Dec 222022
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Winners 2000 to 2016

The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is an annual single-handed yacht race held in Sydney Harbour generally about late November.

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 go 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
    2016 – 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)

TIMEYACHT NAME DESIGNER
72nd Race — 2016 — 59 starting fleet size
2:16:13:37 ow
1:13:31:20 lh
Giacomo
Perpetual LOYAL
Jim Delegat
Anthony Bell
Juan Kouyoumdjian
Juan Yacht Design
71st Race — 2015 — 59 starting fleet size
4:07:27:13 ow
2:08:58:30 lh
Balance V
Comanche
Paul Clitheroe
Ken Read
Farr
Verdier
70th Race — 2014 — 117 starting fleet size
3:10:47:43 ow
2:02:03:26 lh
Wild Rose
Wild Oats XI
Roger Hickman
Bob Oatley, Mark Richards
Farr
Reichel Pugh, USA
69th Race — 2013 — 94 starting fleet size
3:18:27:43 ow
2:06:07:27 lh
Victoire
Wild Oats XI
Darryl Hodgkinson
Bob Oatley, Mark Richards
Farr Cookson, USA
Reichel Pugh, USA
68th Race — 2012 — 76 starting fleet size
3:10:26:00 ow
1:18:23:12 lh
Wild Oats XI *
Wild Oats XI *
Bob Oatley, Mark Richards
Bob Oatley, Mark Richards
Reichel Pugh, USA
Reichel Pugh, USA
67th Race — 2011 — 88 starting fleet size
2:14:20:38 ow
2:06:14:18 lh
Loki
Investec Loyal
Stephen Ainsworth
Anthony Bell
Reichel Pugh, USA
Greg Elliott, NZ
66th Race — 2010 — 87 starting fleet size
3:00:42:10 ow
2:07:37:20 lh
Secret Men’s Business 3.5
Wild Oats XI
Geoff Boettcher, SA
Bob Oatley
Reichel Pugh, USA
Reichel Pugh, USA
65th Race — 2009 — 100 starting fleet size
4:07:57:43 ow
2:09:02:10 lh
Two True
Alfa Romeo
Andrew Saies
Neville Crichton
Farr Yacht Design, USA
Reichel Pugh, USA
64th Race — 2008 — 100 starting fleet size
2:01:00:37 ow
1:20:34:14 lh
Quest ***
Wild Oats XI
Bob Steel
Mark Richards
Farr Yacht Design, USA
Reichel Pugh, USA
63rd Race — 2007 — 82 starting fleet size
2:06:02:02 ow
1:21:24:32 lh
Rosebud
Wild Oats XI
Roger Sturgeon, USA
Mark Richards
Farr Yacht Design, USA
Reichel Pugh, USA
62nd Race — 2006 — 78 starting fleet size
1:21:24:32 ow
2:08:52:33 lh
Love & War
Wild Oats XI
Lindsay May
Mark Richards
Sparkman/Stephens
Reichel Pugh, USA
61st Race — 2005 — 85 starting fleet size
1:18:40:10 ow
1:18:40:10 lh
Wild Oats XI
Wild Oats XI
Bob Oatley
Bob Oatley
Reichel Pugh, USA
Reichel Pugh, USA
60th Race — 2004 — 116 starting fleet size
4:02:52:09 ow
2:16:00:44 lh
Aera
Nicorette **
N. Lykiardopulo, UK
L. Ingvall, NSW
Jason Ker, UK
Simonis/Voogd, SA-NED
59th Race — 2003 — 56 starting fleet size
3:14:14:17 ow
2:15:14 lh
First National
Skandia
Michael Spies
G. Wharington, VIC
Farr/Beneteau, France
Don Jones, VIC
58th Race — 2002 — 57 starting fleet size
2:04:46:46 ow
2:04:58:52 lh
Quest ***
Alfa Romeo
Bob Steel, NSW
Neville Crichton, NZ-AUS
Nelson/Marek, USA
Reichel Pugh, USA
57th Race — 2001 — 75 starting fleet size
na ow
2:20:46 lh
Bumblebee 5
Assa Abloy
J Kahibetzer/I Murray, NSW
Neil McDonald, Sweden
Murray Burns Dovell, NSW
Farr Yacht Design, USA
56th Race — 2000 — 82 starting fleet size
na ow
2:14:02 lh
Sap Ausmaid
Nicorette *
Kevan Pearce, SA
Ludde Ingvall, Sweden
Bruce Farr, NZ-USA
Simonis/Voogd, SA-NED

     * Wild Oats XI holds the race record made at the 2012 race.

   **  The winners in 2004 and 2000 were both named Nicorette, but are different yachts.
        Both were sponsored by Nicorette, hence the names.

 ***  The winners in 2008 and 2002 were both named Quest, but are different yachts.
        Both were owned by Bob Steel, hence the names.


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