Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2025

25 Jan, 2016 12:00:00 AM

ROLEX PRESS ROOM – YACHTING SECTION

Rolex is pleased to announce, that all media materials concerning its involvement in the sport of Yachting are now accessible from the Rolex Pressroom.

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Trophy presentation closes 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

01 Jan, 2016 01:00:00 PM

Trophy presentation closes 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

The 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race came to an end on January 1 at the Grand Chancellor Hotel in Hobart, where the Official Prize Giving took place.

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31 Dec, 2015 04:30:00 PM

French yacht takes second place

A snap decision made two months prior to the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has resulted in a brilliant second place overall and Division 4 win for Gery Trentesaux and his crew, four months after the Frenchman won the Rolex Fastnet Race in England with Courrier du Leon

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31 Dec, 2015 12:30:00 PM

The little boat that nearly did

Shane Kearns was in the front seat to win the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race all throughout yesterday and into late in the evening, sailing the smallest and second oldest boat in the fleet, but Mother Nature intervened and Quikpoint Azzurro became the ‘little boat that nearly did’.

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Balance declared winner of 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

31 Dec, 2015 09:00:00 AM

Balance declared winner of 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

After a long day and overnight wait, Paul Clitheroe’s TP52 Balance was this morning declared the overall winner of the 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Clitheroe’s major rival for the Tattersall’s Cup, Quikpoint Azzurro gliding over the finish line in Hobart at 07.37.59 hours this morning to claim third place.

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The Money Man or the boat bought on a credit card?

30 Dec, 2015 01:30:00 PM

The Money Man or the boat bought on a credit card?

Paul Clitheroe is one of just a dozen yachts to have finished the 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, and since doing so, has been in the box seat to claim overall honours in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 628 nautical mile race.

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30 Dec, 2015 12:00:00 PM

Eric’s dream

French sailor Eric de Turckheim dominated racing in Cowes Week off the English coast this year in his 40ft Archambault, Teasing Machine. Although De Turckheim welcomed the success, he still wished to fulfil a dream he held since he was 18, a few moons ago. He dreamed of doing a Hobart.

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29 Dec, 2015 06:30:00 PM

Balance: probability?

The NSW TP52 Balance, the appropriately named yacht of financial guru Paul Clitheroe, is the leader for overall honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and now has to await the arrival of two European yachts tomorrow, her immediate challengers.

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29 Dec, 2015 05:00:00 PM

A 628 mile match race

While the super maxis were fighting it out for line honours, a few miles astern an absorbing match race was played out by the two grand prix sixty footers, Matt Allen’s Carkeek60 Ichi ban and Rupert Henry’s JV62 Chinese Whisper.

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Soldini sails a classic Hobart race, for better, for worse

29 Dec, 2015 02:30:00 PM

Soldini sails a classic Hobart race, for better, for worse

If you are looking for a lesson in how to sail a Sydney-Hobart race - what to do, what not to do - look no further than the Italian maestro Giovanni Soldini, skipper of Volvo 70 Maserati. Just forget about his start.

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