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  • Division Winners Dockside Presentation Division Winners Dockside Presentation
    • 31 Dec, 2012 12:00:00 PM

    Division Winners Dockside Presentation

    Patrick Boutellier, General Manager Rolex Australia, Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Commodore Howard Piggott, Lord Mayor Damon Thomas, and Royal Yacht of Tasmania Vice Commodore Richard Batt presented all divison winners with their battleflags

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  • Gutted Dump Truckers will be back Gutted Dump Truckers will be back
    • 31 Dec, 2012 11:30:00 AM

    Gutted Dump Truckers will be back

    Discretion was the better part of valour for the Tasmanian crew of Dump Truck when they were faced with the gut-wrenching decision to retire from the Rolex Sydney Hobart with the finishing line just over 100 nautical miles away.

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  • Races within Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race were thrillers Races within Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race were thrillers
    • 31 Dec, 2012 08:00:00 AM

    Races within Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race were thrillers

    It’s been billed as the match races within the race – long-time foes battling for glory across several divisions, with just seconds separating winner from loser, while many had nervous waits for final results in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

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  • Day 5 in Review Day 5 in Review
    • 30 Dec, 2012 08:00:00 PM

    Day 5 in Review

    Video highlights of the fifth day of the 2012 Rolex Sydney Hobart - courtesy of Rolex and Regattanews

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  • Flood Gates Open at Last Flood Gates Open at Last
    • 30 Dec, 2012 07:50:00 PM

    Flood Gates Open at Last

    Day 5 of the 2012 Rolex Sydney Hobart has seen a flood of boats arriving in Hobart. All have tales to tell. This has been a harsh race for the smaller boats; they have experienced all manner of weather from good to bad. Few would deny theirs has been a true Rolex Sydney Hobart.

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  • National Pride, International Icon National Pride, International Icon
    • 30 Dec, 2012 07:45:00 PM

    National Pride, International Icon

    “It would not be the same growing up in Australia not watching the Boxing Day Test [cricket match] followed by the start of the [Rolex] Sydney Hobart, one of the great sailing challenges”, says Phil Waugh, the Australian rugby union star and crewmember of the first boat to finish the 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart.

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  • The fleet continues to arrive in Hobart The fleet continues to arrive in Hobart
    • 30 Dec, 2012 06:00:00 PM

    The fleet continues to arrive in Hobart

    Yachts have continued to arrive throughout the day into Constitution Dock. Daniel Forster has captured their arrival

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  • The People of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race The People of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
    • 30 Dec, 2012 03:00:00 PM

    The People of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

    Meet the people and the personalities of the 68th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

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  • Cable finishes his 47th Rolex Sydney Hobart Cable finishes his 47th Rolex Sydney Hobart
    • 30 Dec, 2012 02:00:00 PM

    Cable finishes his 47th Rolex Sydney Hobart

    Race veteran Tony Cable’s record 47th Rolex Sydney Hobart was his chance to make amends after being forced to retire from last’s year race - and it was a success.

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  • Paralympian even more addicted after second Rolex Sydney Hobart Paralympian even more addicted after second Rolex Sydney Hobart
    • 30 Dec, 2012 12:00:00 PM

    Paralympian even more addicted after second Rolex Sydney Hobart

    Just minutes after completing her second Rolex Sydney Hobart, one of Australia’s most successful athletes, Liesl Tesch, has confirmed her sights are set on her seventh Paralympic Games.

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