Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024

WILD OATS, Sail No: 4343, Owner: Brett Eagle, Skipper: Brett Eagle, State: NSW, Design: Farr 43, LOA: 13,1 Protected by copyright

Race updates | Eye Candy retires

Updates from the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

Thursday December

RETIREMENT: Eye Candy, Thierry Leseigneur's Sydney 38, retired due to forestay damage.

Wednesday 28 December

RETIREMENT: Navy One, the Royal Australian Navy's Beneteau First 40, retired with a broken boom.
RETIREMENT: Sail Exchange, Carl and Bettina Crafoord's Cookson 12, retired after losing its rudder.
RETIREMENT: Mondo, Lisa Callaghan and Stephen Teudt's Sydney 38, retired with a broken gooseneck.
RETIREMENT: Huntress, Victoria Logan's Sydney 39 Cruiser, retired after losing its rudder.

Tuesday 27 December

RETIREMENT: KOA, Andy Kearnan and Peter Wrigley's TP52, retired after losing its rudder.
PROTEST: The protest below will be considered before an International Jury at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania and via Zoom at 1100 hours on Friday 30 December 2022.
Avalanche v Llama II

Monday 26 December

RETIREMENT: Yeah Baby, the Akilaria RC2 owned by Louis and Marc Ryckmans, retired with rudder damage.
RETIREMENT: The two-handed boat Avalanche, a Hick 40 owned by James Murchison and co-skippered by James Francis, was the first to retire around 90 minutes into the race due to a broken bowsprit.