2014 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

70th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

Event information
Type	Yacht
Dates	26–31 December 2014
Sponsor	Rolex
Host city	Sydney, Hobart
Boats	117
Distance	628 nautical miles (1,163 km)
Website	Website archive
Results
Winner (2014)	Wild Oats XI (Mark Richards)
Succession
Previous	Wild Oats XI (Mark Richards) in 2013
Next	Comanche (Ken Read) in 2015

The 2014 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex and hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney, New South Wales, was the 70th annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. ^{[1] [2]} The 2014 edition began on Sydney Harbour at 1pm on Boxing Day (26 December 2014), before heading south for 628 nautical miles (1,163 km) through the Tasman Sea, past Bass Strait, into Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania. ^{[3] [4]}

Line honours were claimed by Wild Oats XI in a time of 2 days, 2 hours, 3 minutes and 26 seconds. ^[2] It was the yacht's eighth win, breaking the record for most line honours victories. ^[5] The previous record had been set by Morna (now Kurrewa IV) with 7 victories in 1960. ^{[2] [6] [7]} Wild Rose (Roger Hickman) was awarded the Tattersall's Cup. ^[8]

117 boats started the race and 103 finished. ^[9]

Results

Line honours (first 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 100	30.48	Mark Richards	2:02:03:26	[10] [11] [12]
2	58	12358	Comanche	United States	Verdier VPLP 100 Supermaxi	30.48	Ken Read	2:02:52:44	[10] [13] [12]
3	100	SYD100	Ragamuffin 100	New South Wales	Dovell 100	30.48	Syd Fischer	2:13:26:00	[10] [14]
4	98	USA2121	Rio 100	United States	Bakewell White 100	30.48	Manouch Moshayedi	2:13:37:05	[10] [12] [15]
5	77	52570	Black Jack	Queensland	Juan-K Volvo Open 70	21.50	Peter Harburg	2:13:39:16	[10] [15] [16]
6	66	52566	Alive	Tasmania	Reichel Pugh 66	22.00	Philip Turner	2:14:45:38	[10] [15] [17]
7	65	CAY 65	Caro	Cayman Islands	Botin 65	20.00	Max Klink	2:15:12:07	[10] [15] [18]
8	01	AUS 01	Ichi Ban	New South Wales	Carkeek 60	19.50	Matt Allen	2:15:25:17	[10] [12] [15]
9	103	AUS 03	Southern Excellence II	New South Wales	Jones Volvo Open 70	21.50	Andrew Wenham	2:15:59:02	[10] [12] [15]
10	88	AUS 8899	Onesails Racing	New South Wales	Farr 55	16.76	Ray Roberts	2:16:11:24	[10] [12] [15] [19]

Handicap results (Top 10)

Position	Race number	Sail number	Yacht	State/country	Yacht type	LOA (Metres)	Skipper	Corrected time d:hh:mm:ss	Ref
1	43	4343	Wild Rose	New South Wales	Farr 43	13.11	Roger Hickman	3:10:47:43	[10] [15] [20]
2	33	R33	Chutzpah	Victoria	Reichel Pugh Caprice 40	12.35	Bruce Taylor	3:11:26:01	[10] [15] [21]
3	40	A140	Ariel	New South Wales	Farr Beneteau First 40	12.60	Ron Forster Phil Damp	3:11:32:10	[10] [15] [22]
4	78	8778	After Midnight	New South Wales	Farr 40 Mod	12.40	Mark & Greg Tobin	3:11:41:04	[10] [15] [23]
5	38	3838	Zen	New South Wales	Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38	11.80	Gordon Ketelbey	3:12:39:32	[10] [15] [24]
6	60	MH60	TSA Management	New South Wales	Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38	11.80	Tony Levett	3:13:09:17	[10] [15] [25]
7	94	294	Love & War	New South Wales	Sparkman & Stephens S&S 47	14.21	Simon Kurts	3:13:10:17	[10] [15] [26]
8	45	4545	Audere	Tasmania	Briand Beneteau First 45	13.70	Michael Pritchard	3:13:29:00	[10] [15] [27]
9	36	360	Patrice	New South Wales	Ker 46	13.90	Tony Kirby	3:13:29:18	[10] [15] [28]
10	70	7027	The Goat	New South Wales	Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38	11.78	Bruce Foye	3:13:30:34	[10] [15] [29]

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