2004 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

FINAL RESULT

OVERALL HANDICAP:

• 1 AERA, UK, Jez Fanstone (55 foot)
  2 Nicorette + 4 hours 26 min 46 sec
  3 Ichi Ban + 1 hour 36 min

LINE HONOURS:

• 1 NICORETTE, AUS, Ludde Ingvall (90 foot) ; 2days 16hr 44s

DIVISION WINNERS :

• IRC A: Aera
  (Owner Nicholas Lykiardopulo, Skipper Jez Fanstone, Royal Yacht Squadron, UK)
• IRC B: Loki
  (Owner/Skipper Stephen Ainsworth, Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, NSW)
• IRC C: Nips-N-Tux
  (Owner/Skipper Stephen Ainsworth, Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, NSW)
• IRC D: Courtesan
  (Owner/Skipper Philip Childs, Hilarys Yacht Club, WA
• IRC E: Love & War
  (Owner Peter Kurts, Skipper Simon Kurts, Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, NSW)
• SYDNEY 38: Chutzpah
  (Owner/Skipper Bruce Taylor, Royal Yacht Club of Victoria, VIC)
• VOLVO 60: Seriously TEN
• PHS: Seriously TEN
• CRUISING DIVISION: Salterboats Natsumi
• VETERAN 20 YRS: Bacardi
• VETERAN 30 YRS: Love & War

DAY 6: Dec 31, 2004 (FINAL PLACING for top 38 boats)

• 1 Nicorette, 2days 16hr 44s *** line honours winner ***
• 2 AAPT
• 3 Brindabella
• 4 Aera *** overall winner ***(winner IRC A class)
• 5 Seriously TEN (winner PHS and Volvo 60 class)
• 6 Ichi Ban 7 Nokia 8 Maserati 9 Hardys Secret Mens 10 Dekadence 11 Loki 12 Austmark 13 DHL 14 Pale Ale Rager 15 First National 16 Chutzpah 17 Eureka II 18 Prowler 19 Nips-N-Tux 20 Interum 21 Team Lexus 22 Elektra 23 Extasea 24 Love & War 25 Another Challenge 26 Strewth 27 Active factor 28 Integrity 29 Wild Oats 30 Courtesan 31 Bacardi 32 Cure our Kids 33 Ice Fire 34 Cadenza 35 Abbott Tout 36 Beyond Outrageous 37 Lexar 38 White Hot

DAY 5: Dec 30, 2004

• 1 Nicorette, 2days 16hr 44s *** line honours winner ***
• 2 AAPT *** finished ***
• 3 Brindabella *** finished ***
• 4 Aera *** finished *** (winner IRC A class; handicap leader)
• 5 Seriously TEN *** finished *** (winner PHS and Volvo 60 class)
• 6 Ichi Ban *** finished ***
• 7 Nokia *** finished ***
• 8 Maserati *** finished ***
• 9 Hardys Secret Mens 10 Loki 11 Austmark 12 DHL 13 Dekadence 14 Pale Ale Rager 15 Eureka II 16 First National 17 Prowler 18 Interum 19 Team Lexus 20 Nips-N-Tux

DAY 4: Dec 29, 2004

• 1 Nicorette, 2days 16hr 44s *** line honours winner ***
• 2 AAPT *** finished ***
• 3 Brindabella *** finished ***
• 4 Seriously TEN
• 5 Aera
• 6 Ichi Ban
• 7 Nokia 8 Maserati 9 Hardys Secret Mens 10 DHL 11 Loki 12 Austmark 13 Dekadence 14 Eureka II 15 Pale Ale Rager 16 Interum 17 Prowler 18 Chutzpah 19 First National 20 Another Challenge

DAY 3: Dec 28, 2004

• 1 Nicorette (line and handicap leader)
• 2 AAPT
• 3 Seriously TEN
• 4 Brindabella
• 5 Ichi Ban
• 6 Nokia
• 7 Yendys 8 Aera 9 Maserati 10 Ragamuffin 11 DHL 12 Aspen 13 Dekadence 14 Hardys Secret Mens 15 Prowler 16 Austmark 17 Loki 18 Eureka II
• RETIREMENTS INCLUDE:
  Skandia (broken keel - crew abandoned the boat)
  Konica (structural damage from a large wave)
  Others: Targe, Grasshopper (broken forestay), Kaz, Prime time, Kontrol, Pla Loma IV, Quest travelscene, Zen, Yellowtail, EZ street, Wiseman ferry, Kickatinalong, Hidden Agenda, Delta Wing, Phillip's Foote Witchdoctor, Andrew Short Marine, Indec Merit, Ragamuffin (broken mast)

DAY 2: Dec 27, 2004

• 1 Konica Minolta (line and handicap leader)
• 2 Skandia
• 3 Nicorette
• 4 AAPT
• 5 Seriously TEN
• 6 Brindabella
• 7 Andrew Short Marine 8 Nokia 9 Aera 10 Ichi Ban 11 DHL 12 Yendys 13 Indec Merit 14 Aspen 1 15 Ragamuffin
• RETIREMENT: Targe, Grasshopper (broken forestay), Kaz, Prime time, Kontrol, Pla Loma IV, Quest travelscene, Zen, Yellowtail, EZ street, Wiseman ferry, Kickatinalong, Hidden Agenda, Delta Wing, Phillip's Foote Witchdoctor

DAY 1: Dec 26, 2004

• 3 Super maxis lead (Skandia, Konica, Nicorette)
• RETIREMENT: Targe (withdraws due to electrical/ technical problems)