2018 annual yacht race in Australia
The 2018 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race was the 74th annual running of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race .[ 1] Hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia and sponsored by Rolex , it began at Sydney Harbour at 13:00 on 26 December 2018, before heading south for 628 nautical miles (1,163 km) via the Tasman Sea , Bass Strait , Storm Bay and up the River Derwent , to cross the finish line in Hobart , Tasmania .[ 1] [ 2] This race marked the 20 year anniversary of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race , when 6 sailors died due to severe weather.[ 3] [ 4]
A fleet of 85 boats contested the race and 79 finished. Line honours were claimed by Wild Oats XI in a time of 1 day, 19 hours, 17 minutes and 21 seconds. The Tattersall's Cup went to Alive (Duncan Hine), the first Tasmanian boat to win handicap since 1979.
Results
Line Honours
Pos
Sail Number
Yacht
State/Country
Yacht Type
LOA (Metres)
Skipper
Elapsed time d:hh:mm:ss
1
10001
Wild Oats XI
New South Wales
Reichel Pugh RP100
30.48
Mark Richards
1:19:07:21
2
525100
Black Jack
Queensland
Reichel Pugh 100
30.48
Peter Harburg Mark Bradford
1:19:35:06
3
AUS12358
Comanche
New South Wales
Verdier VPLP 100 Supermaxi
30.48
Jim Cooney Samantha Grant
1:19:36:09
4
SYD 1000
Infotrack
New South Wales
Juan Yacht Design Juan-K 100
30.48
Christian Beck Joe Akacich
1:19:49:31
5
52566
Alive
Tasmania
Reichel Pugh 66
20.10
Philip Turner Duncan Hine
2:01:40:36
6
7001
Wild Oats X
New South Wales
Reichel Pugh 66
20.10
Stacey Jackson
2:01:53:15
7
USA6066
Prospector
United States
Mills 68
20.80
Terrence Glackin
2:05:15:14
8
AUS98888
Voodoo
Victoria
Reichel Pugh 63
19.20
Hugh Ellis
2:05:17:35
9
AUS01
Winning Appliances
New South Wales
Carkeek 60
18.30
John Winning Jr.
2:06:15:18
10
AUS001
Ichi Ban
New South Wales
Botin TP 52
15.85
Matt Allen
2:10:11:14
11
AUS1
Naval Group
New South Wales
Reichel Pugh 69
21.50
Sean Langman
2:11:14:07
12
AUS03
Noahs II
China
Jones Volvo Open 70
21.50
Ting Lee
2:11:15:22
13
AUS8899
Hollywood Boulevard
New South Wales
Farr 55
16.80
Ray Roberts
2:11:34:07
14
USA50009
Privateer
United States
Farr Cookson 50
15.25
Ron O'Hanley Scott Innes-Jones
2:12:41:18
15
RQ0052
Envy Scooters
Queensland
Judel Vrolijk TP 52
15.85
Barry Cuneo
2:14:32:55
16
6952
Celestial
New South Wales
Judel Vrolijk TP 52
15.85
Sam Haynes
2:15:18:04
17
052
Gweilo
New South Wales
Judel Vrolijk TP52
15.90
Matt Donald Chris Townsend
2:15:33:58
18
6377
Triton
New South Wales
Lyons-Cawse LC60
18.30
Michael Cranitch David Gotze
2:17:49:51
19
52152
Koa
New South Wales
Farr TP 52
15.85
Peter Wrigley Andrew Kearnan
2:17:59:09
20
AUS70
Ragamuffin
New South Wales
Farr TP 52
15.85
Brenton Fischer
2:18:22:21
21
FRA8668
Teasing Machine
France
Nivelt Muratet NMYD 54
16.50
Eric de Turckheim
2:18:29:17
22
GBR5211L
Frantic
New South Wales
Donovan TP 52
15.85
Michael Martin
2:19:14:47
23
5200
Bush Paul Group
New South Wales
Farr TP 52
15.85
Mathew Short
2:19:17:15
24
S777
Primitive Cool
Victoria
Reichel Pugh RP51
15.61
John Newbold
2:19:20:56
25
360
Patrice
New South Wales
Ker 46
13.90
Tony Kirby
2:19:21:40
26
421
Smuggler
New South Wales
Rogers 46
14.00
Sebastian Bohm
2:22:27:58
27
HKG2384
Apsaras
Hong Kong
Reichel Pugh Advanced A80
24.00
Li Jian Travis Read
2:23:27:33
28
R33
Chutzpah
Victoria
Reichel Pugh Caprice 40
12.35
Bruce Taylor
3:00:11:11
29
6686
St Jude
New South Wales
Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 47
14.20
Noel Cornish
3:00:17:18
30
6953
PYR Jarhead Wot Eva
New South Wales
Nelson Marek TP 52
15.85
Greg Nasmyth
3:00:21:58
31
B330
Hartbreaker
Victoria
Reichel Pugh 46
14.20
Tony & Gaye Walton
3:00:41:47
32
8338
Showtime
New South Wales
Ker 40
12.20
Mark Griffith
3:00:45:33
33
F1701
Enterprise
Western Australia
Farr 40
12.40
Anthony Kirke
3:02:24:58
34
099
Grace O'Malley
New South Wales
Farr Cookson 12
11.90
Zoe Taylor
3:02:37:39
35
AUS7742
Kialoa II
New South Wales
Sparkman & Stephens S&S 73 Yawl
23.00
Patrick Broughton
3:04:43:55
36
AUS070
URM
New South Wales
Farr 50
15.50
Adrian Dunphy
3:05:43:34
37
7709
SailExchange
New South Wales
Farr Cookson 12
12.00
Carl Crafoord Tim Horkings
3:06:36:10
38
GER7475
Lunatix
Germany
Jeppesen XP50
15.00
Friedrich Boehnert
3:06:52:47
39
CAY6536
Oroton Drumfire
New South Wales
Hoek TC78
24.00
Phillip Neal
3:07:05:53
40
G4646R
Extasea
Victoria
Mills DK46
14.00
Paul Buchholz
3:07:11:04
41
MH46
Kayimai
New South Wales
Humphreys Azuree 46
14.00
Rob Aldis
3:07:43:10
42
262
Helsal 3
New South Wales
Adams 20
20.00
David Stephenson
3:08:15:26
43
33345
Black Sheep
New South Wales
Briand Beneteau 45
13.70
Matthew Pilkington Rob Gourlay
3:08:17:02
44
6419
Pekljus
New South Wales
Radford 50
15.24
David Suttie
3:08:48:52
45
5038
Cinquante
New South Wales
Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38
11.80
Kim Jaggar
3:10:05:28
46
RF9095
Dare Devil
New South Wales
Farr Cookson 47
14.30
Sibby Ilzhofer
3:10:10:28
47
6836
Anger Management
Western Australia
J&J Salona 44
13.40
Tim Stewart
3:10:20:59
48
248
Wax Lyrical
New South Wales
Jeppesen X50
15.20
Les Goodridge
3:10:23:17
49
41
Matrix
Queensland
Jeppesen X41
12.60
Graham Furtado
3:11:04:03
50
07
Wings
New South Wales
Judel Vrolijk Dehler 46
14.00
Ian Edwards
3:11:06:47
51
6396
Sports Bar
New South Wales
Farr Beneteau 47.7
14.30
Neville Blair Greg Mason
3:11:12:58
52
MH60
TSA Management
New South Wales
Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38
11.80
Tony Levett
3:11:34:03
53
6723
Allegro
New South Wales
Warwick 67
20.30
Adrian Lewis
3:11:48:10
54
6841
Papillon
New South Wales
Joubert Nivelt Archambault A40 RC
12.00
Phil Molony
3:13:56:49
55
6755
Ausreo
New South Wales
Farr Beneteau 47.7
14.00
Ian Creek
3:14:08:13
56
RUS1
SeaVentus Mahligai
Russia
Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 46
14.30
Murray Owen Jenny Kings
3:14:11:14
57
6559
Wots Next
New South Wales
Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 47
14.20
Charles Cupit
3:14:28:19
58
ESP6100
Duende
New South Wales
Judel Vrolijk TP 52
15.39
Damien Parkes
3:14:30:45
59
SM400
Avalanche
Victoria
Hick 40
12.30
Gary Fisher Andrew McGrath Chris Auger
3:16:29:18
60
89
Joy Ride
United States
Johnstone J122e
12.19
John Murkowski
3:16:49:01
61
W1424
Mayfair
Queensland
Farr Beneteau First 40
12.20
James Irvine
3:17:17:30
62
ST36
Midnight Rambler
New South Wales
Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 36
10.80
Ed Psaltis
3:17:45:54
63
1986
Trumpcard
Queensland
Van de Stadt 44
13.31
Blake Boulton
3:18:32:10
64
1545
Dreki Sunnan
New South Wales
Briand Beneteau First 45
13.60
Ken Holmes
3:23:59:52
65
6774
Jackpot
New South Wales
Johnstone J122
12.20
Robert Hale Matt Gooden
4:00:24:15
66
2001
Quetzalcoatl
New South Wales
Jones 40
12.33
Anthony Bruce James Lee-Warner Antony Sweetapple
4:00:26:31
67
S17
Arcadia
Victoria
Joubert Nivelt Archambault A40 RC
12.00
Peter Davison
4:01:02:12
68
7174
Mille Sabords
New South Wales
Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38
11.80
Robert Frayne
4:01:15:42
69
6343
Great Xpectations
New South Wales
Jeppesen X43
12.94
Rod Wills
4:01:18:23
70
11407
Pelagic Magic
New South Wales
Farr Beneteau 40.7
11.90
Simon Dunlop
4:01:20:34
71
7551
Flying Fish Arctos
New South Wales
Radford McIntyre 55
15.36
George Martin
4:01:51:41
72
B454
Audere
Victoria
Briand Beneteau First 45
13.70
John Cain
4:02:13:27
73
A164
Sticky
New South Wales
J&J Salona 38
11.50
Richard Harris
4:03:14:31
74
101
Mark Twain
Queensland
Sparkman & Stephens S&S 39
12.00
Michael Spies
4:03:50:40
75
5930
Reve
New South Wales
Farr Beneteau 45F5
14.00
Kevin Whelan
4:03:52:51
76
3430
Komatsu Azzurro
New South Wales
Sparkman & Stephens S&S 34
10.10
Shane Kearns
4:07:24:17
77
774337
Relish IV
New South Wales
J&J Elan 43
13.00
Leeann Lynch Kalevi Kokkonen
4:07:56:21
78
3867
Gun Runner
New South Wales
King Jarkan 925
9.30
Maurice Young
4:11:11:41
79
8824
Chancellor
New South Wales
Farr Beneteau 47.7
14.80
Edward Tooher
4:12:24:25
DNF
AUS615
2 Unlimited
Tasmania
Farr 40 Mod
12.40
Greg Prescott
Retired-Broken Rudder
DNF
AUS54000
Calypso
New South Wales
Dixon Moody 54 DS
16.70
Ivan Signorelli
Retired-Steering Issues
DNF
AUS52
M3 Team Hungary
New South Wales
Farr TP 52
15.85
Peter Hickson Aron Ormandlaki
Retired-Dismasted
DNF
SM133
Patriot
Victoria
Johnstone J133
13.30
Jason Close
Retired-Broken Rudder
DNF
HKG2276
Scallywag
Hong Kong
Dovell 100
30.48
Seng Huang Lee David Witt
Retired-Broken Bowsprit
DNF
52001
Zen
New South Wales
Botin TP52
15.90
Gordon Ketelbey
Retired-Rig Damage
References:[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
Overall Handicap
Pos
Division Number
Sail Number
Yacht
State/Country
Yacht Type
LOA (Metres)
Skipper
Elapsed time d:hh:mm:ss
1
0
52566
Alive
Tasmania
Reichel Pugh 66
20.10
Duncan Hine
3:06:41:16
2
0
7001
Wild Oats X
New South Wales
Reichel Pugh 66
20.10
Stacey Jackson
3:07:55:11
3
1
AUS98888
Voodoo
Victoria
Reichel Pugh 63
19.20
Hugh Ellis
3:08:44:20
4
1
AUS01
Winning Appliances
New South Wales
Carkeek 60
18.30
John Winning Jr.
3:09:03:25
5
1
AUS001
Ichi Ban
New South Wales
Botin 52
15.85
Matthew Allen
3:09:17:15
6
1
USA6066
Prospector
United States
Mills 68
20.80
Terrence Glackin
3:11:07:46
7
0
USA50009
Privateer
United States
Farr Cookson 50
15.25
Scott Innes-Jones
3:12:06:51
8
0
525100
Black Jack
Queensland
Reichel Pugh 100
30.48
Mark Bradford
3:12:09:45
9
3
099
Grace O'Malley
New South Wales
Farr Cookson 12
11.90
Zoe Taylor
3:12:10:47
10
1
AUS8899
Hollywood Boulevard
New South Wales
Farr 55
16.80
Ray Roberts
3:12:35:15
11
0
10001
Wild Oats XI
New South Wales
Reichel Pugh RP100
30.48
Mark Richards
3:12:59:40
12
0
SYD 1000
Infotrack
New South Wales
Juan Yacht Design Juan-K 100
30.48
Christian Beck Joe Akacich
3:13:11:47
13
3
F1701
Enterprise
Western Australia
Farr 40
12.40
Anthony Kirke
3:13:30:15
14
2
6686
St Jude
New South Wales
Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 47
14.20
Noel Cornish
3:13:44:02
15
2
R33
Chutzpah
Victoria
Reichel Pugh Caprice 40
12.35
Bruce Taylor
3:14:07:06
16
2
360
Patrice
New South Wales
Ker 46
13.90
Tony Kirby
3:14:37:35
17
1
6952
Celestial
New South Wales
Judel Vrolijk TP 52
15.85
Sam Haynes
3:14:47:09
18
3
7709
SailExchange
New South Wales
Farr Cookson 12
12.00
Carl Crafoord Tim Horkings
3:15:10:14
19
1
RQ0052
Envy Scooters
Queensland
Judel Vrolijk TP 52
15.85
Barry Cuneo
3:15:26:35
20
0
AUS12358
Comanche
New South Wales
Verdier VPLP 100 Supermaxi
30.48
Jim Cooney Samantha Grant
3:15:30:37
21
1
FRA8668
Teasing Machine
France
Nivelt Muratet NMYD 54
16.50
Eric de Turckheim
3:16:05:48
22
1
052
Gweilo
New South Wales
Judel Vrolijk TP52
15.90
Matt Donald Chris Townsend
3:16:25:14
23
2
8338
Showtime
New South Wales
Ker 40
12.20
Mark Griffith
3:16:32:52
24
2
421
Smuggler
New South Wales
Rogers 46
14.00
Sebastian Bohm
3:16:38:47
25
3
33345
Black Sheep
New South Wales
Briand Beneteau 45
13.70
Matthew Pilkington Rob Gourlay
3:16:47:38
26
1
52152
Koa
New South Wales
Farr TP 52
15.85
Peter Wrigley Andrew Kearnan
3:16:52:59
27
1
AUS70
Ragamuffin
New South Wales
Farr TP 52
15.85
Brenton Fischer
3:17:12:17
28
3
5038
Cinquante
New South Wales
Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38
11.80
Kim Jaggar
3:17:53:23
29
1
GBR5211L
Frantic
New South Wales
Donovan TP 52
15.85
Michael Martin
3:18:10:39
30
3
MH46
Kayimai
New South Wales
Humphreys Azuree 46
14.00
Rob Aldis
3:18:19:20
31
1
5200
Bush Paul Group
New South Wales
Farr TP 52
15.85
Mathew Short
3:18:42:13
32
1
S777
Primitive Cool
Victoria
Reichel Pugh RP51
15.61
John Newbold
3:18:51:13
33
3
6396
Sports Bar
New South Wales
Farr Beneteau 47.7
14.30
Neville Blair Greg Mason
3:19:32:16
34
3
41
Matrix
Queensland
Jeppesen X41
12.60
Graham Furtado
3:19:47:23
35
4
6755
Ausreo
New South Wales
Farr Beneteau 47.7
14.00
Ian Creek
3:19:49:19
36
3
6836
Anger Management
Western Australia
J&J Salona 44
13.40
Tim Stewart
3:19:54:08
37
3
MH60
TSA Management
New South Wales
Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38
11.80
Tony Levett
3:19:55:27
38
2
AUS7742
Kialoa II
New South Wales
Sparkman & Stephens S&S 73 Yawl
23.00
Patrick Broughton
3:20:00:06
39
1
AUS1
Naval Group
New South Wales
Reichel Pugh 69
21.50
Sean Langman
3:20:17:19
40
4
6841
Papillon
New South Wales
Joubert Nivelt Archambault A40 RC
12.00
Phil Molony
3:20:49:22
41
0
AUS03
Noahs II
China
Jones Volvo Open 70
21.50
Ting Lee
3:21:09:02
42
4
ST36
Midnight Rambler
New South Wales
Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 36
10.80
Ed Psaltis
3:21:15:57
43
2
B330
Hartbreaker
Victoria
Reichel Pugh 46
14.20
Tony & Gaye Walton
3:21:24:53
44
2
G4646R
Extasea
Victoria
Mills DK46
14.00
Paul Buchholz
3:21:59:31
45
2
CAY6536
Oroton Drumfire
New South Wales
Hoek TC78
24.00
Phillip Neal
3:22:31:20
46
1
6377
Triton
New South Wales
Lyons-Cawse LC60
18.30
Michael Cranitch David Gotze
3:22:39:53
47
3
07
Wings
New South Wales
Judel Vrolijk Dehler 46
14.00
Ian Edwards
3:22:54:54
48
2
GER7475
Lunatix
Germany
Jeppesen XP50
15.00
Friedrich Boehnert
3:22:58:16
49
1
HKG2384
Apsaras
Hong Kong
Reichel Pugh Advanced A80
24.00
Li Jian Travis Read
4:00:23:54
50
4
3867
Gun Runner
New South Wales
King Jarkan 925
9.30
Maurice Young
4:00:28:31
51
4
W1424
Mayfair
Queensland
Farr Beneteau First 40
12.20
James Irvine
4:00:31:27
52
4
101
Mark Twain
Queensland
Sparkman & Stephens S&S 39
12.00
Michael Spies
4:00:38:58
53
4
3430
Komatsu Azzurro
New South Wales
Sparkman & Stephens S&S 34
10.10
Shane Kearns
4:00:41:00
54
4
1986
Trumpcard
Queensland
Van de Stadt 44
13.31
Blake Boulton
4:00:46:59
55
3
89
Joy Ride
United States
Johnstone J122e
12.19
John Murkowski
4:01:20:36
56
2
AUS070
URM
New South Wales
Farr 50
15.50
Adrian Dunphy
4:02:10:05
57
2
RF9095
Dare Devil
New South Wales
Farr Cookson 47
14.30
Sibby Ilzhofer
4:04:39:49
58
3
SM400
Avalanche
Victoria
Hick 40
12.30
Gary Fisher Andrew McGrath Chris Auger
4:05:29:46
59
2
6559
Wots Next
New South Wales
Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 47
14.20
Charles Cupit
4:05:51:50
60
4
11407
Pelagic Magic
New South Wales
Farr Beneteau 40.7
11.90
Simon Dunlop
4:06:30:07
61
4
A164
Sticky
New South Wales
J&J Salona 38
11.50
Richard Harris
4:07:24:36
62
4
6774
Jackpot
New South Wales
Johnstone J122
12.20
Robert Hale Matt Gooden
4:07:26:30
63
4
6343
Great Xpectations
New South Wales
Jeppesen X43
12.94
Rod Wills
4:08:12:55
64
4
S17
Arcadia
Victoria
Joubert Nivelt Archambault A40 RC
12.00
Peter Davison
4:08:42:09
65
3
7174
Mille Sabords
New South Wales
Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38
11.80
Robert Frayne
4:10:59:16
66
3
1545
Dreki Sunnan
New South Wales
Briand Beneteau First 45
13.60
Ken Holmes
4:11:42:34
67
3
B454
Audere
Victoria
Briand Beneteau First 45
13.70
John Cain
4:11:51:00
68
3
8824
Chancellor
New South Wales
Farr Beneteau 47.7
14.80
Edward Tooher
5:00:19:54
DNF
3
AUS615
2 Unlimited
Tasmania
Farr 40 Mod
12.40
Greg Prescott
Retired-Broken Rudder
DNF
1
AUS52
M3 Team Hungary
New South Wales
Farr TP 52
15.85
Peter Hickson Aron Ormandlaki
Retired-Dismasted
DNF
3
SM133
Patriot
Victoria
Johnstone J133
13.30
Jason Close
Retired-Broken Rudder
DNF
1
52001
Zen
New South Wales
Botin TP52
15.90
Gordon Ketelbey
Retired-Rig Damage
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