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  • Justin Ricketts, owner of overseas yacht Aint Misbehavin' Justin Ricketts, owner of overseas yacht Aint Misbehavin'
    • 30 Dec, 2003 06:31:00 AM

    Justin Ricketts, owner of overseas yacht Aint Misbehavin'

    Justin Ricketts has sailed all over the world and has just completed many thousands of miles to comepete in the 2003 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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  • Luddi Ingvall Luddi Ingvall
    • 30 Dec, 2003 06:21:00 AM

    Luddi Ingvall

    Luddi Invall from Sweden is an accomplished yachtsman who has sailed in Ocean Races all over the globe.

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  • Day 5 in photos Day 5 in photos
    • 30 Dec, 2003 12:00:00 AM

    Day 5 in photos

    A collection of photos from 30 December 2003

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  • Bob Steel, owner and skipper of Quest Bob Steel, owner and skipper of Quest
    • 29 Dec, 2003 08:50:00 PM

    Bob Steel, owner and skipper of Quest

    Bob Steel talks about the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race.

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  • Stewart Thwaites - Owner of Zana Stewart Thwaites - Owner of Zana
    • 29 Dec, 2003 08:15:00 PM

    Stewart Thwaites - Owner of Zana

    Stewart Thwaites is the owner and skipper of maxi yacht Zana. The yacht was designed and built in New Zealand under the modern rules of ocean racing and came a credible 2nd over the line in the 2003 Rolex Sydney Hobart

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  • Barney Walker - crewman aboard Skandia Barney Walker - crewman aboard Skandia
    • 29 Dec, 2003 06:41:00 PM

    Barney Walker - crewman aboard Skandia

    Barney Walker is one of the lead crew aboard Skandia

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  • We Came, We Saw But Did Not Conquer We Came, We Saw But Did Not Conquer
    • 29 Dec, 2003 03:49:00 PM

    We Came, We Saw But Did Not Conquer

    “Our predictions for this race were very different from what we experienced. We’d studied the weather of the last ten years of the Hobart, we charted it, plotted it, set the boat up for the average of the ten years, but there is no average weather.”

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  • Fresh from the fleet... Fresh from the fleet...
    • 29 Dec, 2003 12:59:00 PM

    Fresh from the fleet...

    "The highlight of the night was a dolphin escort. Their phosporescence as they charged at us made us think of torpedos": Degrees of Freedom skipper

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  • Dream and believe, but stay clear of the "Grundig Triangle" Dream and believe, but stay clear of the "Grundig Triangle"
    • 29 Dec, 2003 12:31:00 PM

    Dream and believe, but stay clear of the "Grundig Triangle"

    On the first night following Grundig AAPT was leading the fleet until she hit a sunfish that rendered one of her two rudders useless.

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  • Cruel dismasting robs 1993 winner of anniversary celebration Cruel dismasting robs 1993 winner of anniversary celebration
    • 29 Dec, 2003 11:50:00 AM

    Cruel dismasting robs 1993 winner of anniversary celebration

    The 10-year anniversary voyage for the Melbourne 46-footer Dysons Cobb & Co ended this morning some 102 miles from the finish of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race – with a dismasting off the East Coast of Tasmania.

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