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 Trophy presentation brings Rolex Sydney Hobart to a close
by: Dylan Sears The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race came to a conclusion on January 1 at the Royal Club of Tasmania, where the Official Prize Giving took place. 
Victory on the 14th Attempt
by: Dylan Sears The 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race was notable for an unexpected winner of the coveted line honours trophy, a worthy overall winner and a slow passage home for the smaller boats.
All yachts expected in for New Year
by: Dylan Sears As Greg Zyner and Morgan Rogers, respectively the owners of the yachts Copernicus and Wave Sweeper, threw the mooring lines to Constitution Dock well-wishers between 6.50am and 7.50am this morning in Hobart, 12 yachts still remained at sea in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
Maluka wins battle to be last in for New Year
by: Dylan Sears Three of the Langman family shared the honour of sailing the last boat to the finish line in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, crossing the finish line at 4.48pm late this afternoon in the time of five days 3hr 48min 22sec.
Loki declared overall winner of Rolex Sydney Hobart
by: Dylan Sears This morning at 8.40am Stephen Ainsworth’s Loki was declared the overall winner of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, the race he has been trying to win for 12 years finally coming to fruition on his 13th try.
“Nothing accidental” about Loki’s win
by: Dylan Sears It took Sydney-based Stephen Ainsworth 14 years to claim the elusive Tattersall’s Cup, and as he put it so succinctly, “it was a big box to tick”.
Honours For Ainsworth on 14th Attempt
by: Dylan Sears With the wind fading for the smaller boats, so this morning (local time) Stephen Ainsworth’s Loki was announced the handicap winner of the 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
Investec Loyal declared line honours winner of Rolex Sydney Hobart
by: Dylan Sears Investec Loyal is now officially the line honours winner of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race after the protest against her by the Race Committee was dismissed by the International Jury.
Investec Loyal Crowned Line Honours Winner
by: Dylan Sears Following a three hour hearing at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania before the International Jury, the Race Committee’s protest against Investec Loyal was dismissed and Anthony Bell and the crew of his 100ft maxi were finally declared the line honours victors in the 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
Can Loki shake off the competition to win Rolex Sydney Hobart?
by: Dylan Sears Throughout the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, two yachts names have kept appearing at the top of the overall standings – Loki and Wild Rose – and now it looks likely the two will replicate the thrilling line honours battle between Investec Loyal and Wild Oats XI, as they battle to win the Tattersall’s Cup.
The race is well and truly on in the Rolex Sydney Hobart
by: Dylan Sears Investec Loyal is clinging to a 1.8 nautical mile lead over Wild Oats XI as the two super maxi΄s play cat and mouse down the Tasmanian coast in light and fickle northerly breeze this morning.
Maxi Boat Match Race
by: Dylan Sears Wild Oats XI’s position as the fastest boat in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race was being severely tested last night when at the 20:00 sched (local time, 09:00 UTC), Anthony Bell’s maxi Investec Loyal overhauled the five time line honours winner.
Investec Loyal wins close finish, but…
by: Dylan Sears Anthony Bell’s Sydney super maxi Investec Loyal is the provisional line honours winner of the 67th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race after one of the closest finishes in the race’s history. She crossed the line just three minutes and eight seconds ahead of five-time line honours winner Wild Oats XI.
Investec Loyal’s line honours win under protest in the Rolex Sydney Hobart
by: Dylan Sears Investec Loyal’s line honours win is under threat following a protest by the Race Committee of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race this evening.
Big southerly and only one retirement in Rolex Sydney Hobart
by: Dylan Sears Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI continues to lead the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet early this morning; Mark Richards has skippered the super maxi to a 10 nautical mile advantage over Anthony Bell’s Investec Loyal in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s annual blue water classic after sailing in rough southerly winds overnight.
Cat and mouse as Investec Loyal closes the gap on race leader
by: Dylan Sears Though the two leading boats in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race are separated by 10 nautical miles tonight as they close on Flinders Island at the eastern end of Bass Strait, an epic match race develops between them.
The night chess game
by: Dylan Sears The two leading maxis in the Rolex Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race, Investec Loyal and five-times line honours winner Wild Oats XI were engaged in a fascinating match race 90 miles east of Flinders Island late tonight.
First night jitters for Rolex Sydney Hobart
by: Dylan Sears The 88-strong Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet will kick off this afternoon in a brisk 15-20 knot nor’easterly breeze and enjoy a whale of a ride for the first few hours.
Wild Oats XI leads Investec Loyal out of Sydney Harbour
by: Dylan Sears Despite her electric mainsail winch failing just 11 minutes before the start of the 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart, Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI led the rest of the 88 boat fleet through Sydney Heads.
Smooth sailing so far in Rolex Sydney Hobart
by: Dylan Sears The 88 yachts in the Rolex Sydney Hobart are still experiencing pleasant downwind sailing conditions at 1800 hours AEDT, with up to 16 knots from the north and north-east driving the fleet southwards, but the southerly is on the way, as expected.
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