Rolex Sydney Hobart / LDV Comanche awarded line honours after protest : "I think it’s entirely fair"

LDV Comanche has been awarded Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race line honours after its protest against Wild Oats XI was heard by the international jury. Like Wild Oats XI, LDV Comanche finished inside last year’s record time, so the new record is one day 9 hours 15 minutes 24 seconds. She finished 26 minutes behind Wild Oats XI, but the latter’s one hour penalty means Comanche takes line honours by 34 minutes from Wild Oats XI.

Credit : C.Borlenghi

American victory as Comanche takes line honours in Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

When Comanche crossed the finish line of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race at Castray Esplanade in Hobart, Tasmania, at 9:58:30 hours tonight, history was created, because Kristy Clark became the first female owner to take line honours in the blue water classic.

Crédit : K Arrigo 

Rolex Sydney Hobart / All prepared for 'the great race', Jimmy Spithill : "This race is iconic in Australia"

The 628 nautical mile Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is the most challenging offshore race in the world and is affectionately known among the sailing fraternity as ‘The Great Race’. With the current forecasted weather conditions, the 2015 edition promises to keep the myth intact and deliver one of the most challenging editions of the race in history.

By: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi

Voiles de St Barth / Comanche vs Rambler 88, Read : “The general concepts of the two yachts are very similar"

When it comes to regatta headlines, nothing beats having Comanche and Rambler 88, the yachting world’s two newest and most sophisticated (a.k.a. mind blowing) racing machines, compete head-to-head for the first time ever.

#RSHYR / Wild Oats XI has claimed a historic eighth line honours win at Sydney Hobart

In what skipper Mark Richards described as the crew’s most hard-fought line honours triumph, Wild Oats XI held off the impressive challenge posed by Comanche, the newly-launched entry from the United States.

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Sydney Hobart / Wild Oats XI lay 38 miles ahead of Comanche, Perpetual Loyal forced to abandon

The chase for line honours at the 2014 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is intensifying with the leading boats approaching the halfway mark of the 628-nm race.

Credit : D Forster / Rolex Sydney Hobart