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The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is an icon of Australia’s summer sport, ranking in popularity with other national events such as the Davis Cup tennis and the Melbourne Cup horse race.

No yearly yachting event in the world attracts such huge media coverage as this race. 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 set down in the prevailing rules. In other words, the fastest boat is often not the Overall Winner.

Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Information

Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Winners
Present to 1991 1990 to 1976 1975-1961 1960 to 1945

Overall Winner = ow Line Honour = lh
Time is shown as DD:HH:MM:SS Days:Hours:Minutes (and Seconds where available)

	YACHT NAME		DESIGNER
46th 1990 2:19:44:32 ow 2:21:05 lh 105 starting fleet size
ow	Sagacious V	Gary Appleby, NSW	Bruce Farr, NZ
lh	Ragamuffin	Syd Fischer, NSW	German Frers, Argentina
45th 1989 3:02:18:45 ow 3:06:21 lh 126 starting fleet size
ow	Ultimate Challenge	Lou Abrahams, VIC	Ed Dubois, England
lh	Drumbeat	Alan Bond, WA	David Pedrick, USA
44th 1988 3:18:20:35 ow 3:15:29 lh 119 starting fleet size
ow	Illusion	Gino Knezic, VIC	Laurie Davidson, NZ
lh	Ragamuffin	Syd Fischer, NSW	German Frers, Argentina
43rd 1987 2:21:58:08 ow 2:21:58 lh 154 starting fleet size
ow	Sovereign	Bernard Lewis, NSW	David Pedrick, USA
lh	Sovereign	Bernard Lewis, NSW	David Pedrick, USA
42nd 1986 2:23:26 lh 121 starting fleet size
ow	Ex Tension	Tony Dunn, NSW	Laurie Davidson, NZ
lh	Condor II	Bob Bell, Bermuda	Ron Holland, NZ
41st 1985 3:04:34:37 ow 3:04:32 lh 179 starting fleet size
ow	Sagacious	Gary Appleby, NSW	Bruce Farr, NZ/USA
lh	Apollo	Jack Rooklyn, NSW	B Lexcen (B Miller), NSW
40th 1984 3:07:45:03 ow 3:11:21 lh 151 starting fleet size
ow	Indian Pacific	J Eyles/G Heuchmer, NSW	Bruce Farr, NZ/USA
lh	New Zealand	NZ Round the World Cmtee	Ron Holland, NZ
39th 1983 2:23:07:42 ow 3:00:50 lh 173 starting fleet size
ow	Challenge	Lou Abrahams, VIC	Sparkman & Stephens USA
lh	Condor	Bob Bell, Bermuda	Ron Holland, NZ
38th 1982 2:19:19:16 ow 3:00:59 lh 118 starting fleet size
ow	Scallywag	Ray Johnston, NSW	Bruce Farr, NZ/USA
lh	Condor of Bermuda	Bob Bell, Bermuda	John Sharp, UK
37th 1981 3:19:25:59 ow 3:22:30 lh 159 starting fleet size
ow	Zeus II	Jim Dunstan, NSW	Peter Joubert, VIC
lh	Vengeance	Bernard Lewis, NSW	Rolly Tasker, WA
36th 1980 2:18:45 ow 2:18:45 lh 102 starting fleet size
ow	New Zealand	NZ Round the World Cmte	Bruce Farr, NZ/USA
lh	New Zealand	NZ Round the World Cmte	Bruce Farr, NZ/USA
35th 1979 3:03:31:06 ow 4:01:45 lh 147 starting fleet size
ow	Screw Loose	Bob Cumming, TAS	Ron Holland, NZ/Ireland
lh	Bumblebee 4	John Kahibetzer, NSW	German Frers, Argentina
34th 1978 3:12:13 ow 4:02:23 lh 97 starting fleet size
ow	Love & War	Peter Kurts, NSW	Sparkman & Stephens USA
lh	Apollo	Jack Rooklyn, NSW	Bob Miller, NSW
33rd 1977 3:10:14 ow 3:10:14 lh 131 starting fleet size
ow	Kialoa III	Jim Kilroy, USA	Sparkman & Stephens USA
lh	Kialoa III	Jim Kilroy, USA	Sparkman & Stephens USA
32nd 1976 3:07:45:07 ow 3:07:59 lh 85 starting fleet size
ow	Piccolo	John Pickles, NSW	Bruce Farr, NZ/USA
lh	Ballyhoo	Jack Rooklyn, NSW	Bob Miller, NSW

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