14:36 lh	Rampage Kialoa III	Peter Packer, WA Jim Kilroy, USA	Bob Miller, NSW Sparkman & Stephens USA
30th Race — 1974 — 63 starting fleet size
3:13:25:02 ow 3:13:51 lh	Love & War Ondine III	Peter Kurts, NSW SA (Huey) Long, USA	Sparkman & Stephens USA Britton Chance, USA
29th Race — 1973 — 92 starting fleet size
2:17:28:28 ow 3:01:32 lh	Ceil III Helsal	Bill Turnbull, HK Tony Fisher, NSW	Bob Miller, NSW Joe Adams, NSW
28th Race — 1972 — 79 starting fleet size
3:04:42 ow 3:04:42 lh	American Eagle American Eagle	Ted Turner, USA Ted Turner, USA	Bid Luders, USA Bid Luders, USA
27th Race — 1971 — 79 starting fleet size
3:03:14:34 ow 2:14:36 lh	Pathfinder Kialoa II	Brin Wilson, NZ Jim Kilroy, USA	Sparkman & Stephens USA Sparkman & Stephens USA
26th Race — 1970 — 98 starting fleet size
3:10:07:39 ow 3:14:06 lh	Pacha Buccaneer	Sir R Crichton-Brown, NSW Tom Clark, NZ	Camper & Nicholson, UK John Spencer, NZ

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