The skippers competing in the annual Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race dream of winning a top trophy in this challenging offshore race. This year, 10 of them will be women.

Yachts compete during the start of the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Boxing Day at Sydney Harbour on December 26, 2024. David Gray/AFP/Getty Images. Sydney AP — ...

The annual Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race is back for 2021, following the cancellation of the historic event in 2020 for the first time in 75 years.. As Australia begins to navigate its way out of the ...

Crews of more than 100 yachts set sail Thursday on a "boat-breaking" Sydney-Hobart yacht race, with gale-force winds and high ...

Taking place annually since 1945, the Sydney to Hobart yacht race is widely considered one of the world’s most difficult. With a 722-mile route from Australia to Tasmania, participants cross the ...

SYDNEY (AP) — Organizers said Friday that two Sydney to Hobart sailors have died at sea amid wild weather conditions that forced line honors favorite Master Lock Comanche to withdraw among mass ...

Andoo Comanche during the start of the 2022 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. (Getty Images: Corbis/Steve Christo) Decision to make — follow the coast or head out to sea.

SYDNEY — Comanche took an eight nautical-mile lead over defending line honors champion and fellow 100-foot super maxi LawConnect early in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Thursday.

LawConnect, which led out of Sydney Harbor on Thursday, was leading this year's race but still had about 150 nautical miles before reaching Hobart. It could mean an overnight finish for the ...

Bowline sails out of the heads following the start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race in Sydney on Dec. 26. AP “We’ve got police getting talking to them, doctors and counselling.

It has won the prestigious Rolex Sydney to Hobart yacht race a record eight times, but defending champion Wild Oats XI is already out of contention in 2015.

The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race forces the sailors who compete to make many sacrifices, which can include forgoing a hot meal. Share full article Breakfast on the Ocean Crusaders J-Bird.