List of Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race winners

This is a list of Winners for the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race since 1945.^[1]

Line honours winners[]

Year	Sail number	Yacht	State/country	Yacht type	LOA (Metres)	Skipper	Elapsed time d:hh:mm:ss
1945		Rani	United Kingdom			Capt. John Illingworth	6:14:22
1946			NSW		19.5	Claude Plowman	5:02:53
1947			NSW		19.5	Claude Plowman	5:03:03
1948			NSW		19.5	Claude Plowman	4:05:01
1949		Waltzing Matilda	NSW			Phil Davenport	5:10:33
1950			NSW			AW Edwards	5:05:28
1951			NSW			AW Edwards	4:02:29
1952		Nocturne	NSW			JR Bull	6:02:34
1953			NSW			Trygve & Magnus Halvorsen	5:07:12
1954			NSW/ Victoria			F & J Livingstone	5:06:09
1955			NSW			FJ Palmer	4:18:13
1956			NSW/ Victoria			F & J Livingstone	4:04:31
1957			NSW/ Victoria			F & J Livingstone	3:18:30
1958		Solo	NSW			Vic Myer	5:02:32
1959		Solo	NSW			Vic Myer	4:13:33
1960			NSW / Victoria			F & J Livingstone	4:08:11
1961						Peter Warner	4:04:42
1962			USA			SA (Huey) Long	3:03:46
1963						Peter Warner	4:10:53
1964						Peter Warner	3:20:05
1965			South Africa			C Brynzeel	3:20:30
1966			New Zealand			JV Davern	4:08:39
1967			France			Éric Tabarly	4:04:10
1968			USA			SA (Huey) Long	4:30:20
1969		Crusade	United Kingdom			Sir Max Aitken	3:15:07
1970		Buccaneer	New Zealand			Tom Clark	3:14:06
1971			USA			Jim Kilroy	2:14:36
1972			USA			Ted Turner	3:04:42
1973			NSW			Tony Fisher	3:01:32
1974			USA			SA (Huey) Long	3:13:51
1975	US 13751		USA	Sparkman & Stephens Maxi	24.07	Jim Kilroy	2:14:36:56
1976		Ballyhoo	NSW			Jack Rooklyn	3:07:59
1977	US 13751		USA	Sparkman & Stephens Maxi	24.07	Jim Kilroy	3:10:14:09
1978		Apollo	NSW			Jack Rooklyn	4:02:23
1979	KA 1441		NSW	Frers Maxi	24.40	John Kahlbetzer	3:01:45:52
1980		New Zealand	New Zealand			NZ Round the World Committee	2:18:45
1981			NSW			Bernard Lewis	3:22:30
1982	KB 78	Condor of Bermuda	Bermuda	Sharp-Farr Maxi	24.07	Bob Bell	3:00:59:17
1983	KB 80	Condor	Bermuda	Holland Maxi	24.30	Bob Bell	3:00:50:29
1984	NZL 3900	New Zealand	New Zealand	Holland Whitbread Maxi	23.90	NZ Round the World Committee	3:11:31:21
1985		Apollo	NSW			Warwick Rooklyn	3:04:32
1986	KB 80	Condor II	Bermuda	Holland Maxi	24.30	Bob Bell	2:23:26:25
1987		Sovereign	NSW			Bernard Lewis	2:21:58
1988			NSW	Frers Maxi	24.40	Syd Fischer	3:15:29:27
1989		Drumbeat	WA			Alan Bond	3:06:21
1990			NSW	Frers Maxi	24.40	Syd Fischer	2:21:05:33
1991	KA C1		NSW	Farr IOR 64	19.70	George Snow	3:01:14:19
1992	NZL1	New Zealand Endeavour	NZ	Farr Whitbread Maxi	25.73	Grant Dalton	2:19:19:18
1993	9797	Ninety Seven	NSW	Farr IMS 46	14.20	Andrew Strachan	4:00:54:11
1994	T1	Tasmania	TAS	Farr Whitbread Maxi	25.73	Robert Clifford	2:16:48:04
1995	US17	Sayonara	USA	Farr ILC Maxi	24.13	Larry Ellison	3:00:53:35
1996	GER 4540	Morning Glory	GER	Reichel Pugh 86 Maxi	24.05	Hasso Plattner	2:14:07:10
1997	C1	Brindabella	NSW	Jutson 79	24.07	George Snow	2:23:37:12
1998	US17	Sayonara	USA	Farr ILC Maxi	24.13	Larry Ellison	2:19:03:32
1999	DEN2001	Nokia	NSW	Volvo Ocean 60	19.44	Stefan Myralf & Michael Spies	1:19:48:02
2000	SWE11111	Nicorette II	SWE	Simonis-Voogd 79 IRM Maxi	24.07	Ludde Ingvall	2:14:02:09
2001	SWE1645	Assa Abloy	SWE	Volvo Ocean 60	19.44	Neal McDonald	2:20:46:43
2002	NZL80	Alfa Romeo II	NZ	Reichel Pugh 90	27.43	Neville Crichton	2:04:58:52
2003	M10	Skandia	VIC	Jones IRC Maxi 98	30.00	Grant Wharington	2:15:14:06
2004	AUS11111	Nicorette III	NSW	Simonis Voogd Maxi	27.38	Ludde Ingvall	2:16:00:04
2005	10001	Wild Oats XI	NSW	Reichel Pugh RP100	30.00	Bob Oatley	1:18:40:10
2006	10001	Wild Oats XI	NSW	Reichel Pugh RP100	30.00	Mark Richards	2:08:52:33
2007	10001	Wild Oats XI	NSW	Reichel Pugh RP100	30.00	Mark Richards	1:21:24:32
2008	10001	Wild Oats XI	NSW	Reichel Pugh RP100	30.00	Mark Richards	1:20:34:14
2009	NZL80	Alfa Romeo II	NZ	Reichel Pugh Maxi	30.48	Neville Crichton	2:09:02:10
2010	10001	Wild Oats XI	NSW	Reichel Pugh RP100	30.48	Mark Richards	2:07:37:20
2011	SYD 100	Investec Loyal	NSW	Greg Elliot Maxi	30.48	Anthony Bell	2:06:14:38
2012	10001	Wild Oats XI	NSW	Reichel Pugh RP100	30.48	Mark Richards	1:18:23:12
2013	10001	Wild Oats XI	NSW	Reichel Pugh RP100	30.48	Mark Richards	2:06:07:27
2014	10001	Wild Oats XI	NSW	Reichel Pugh RP100	30.48	Mark Richards	2:02:03:26
2015	12358	Comanche	USA	Verdier VPLP 100 Supermaxi	30.48	Ken Read	2:08:58:30
2016	SYD 1000	Perpetual LOYAL	NSW	Juan-K 100 Supermaxi	30.48	Anthony Bell	1:13:31:20
2017	12358	LDV Comanche	NSW	Verdier VPLP 100 Supermaxi	30.46	Jim Cooney	1:09:15:24
2018	10001	Wild Oats XI	NSW	Reichel Pugh RP100	30.48	Mark Richards	1:19:07:21
2019	12358	Comanche	NSW	Verdier VPLP 100 Supermaxi	30.46	Samantha Grant & Jim Cooney	1:18:30:24
2020	Race cancelled due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.^[2]

Handicap winners[]

Year	Sail number	Yacht	State/country	Yacht type	LOA (Metres)	Skipper	System	Corrected time d:hh:mm:ss
1998	8338	AFR Midnight Rambler	NSW	Hick 35	10.66	Ed Psaltis Bob Thomas	IMS	2:12:36:23
1999	1836	Yendys	NSW	Farr 49	15.28	Geoff Ross	IMS	1:20:32:53
2000	YC1000	SAP Ausmaid	SA	Farr 47	14.47	Kevin Pearce	IMS	2:19:13:38
2001	7441	Bumblebee 5	NSW	Murray Burns Dowell MBD 66	20.00	John Kahlbetzer	IMS	2:15:16:24
2002	AUS6606	Quest	NSW	Nelson Marek 46	14.19	Robert Steel	IMS	2:04:46:46
2003	9407	First National	NSW	Farr Beneteau 40.7	11.92	Michael Spies Peter Johnson	IMS	3:14:14:17
2004	GRE55	Aera	UK	Ker 55	16.57		IRC	4:02:52:09
2005	10001	Wild Oats XI	NSW	Reichel Pugh RP100	30.00	Bob Oatley	IRC	3:03:54:32
2006	294	Love & War	NSW	S&S 47	14.21	Lindsay May	IRC	3:22:02:37
2007	US60065	Rosebud	USA	STP 65	20.00	Roger Sturgeon	IRC	3:09:32:14
2008	52002	Quest	NSW	Farr TP52	15.84	Bob Steel	IRC	2:17:43:22
2009	YC400	Two True	SA	Farr Beneteau First 40	12.24	Andrew Saies	IRC	4:07:57:43
2010	YC3300	Secret Men's Business 3.5	SA	Reichel Pugh 51	15.64	Geoff Boettcher	IRC	4:01:29:40
2011	AUS60000	Loki	NSW	Reichel Pugh 63	19.20	Stephen Ainsworth	IRC	3:22:34:32
2012	10001	Wild Oats XI	NSW	Reichel Pugh RP100	30.48	Mark Richards	IRC	3:10:26:00
2013	AUS5299	Victoire	NSW	Farr Cookson 50	15.2	Darryl Hodgkinson	IRC	3:18:27:43
2014	4343	Wild Rose	NSW	Farr 43	13.1	Roger Hickman	IRC	3:10:47:43
2015	7771	Balance	NSW	Farr TP52	15.9	Paul Clitheroe	IRC	4:07:27:13
2016	NZL70000	Giacomo	NZ	Volvo 70	21.5	Jim Delegat	IRC	2:16:13:37
2017	AUS001	Ichi Ban	NSW	Botin TP52	15.85	Matt Allen	IRC	2:12:13:31
2018	52566	Alive^[3]	TAS	Reichel Pugh 66	22.0	Duncan Hine	IRC	3:06:41:16
2019	AUS001	Ichi Ban^[4]	NSW	Botin TP52	15.85	Matt Allen	IRC	3:04:11:05
2020	Race cancelled due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.^[5]

References[]

^ Official Site of the Roles Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
^ "Sydney to Hobart yacht race cancelled due to NSW coronavirus outbreak". ABC News. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
^ "Alive becomes first Tasmanian yacht to win Sydney to Hobart in 39 years". www.abc.net.au. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^ "Ichi Ban declared overall Sydney to Hobart winner". wwos.nine.com.au. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^ "Sydney to Hobart yacht race cancelled due to NSW coronavirus outbreak". ABC News. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

[1] Official Site of the Roles Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

[2] "Sydney to Hobart yacht race cancelled due to NSW coronavirus outbreak". ABC News. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

[3] "Alive becomes first Tasmanian yacht to win Sydney to Hobart in 39 years". www.abc.net.au. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

[4] "Ichi Ban declared overall Sydney to Hobart winner". wwos.nine.com.au. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

[5] "Sydney to Hobart yacht race cancelled due to NSW coronavirus outbreak". ABC News. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

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