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.

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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
55th Race — 1999 — 79 starting fleet size
na ow 1:19:48 lh	Yendys Nokia	Geoff Ross, NSW S Myralf/M Spies, Denmark	Bruce Farr, NZ-USA Philippe Brand, France
54th Race — 1998 — 115 starting fleet size
na ow 2:20:03:05 lh	Afr Midnight Rambler Sayonara	E Psaltis/B Thomas, NSW Larry Ellison, USA	Robert Hick, VIC Bruce Farr, NZ-USA
53rd Race — 1997 — 114 starting fleet size
na ow 2:23:37 lh	Beau Geste Brindabella	K Kwok, Hong Kong/China George Snow, ACT	Bruce Farr, NZ-USA Scott Jutson, Australia
52nd Race — 1996 — 95 starting fleet size
na ow 2:14:07 lh	Ausmaid Morning Glory	George Gjergia, VIC Hasso Plattner, Germany	Bruce Farr, NZ-USA Reichel/Pugh, USA
51st Race — 1995 — 98 starting fleet size
na ow 3:00:54 lh	Terra Firma Sayonara	S. Carlile/Dean Wilson, VIC Larry Ellison, USA	Iain Murray, NSW Bruce Farr, NZ-USA
50th Race — 1994 — 371 starting fleet size
na ow 2:17:48 lh	Raptor Tasmania	A. Eichenauer, Germany Robert Clifford, TAS	Iain Murray, NSW Bruce Farr, NZ-USA
49th Race — 1993 *— 104 starting fleet
na ow/ior na ow/ims 4:00:54 lh	IOR: Wild Oats IMS: Cuckoos Nest Ninety Seven	R. Hickman/B. Foye, NSW Nigel Holman, NSW Andrew Strachan, NSW	Bruce Farr, NZ-USA David Lyons, NSW Bruce Farr, NZ-USA
48th Race — 1992 *— 110 starting fleet
na ow/ior 2:15:44:57 ow/ims 2:19:19 lh	IOR: Ragamuffin IMS: Assassin NZ Endeavour	Syd Fischer, NSW John Crawford, NSW Grant Dalton, NZ	Bruce Farr, NZ-USA Bruce Farr, NZ-USA Bruce Farr, NZ-USA
47th Race — 1991 *— 99 starting fleet
2:20:05 ow/ior 2:21:15 ow/ims 3:01:14 lh	IOR: Atara IMS: She’s Apples II Brindabella	H Cudmore/J Storey, Ireland David Strong, NSW George Snow, ACT	Bruce Farr, NZ-USA John King, NSW Bruce Farr, NZ-USA
46th Race — 1990 — 105 starting fleet size
2:19:44:32 ow 2:21:05 lh	Sagacious V Ragamuffin	Gary Appleby, NSW Syd Fischer, NSW	Bruce Farr, NZ German Frers, Argentina

 * The International Offshore Rules (ORC) were superseded by the International
    Measurement System (IMS). This resulted in two Overall Winners in 1993, 1992 and 1991