3 FEATURES OF SYDNEY-HOBART YACHT RACE
Feature One:
The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is an annual event hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney on Boxing Day and finishing in Hobart, Tasmania. The race distance is approximately 630 nautical miles.
Feature Two:
This race is very special because it creates a lot of excitement and media coverage as it can be a dangerous event if conditions change. Some key media highlights are:
Feature Three:
It has some of the best sailors in the world competing in this event.
Note ( form this annual event many people have died from this race because this is one of the most dangerous water sports)
The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is an annual event hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney on Boxing Day and finishing in Hobart, Tasmania. The race distance is approximately 630 nautical miles.
Feature Two:
This race is very special because it creates a lot of excitement and media coverage as it can be a dangerous event if conditions change. Some key media highlights are:
- Fastest Race: 1-day 18h 23m 12s by Wild Oats XI (NSW) 2012
- Total fleet: 5,509 yachts (81.01 yachts per race)
- Fleet finishing statistics: Of 5,509 yachts who have started the race since 1945, a total of 4,548 (82.56%) have completed and 961 (17.44%) yachts have retired.
- Highest retirement %: 70% of the fleet in 1984. On average after 62 races, 81.7% of the fleet finishes annually.
- Largest Fleet: 371 starters, 1994
- Smallest Fleet: 9 starters, 1945 (first race)
- Smallest Yacht: 27 ft (8.23m) Klinger (NSW) 1978
- Double: Line & Handicap Honours in the same year:
- 1980, New Zealand (NZ)
Feature Three:
It has some of the best sailors in the world competing in this event.
Note ( form this annual event many people have died from this race because this is one of the most dangerous water sports)