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On Hamilton, a family dynasty bets there’s more money in islands
After showing potential buyers around last year, Sandy Oatley and his family are instead developing a new resort as they double down on the island.
- Primrose Riordan
December 2023
Alive primed to claim Sydney to Hobart overall win
Tasmanian yacht Alive is in the box seat to take out Sydney to Hobart overall honours.
- Ethan James
LawConnect hails ‘dream’ Sydney to Hobart underdog win
The perennial bridesmaid has claimed Sydney to Hobart line honours, finishing less than one minute ahead of its rival Comanche.
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- Ethan James
Weather carnage leaves two maxis in the fight
Storms tore parts of yachts, wrecked rigging and threw crew members overboard as the Sydney to Hobart event became one of attrition as well as racing chops.
- Updated
- Jasper Bruce
Two more boats pull out of Sydney to Hobart as storms hit
The Sydney to Hobart fleet has been reduced to 98 boats after Maritimo 52 pulled out of the competition on a stormy first night of racing.
- Updated
- Jasper Bruce
Scallywag retires after supermaxis nearly collide
The supermaxi yacht is out of the Sydney to Hobart race with a broken bow sprit after a dramatic start that triggered a formal protest from rival Comanche.
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- Jasper Bruce
Rivals predict Wild Oats XI will be back
Wild Oats XI’s would-be rivals for Sydney to Hobart line honours have backed the champion yacht to return to the fleet in 2024.
- Jasper Bruce
This retail Rich Lister ‘wasn’t good enough to be a waiter’
The avid sailor and head of the Winning retail group rates his chances in the Sydney to Hobart race.
- Kylar Loussikian
How size doesn’t count in the Sydney to Hobart race
One crews on a maxi, the other skippers a 36-footer, but Sven Runow and Ed Psaltis share the same mad passion for Australia’s most notorious yachting challenge.
- Philippa Coates
December 2022
The team-building secrets this Sydney to Hobart winning CEO swears by
Sydney to Hobart champion John Winning, also the chief executive of his fourth-generation family company, says data is equally important in sport and business.
- Gus McCubbing
Andoo Comanche takes Sydney to Hobart line honours
The 100-foot yacht crossed the River Derwent finish line shortly before 1am AEDT on Wednesday with a time of one day, 11 hours, 56 minutes and 48 seconds.
- Ethan James
Sydney to Hobart race record still in sight
After 20 hours of racing, the favourite and three-time line honours winner, Andoo Comanche, was leading by about 12 nautical miles from LawConnect.
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- Adrian Warren
Why navigators rate the Sydney to Hobart as the world’s hardest race
The six navigational tests in the famous sailing race keep the world’s best navigators coming back again and again.
- David Schmidt
Sydney-Hobart leaders close to record pace
Andoo Comanche has overcome a difficult start to set the pace in the early stages of the Sydney to Hobart with the first retirement reported a couple of hours into the race.
Andoo Comanche eyes Sydney-Hobart history
Andoo Comanche skipper John Winning says his supermaxi is unstoppable if sailed correctly in the right conditions, with the boat poised to create Sydney to Hobart history if it lives up to his name.
April 2022
Yacht discovered among failed biotech outfit’s assets
Creditors are trying to find out what happened when key companies in iQ Group Global, which offered spectacular returns, tumbled into administration.
- Liam Walsh and Jonathan Shapiro
December 2021
Super maxi Black Jack wins line honours at Sydney-Hobart race
The Monaco Yacht Club-based Black Jack finished at 1.37am in 2 days, 12 hours, 37 minutes, 17 seconds.
Super maxi Black Jack leads battered Sydney-Hobart fleet
Super maxi Black Jack leads a much-reduced Sydney to Hobart race fleet after strong winds and high seas forced almost a quarter of the boats to retire.
LawConnect takes early lead as Sydney Hobart yacht race returns
Super-maxi LawConnect took the early lead as the Sydney Hobart yacht race set sail after a one-year hiatus with an 88-strong fleet on Sunday.
- Sudipto Ganguly
It’s the frustration that lures you back, say Sydney Hobart Race vets
In the leadup to Sunday’s departure from the Harbour City, veteran sailors Tony Ellis and Ed Psaltis talk disaster prep and moments of awe.
- Dan F. Stapleton
