Event information | |
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Type | Yacht |
Dates | 26 December 2005 – 2 January 2006 |
Sponsor | Rolex |
Host city | Sydney, Hobart |
Boats | 85 |
Distance | 630 nautical miles (1,170 km) |
Website | Website archive |
Results | |
Winner (2005) | Wild Oats XI (Mark Richards) |
Succession | |
Previous | Nicorette III (Ludde Ingvall) in 2004 |
Next | Wild Oats XI (Mark Richards) in 2006 |
The 2005 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex, was the 61st annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.[1][2] As in past editions of the race, it was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney, New South Wales.[3] The 2005 edition began on Sydney Harbour at 1:20pm on Boxing Day (26 December 2005), before heading south for 630 nautical miles (1,170 km) through the Tasman Sea, past Bass Strait, into Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.[4][3]
The 2005 fleet comprised 85 starters of which 80 completed the race and five yachts retired.[5]
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 | 30.00 | Mark Richards | 1:18:40:10 | [6][7][8] |
2 | F1 | NZL80 | Alfa Romeo | New Zealand | Reichel Pugh Maxi | 30.00 | Neville Crichton | 1:19:56:31 | [6][7][1] |
3 | 10 | M10 | Skandia | Victoria | Jones IRC Maxi 98 | 30.00 | Grant Wharington | 2:00:25:57 | [6][7][9] |
4 | 01 | NZL10001 | Konica Minolta | New Zealand | Bakewell-White Maxi 30m | 30.00 | Stewart Thwaites | 2:01:26:41 | [6][7][10] |
5 | A1 | AUS11111 | AAPT | New South Wales | Simonis Voogd Maxi | 27.38 | Sean Langman | 2:04:22:11 | [6][7][3] |
6 | 08 | 60000 | Loki | New South Wales | Reichel Pugh 60 | 18.29 | Stephen Ainsworth | 2:11:59:36 | [6][7][11] |
7 | 99 | A99 | Coogans Stores | Tasmania | Dovell MBD Open 66 | 20.03 | Duncan Hine | 2:12:07:58 | [6][7][3] |
8 | S10 | 8844 | Seriously 10 | New South Wales | Davidson Volvo Ocean 60 | 19.46 | John Woodruff | 2:12:33:10 | [6][7][12] |
9 | H8 | GBR 99 | Hugo Boss | Great Britain | Lombard Open 60 | 18.28 | Alex Thompson | 2:12:54:50 | [6][7][13] |
10 | 02 | NOR2 | ABN AMRO | New South Wales | Davidson Volvo Ocean 60 | 19.46 | Andrew Short | 2:13:14:00 | [6][7][14] |
Position | Sail number | Yacht | State/country | Yacht type | LOA (Metres) |
Skipper | Corrected time d:hh:mm:ss |
Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10001 | Wild Oats XI | New South Wales | Reichel Pugh RP100 | 30.00 | Mark Richards | 3:03:54:32 | [6][7][8] |
2 | NZL80 | Alfa Romeo | New Zealand | Reichel Pugh Maxi | 30.00 | Neville Crichton | 3:04:43:21 | [6][7][1] |
3 | NZL10001 | Konica Minolta | New Zealand | Bakewell-White Maxi 30m | 30.00 | Stewart Thwaites | 3:09:29:06 | [6][7][10] |
4 | IRL5005 | Chieftain | Ireland | Farr Cookson 50 | 15.00 | Gerard O'Rourke | 3:10:48:00 | [6][7][15] |
5 | M10 | Skandia | Victoria | Jones IRC Maxi 98 | 30.00 | Grant Wharingtonn | 3:11:24:03 | [6][7][9] |
6 | HW42 | Wedgetail | Queensland | Welbourn 42 | 12.80 | Bill Wild | 3:11:35:44 | [6][7][16] |
7 | 60000 | Loki | New South Wales | Reichel Pugh 60 | 18.29 | Stephen Ainsworth | 3:11:45:02 | [6][7][11] |
8 | YC3300 | Hardy's Secret Mens Business | South Australia | Reichel Pugh 46 | 14.21 | Geoff Boettcher | 3:11:45:51 | [6][7][17] |
9 | AUS8889 | Quantum Racing | New South Wales | Mills DK46 | 14.10 | Ray Roberts | 3:11:45:58 | [6][7][11] |
10 | 6559 | Wot's Next | New South Wales | Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 47 | 14.20 | Graeme Wood | 3:11:50:23 | [6][7][18] |