Get ready for the thrilling Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race with this comprehensive explainer! Learn about the race's history, course, start procedures, and how to watch the action live. Discover key contenders, including supermaxis vying for line honours, and witness the intense competition as sailors from Australia and around the world battle it out on the challenging waters.
By Andrew McGarry We have our ABC explainer on the big race to answer all of your questions, such as the length of the race, the course that's followed, the start and how it operates, the race's history and how to watch today's action. To get to the point of the vision, the race can be watched on Nine Network's free-to air television channel as well as 9Now's live stream and video-on-demand service.
For the vast majority of people taking part in this year's Sydney to Hobart, it is their sailing equivalent of a grand final. Skippered by Louise Hesselmans, the crew are on-board Fika, a 14.9m Najad 490 boat. Hesselmans sailed Melbourne to Osaka with her husband Jerry a few years back, but now she and daughter Sophie are gearing up for a crack at Pacific Ocean crossing that is the equivalent of nine Sydney to Hobart, back-to-back.The Sydney to Hobart is a world-renowned race, and it draws sailors and boats from across Australia and around the world. Once again this year there are a range of challengers from overseas.Among the Australian boats in the fleet, perhaps understandably, the highest number of entries from any one state are the 56 from New South Wales. Queensland has 15 entries in the race, with 12 from Victoria, eight from Tasmania, four from South Australia and two from Western Australia.When it comes to the race for line honours - the first across the line in Hobart it usually comes down to the supermaxis — boats of around 100 feet or 30.48m in length.— also took line honours in 2016. LawConnect won last year, after finishing second three straight times in 2019, 2021 and 2022.- holds the record for the fastest finish in race history (one day, 9 hours, 15 minutes and 24 seconds, in 2017) and is a four-time line honours winner. Allen and Mayo managed to achieve the line honours / overall win double as part of the crew of Sovereign back in 1987. Last year there was just 51 seconds between these top two boats in Hobart. If we get another finish like that, it will be a seriously entertaining rac
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