2005, 61st Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

WILD OATS XI wins
in RECORD TIME

1 Day 18 hrs 40 min 10 sec

• Bob Oatley's new Super Maxi Wild XI (launched just early this month) crossed the finishing line after 8 o'clock Wednesday morning. Its record time of 1 Day 18 hrs 40 min 10 sec is over 1 hour less than the previous record set by Nokia in 1999. Wild Oats achieved a rare treble of line honours, handicap win and record time.
• FINAL HANDICAP STANDING 30/12/05
  IRC A: Wild Oats XI
  IRC B: Chieftain
  IRC C: Challenge
  IRC D: Wot's Next
  IRC E: Ray White Koomooloo (oldest boat)
  PHS: Pekljus
  SYD 38: Challenge
• RACE REPORTS

Rolex Challenge international offshore teams racing series

• 1 Australia (Loki and Quantum)
• 2 Queensland (Yendys and Wedgetail)
• 3 New Zealand (Konica Minolta and Fincorp More Witchcraft)
• 4 Victoria (Flirt and Fuzzy Logic)
• 5 NSW Blue (Ragamuffin and Nips-N-Tux)
• 6 NSW Red (Wild Oats XI and Wild Rose)

FINAL RACE RESULTS & PROGRESSIVE STANDING: (RACE REPORT)

• 84 boats started, 79 finished
• LAST BOAT TO FINISH: Gillawa (7 days 10 hours)
• FINAL RETIREMENTS: 5 boats (Nevenka, Sirromet Life Style Wine, Conergy, Icefire, Star Dean - Willcocks)

30/12/2005:

• Finished: 1 Wild Oats XI 2 Alfa Romeo 3 Skandia 4 Konica Minolta
  5 AAPT 6 Loki 7 Coogans Store 8 Serious TEN 9 Hugo Boss 10 ABN AMRO 11 Chieftain 12 Living Doll 13 Yendys 14 Hardys Secret Mens Business 15 Heaven Can Wait 16 Flirt 17 Goldfinger 18 Pale Ale Rager 19 Wedgetail 20 Ragamuffin 21 Quantum Racing 22 Prowler 23 Wot's Next 24 Shogun 25 Kaz 26 Dekadence 27 Rush 28 AFR Midnight Rambler 29 Pekljus 30 Ocean Skins 31 Fuzzy Logic 32 Cougar 33 Challenge 34 Chutzpah 35 Quest 36 Fincorp More Witchcraft 37 Prime Time 38 Wild Rose 39 Swish 40 Pretty Fly II 41 Tow Truck 42 Horwath BRI 43 Dodo 44 Sea Quest 45 Sweethart 46 Savcor 47 Zen 48 Addiction 49 Torpan International 50 Cadenza 51 Hidden Agenda 52 Inon 53 Team Lexus 54 White Hot XSI 55 Kioni 56 Toecutter 57 Game Set 58 Chancellor 59 Jailhouse Grill 60 Ray White Koomooloo 61 Inner Circle 62 Balance 63 Toll Shipping Prion 64 Apollonius 65 Tilting at Windmills 66 Phillip's Foote Witchdoctor 67 Lucifarr 68 Namadgi 69 Aurora 70 Farr South 71 Renegade72 Flying Fish BMS 73 Diomedea 74 She 75 Stormy Petrel 76 Impeccable
• YET TO FINISH: Isabella, Polaris of Belmont, Berrimilla, Gillawa
• RETIREMENT: Sirromet Life Style Wine, Conergy, Icefire, Star Dean - Willcocks

29/12/2005:

• Finished: 1 Wild Oats XI 2 Alfa Romeo 3 Skandia 4 Konica Minolta
  5 AAPT 6 Loki 7 Coogans Store 8 Serious TEN 9 Hugo Boss 10 ABN AMRO
• YET TO FINISH: 11 Chieftain 12 Living Doll 13 Yendys 14 Hardys Secret Mens Business 15 Heaven Can Wait 16 Flirt 17 Goldfinger 18 Pale Ale Rager 19 Wedgetail 20 Ragamuffin 21 Quantum Racing 22 Prowler 23 Wot's Next 24 Shogun 25 Kaz 26 Dekadence 27 Rush 28 AFR Midnight Rambler 29 Pekljus 30 Ocean Skins 31 Sea Quest 32 Fuzzy Logic 33 Cougar 34 Challenge 35 Fincorp More Witchcraft 36 Star Dean - Willcocks 37 Chutzpah 38 Quest 39 Prime Time 40 Tow Truck
  OTHERS: 63 Koomooloo
• RETIREMENT: Sirromet Life Style Wine, Conergy, Icefire

28/12/2005:

• Finished: 1 Wild Oats XI 2 Alfa Romeo 3 Skandia 4 Konica Minolta 5 AAPT
• YET TO FINISH: 6 Loki 7 Hugo Boss 8 Coogans Store 9 Serious TEN 10 ABN AMRO 11 Living Doll 12 Chieftain 13 Yendys 14 Heaven Can Wait 15 Hardys Secret Mens Business 16 Flirt 17 Goldfinger 18 Ragamuffin 19 Pale Ale Rager 20 Wedgetail 21 Quantum Racing 22 Prowler 23 Wot's Next 24 Shogun 25 Dekadence 26 Kaz 27 Rush 28 AFR Midnight Rambler 29 Ocean Skins 30 Star Dean - Willcocks
  OTHERS: 37 Challenge 67 Koomooloo
• RETIREMENT: Sirromet Life Style Wine, Conergy

27/12/2005:

• 1 Wild Oats XI 2 Alfa Romeo 3 Skandia
  4 AAPT 5 Konica Minolta 6 Hugo Boss 7 Coogans Store 8 Loki 9 Serious TEN 10 Chieftain 11 Living Doll 12 ABN AMRO 13 Goldfinger 14 Heaven Can Wait 15 Yendys 16 Hardys Secret Mens Business 17 Flirt 18 Ragamuffin 19 Quantum Racing 20 Pale Ale Rager

26/12/2005: START

• 1 Wild Oats XI 2 Alfa Romeo 3 Skandia

2005 RACE: 84 BOATS

4 Super Maxis

• including 2 almost identical new Super maxis: Alfa Romeo and Wild Oats XI with CBTF (canting ballast twin foil). They were designed by Reichel - Pugh and built in McConaghy’s yard in Sydney and estimated to be worth $10 million each.

ABRAHAMS BACK AGAIN

• 78 year old Lou Abrahams' 43rd Sydney Hobart Yacht Race (Sydney 38 Challenge)

• Sydney to Hobart Records
• 2004 Sydney to Hobart

New ALFA ROMEO Super Maxi; 2005

• LOA : 30M (98ft vs 90foot Alfa Romeo that won in 2002)
• Designer : Reichel - Pugh
• Crew of 20
• Skipper : Neville Crichton
• Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia
• Draft : 5.20 M ; Beam : 5.20 M
• IRC Displacement : 25500.00 Kg

Konica Minolta Super Maxi; 2003

• LOA : 30M
• Crew of 16
• Skipper : Stewart Thwaites (Owner)
• Club : Royal Port Nicholson NZ
• Draft : 4.5 M ; Beam : 5.25 M
• Crew : R Keenan, G Brady, C Ward, M White, M White, E Tam, T Sorsa, K Hara, I Gordon, K Stanley-Harris, R Field, C Booth, M McDowell, J Wilson, S Meikle, M Triblovich

Wild Oats XI Super Maxi; 2005

• LOA : 30M
• Designer : Reichel - Pugh
• Crew of 20
• Skipper : Mark Richards
• Club : Hamilton Island Yacht Club Inc
• Draft : 4.5 M ; Beam : 5.25 M
• Crew : Adrienne Cahalan (navigator), M Richards, G Wiseman, T Wiseman,
  K Sheridan (2), I Smith (7), T Tindill (1), S Jarvin (17), R Goodrich, C Harmsen (11), A Pratt (1), A Runow (16), A Merrington, P Merrington (10), P Westlake (1), R Naismith (2), J Hildebrand (1), A Rice (1), D Sampson (6)

Skandia Super Maxi; 2003

• LOA : 29.97M
• Designer : Jones, Don
• Skipper : Grant Wharington (owner)
• Club : Mornington Yacht Club
• Draft : 5.6 M ; Beam : 4.99 M

Hugo Boss Open 60; 2003

• LOA : 18.28M
• Designer : Marc Lombard
• Crew of 8
• Skipper : Alex Thomson (owner)
• Club : RORC
• Draft : 4.5 M ; Beam : 5.6 M
• Crew : J Robinson (navigator), N Moloney, S Clarke (1), R Daniel (1), S Gray, S Hiscocks, D
  Parker, C Tibbs
• Alex Thomson: 31 year old British skipper; the youngest skipper ever to win a round the world race (age 25) in 1998-99 Clipper Race

AAPT IRC Maxi; 2004

• LOA : 27.43M
• Designer : Simonis - Voogd
• Crew of 15
• Skipper : Sean Langman
• Club : Port Huon Yacht Club
• Draft : 4.5 M ; Beam : 4.7 M
• Crew : Jacqui Bonnitcha, James Christian, Ed Christian, Reid-Peter Fleming, Richard Snow, Tim Austin, Luke McClean, Shaun McKnight, Erin Cameron, Craig Malouf (11), Ty Oxley (3), John Crawford, Larry Jamieson, Anthony Nossiter, Geoff Bauchop

Challenge Sydney 38; 2004

• LOA : 11.78M
• Designer : Murray, Burns & Dovell
• Crew of 8
• ** Skipper : Lou Abrahams; his 43rd Sydney Hobart Yacht Race **
• Club : Sandringham Yacht Club
• Draft : 2.69 M ; Beam : 3.65 M
• Crew : JCrew C Schmidt (14) principal helmsman, R Simpson (18), Col Anderson (28), R Grimes (15), I Taylor (6), R Richardson (6), R Bath (13), M Hanniford (1)
• Lou Abrahams: winner 1983 & 1989; Sydney 38 National Champion in 2001 & 2002

OLDEST BOAT:

• KOOMOOLOO

FULL LIST

WILD OATS

HUGO BOSS