Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Winners 1970 to 1979 is an encyclopedic page detailing the winning yachts for this prestigious and arduous race.
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 |
