2018 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

The 2018 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race was the 74th annual running of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.^[1] Hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia and sponsored by Rolex, it began at Sydney Harbour at 13:00 on 26 December 2018, before heading south for 628 nautical miles (1,163 km) via the Tasman Sea, Bass Strait, Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.^[1][2][3] This race marked the 20 year anniversary of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, when 6 sailors died due to severe weather.^[4][5]

74th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

Event information
Type	Yacht
Dates	26–31 December 2018
Sponsor	Rolex
Host city	Sydney, Hobart
Boats	85
Distance	628 nautical miles (1,163 km)
Website	Website archive
Results
Winner (2018)	Wild Oats XI (Mark Richards)
Succession
Previous	LDV Comanche (Jim Cooney) in 2017
Next	Comanche (Jim Cooney & Samantha Grant) in 2019

A fleet of 85 boats contested the race and 79 finished.^[6][1] Line honours were claimed by Wild Oats XI in a time of 1 day, 19 hours, 17 minutes and 21 seconds.^[7] The Tattersall's Cup went to Alive (Duncan Hine), the first Tasmanian boat to win handicap since 1979.^[8]

Results

Line honours (Top 10)

Position	Race number	Sail number	Yacht	State/country	Yacht type	LOA (Metres)	Skipper	Elapsed time d:hh:mm:ss	Ref
1	X1	10001	Wild Oats XI	New South Wales	Reichel Pugh RP100	30.48	Mark Richards	1:19:07:21	[9][6][7]
2	F1	525100	Black Jack	Queensland	Reichel Pugh 100	30.48	Mark Bradford	1:19:35:06	[9][6][10]
3	58	AUS12358	Comanche	New South Wales	Verdier VPLP 100 Supermaxi	30.48	Jim Cooney	1:19:36:09	[9][6][3]
4	IT1	SYD 1000	Infotrack	New South Wales	Juan Yacht Design Juan-K 100	30.48	Joe Akacich	1:19:49:31	[9][6][11]
5	66	52566	Alive	Tasmania	Reichel Pugh 66	20.10	Duncan Hine	2:01:40:36	[9][6][8]
6	X	7001	Wild Oats X	New South Wales	Reichel Pugh 66	20.10	Stacey Jackson	2:01:53:15	[9][6][8]
7	82	USA6066	Prospector	United States	Mills 68	20.80	Terrence Glackin	2:05:15:14	[9][6][12]
8	63	AUS98888	Voodoo	Victoria	Reichel Pugh 63	19.20	Hugh Ellis	2:05:17:35	[9][6][8]
9	01	AUS01	Winning Appliances	New South Wales	Carkeek 60	18.30	John Winning Jr.	2:06:15:18	[9][6][13]
10	001	AUS001	Ichi Ban	New South Wales	Botin 52	15.85	Matthew Allen	2:10:11:14	[9][6][14]

Handicap results (Top 10)

Position	Race number	Sail number	Yacht	State/country	Yacht type	LOA (Metres)	Skipper	Elapsed time d:hh:mm:ss	Ref
1	66	52566	Alive	Tasmania	Reichel Pugh 66	20.10	Duncan Hine	3:06:41:16	[9][6][8]
2	X	7001	Wild Oats X	New South Wales	Reichel Pugh 66	20.10	Stacey Jackson	3:07:55:11	[9][6][8]
3	63	AUS98888	Voodoo	Victoria	Reichel Pugh 63	19.20	Hugh Ellis	3:08:44:20	[9][6][8]
4	01	AUS01	Winning Appliances	New South Wales	Carkeek 60	18.30	John Winning Jr.	3:09:03:25	[9][6][13]
5	001	AUS001	Ichi Ban	New South Wales	Botin 52	15.85	Matthew Allen	3:09:17:15	[9][6][14]
6	82	USA6066	Prospector	United States	Mills 68	20.80	Terrence Glackin	3:11:07:46	[9][6][12]
7	09	USA50009	Privateer	United States	Farr Cookson 50	15.25	Scott Innes-Jones	3:12:06:51	[9][6][15]
8	F1	525100	Black Jack	Queensland	Reichel Pugh 100	30.48	Mark Bradford	3:12:09:45	[9][6][10]
9	62	099	Grace O'Malley	New South Wales	Farr Cookson 12	11.90	Zoe Taylor	3:12:10:47	[9][6][16]
10	88	AUS8899	Hollywood Boulevard	New South Wales	Farr 55	16.80	Ray Roberts	3:12:35:15	[9][6][17]

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