To the Victoire go the spoils as crew overcome 'dumb decision'
RUPERT GUINNESS Darryl Hodgkinson had extra cause to celebrate after his 50-footer Victoire was declared the Sydney to Hobart handicap winner on Monday.
Sydney to Hobart: Battered Namadgi crew celebrates New Year race finish
DAVID POLKINGHORNE Peter Morris is riding a wild high after stepping off Namadgi straight into the middle of Hobart's New Year's Eve celebrations.
Victoire declared Sydney to Hobart winner
RUPERT GUINNESS Sydney plastic surgeon Darryl Hodgkinson's Victoire declared the Sydney to Hobart's overall winner.
Smaller Sydney to Hobart craft run for safety of ports from harrowing 'boat-breaking' sea
RUPERT GUINNESS So much for the calm and quiet at sea in this year's Sydney to Hobart.
Sydney to Hobart: Bring on the raiders, say Wild Oats XI crew
RUPERT GUINNESS Wild Oats XI skipper Mark Richards and tactician Iain Murray have called on those foreigners plotting a raid for Sydney to Hobart line honours to bring it on after their boat won for a record-equalling seventh time on Saturday.
Canberran Erik Adriaanse joins Hobart Heroes after 25th race
CHRIS DUTTON Canberra's Erik Adriaanse has no plans to end his Sydney-to-Hobart career after arriving at Constitution Dock for the 25th time.
Sydney to Hobart a game of two halves for Jude Bolton
Retired AFL star completed his first bluewater classic on board Perpetual Loyal, finishing second behind line honours winner Wild Oats XI.
Sydney to Hobart: Sunday proves tough for smaller boats in fleet
RUPERT GUINNESS Tough conditions in the Sydney to Hobart took their toll on the fleet that trailed line honours winner Wild Oats XI.
Sydney-to-Hobart race update: Gales slam into fleet, damaging boats
David Beniuk Four more boats are out of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race after a night of tough weather conditions.
Sydney to Hobart 2013: Wild Oats XI in record-equalling seventh triumph but strong winds are on the way
RUPERT GUINNESS While talk of the trials and tribulations of this year's Sydney to Hobart will continue for days - if not months and weeks - there were two burning questions as the race for line honours was won and lost on Saturday.
Wild Oats XI owner Bob Oatley dared to defeat foreign maxis next year
RUPERT GUINNESS Bob Oatley, the owner of seven-time Sydney to Hobart line-honours winner Wild Oats XI, promised to return with his super maxi and take on the larger field of international big boats that are expected next year.
Sydney to Hobart 2013: Wild Oats XI closes in on victory
Wild Oats XI is poised to claim a record-equalling seventh Sydney to Hobart line honours victory after leaving rivals in its wake down the Tasmanian coast.
Anthony Bell says Perpetual Loyal can still win the Sydney to Hobart race
RUPERT GUINNESS Perpetual Loyal owner and skipper Anthony Bell believes his new maxi can still win Sydney to Hobart line honours, despite having conceded the race lead in light conditions that ''technically'' should have had them further back than in second place at the end of the second day at sea.
At 86, Syd Fischer still takes it up to the big names in Sydney to Hobart
RUPERT GUINNESS Syd Fischer may be the oldest competitor in the Sydney to Hobart but he showed he is as sharp as ever as day two at sea drew to an end on Friday.
Start of Eastcoaster, Westcoaster and Melbourne to Hobart races
Tess Papanikolaou The 27 starters in the initial phase of the Melbourne to Hobart Westcoaster and Eastcoaster and the 2013 Melbourne to Launceston race got a clean getaway on Friday afternoon with a breeze from the southwest at 14 knots.
Wild Oats XI takes lead from Perpetual Loyal in 2013 Sydney to Hobart
RUPERT GUINNESS Perpetual Loyal skipper believes his new maxi can still win honours, despite having conceded the race lead.
Syd Fischer still takes it up to the big names in Sydney to Hobart
RUPERT GUINNESS Syd Fischer may be the oldest competitor in the Sydney to Hobart but he showed he is as sharp as ever as day two at sea drew to an end on Friday.
Sydney to Hobart 2013: Foreign armada tipped for bumper 70th anniversary race
Adrian Warren Wild Oats XI can expect even more big boat challengers if the champion supermaxi returns as part of a bumper 70th Sydney to Hobart next year.
Sydney to Hobart 2013: Wild Oats XI takes lead from Perpetual Loyal
David Beniuk and Adrian Warren Six-time line honours winner Wild Oats XI snatched the lead back from Perpetual Loyal as the two supermaxis eyeballed each other in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
Sydney to Hobart 2013: Christmas cake disappears faster than the maxis
Liam Phelan Liam Phelan is on board Team Garmin
Sydney to Hobart 2013: Perpetual Loyal surges into lead overnight
Adrian Warren Perpetual Loyal has stamped her authority on the Sydney to Hobart yacht race by charging ahead of line honours favourite Wild Oats XI and the rest of the fleet during the first night at sea.
Filming starts on Gary Ticehurst's Sydney to Hobart movie dream
RUPERT GUINNESS Tragic death of former ABC television helicopter pilot has become the catalyst to the filming of a feature movie about the 1998 Sydney to Hobart yacht race in which six lives were lost.
John Williams' Calm wins Boxing Day Dash yacht race from Goldfinger
Tess Papanikolaou Victorian 52-footer Calm lives up to her name by winning the Boxing Day Dash.
Crowds flock to Boxing Day sail with none discounting threat of gale force winds
RUPERT GUINNESS Picture perfect crisp, blue skies and a 12- to 15-knot breeze on Sydney Harbour on Thursday belied the rough-and-tumble journey awaiting small boats on their voyage to Hobart.
Sydney to Hobart: Perpetual Loyal keeps the fight on high seas after ditching protest
RUPERT GUINNESS The Sydney to Hobart had barely begun its run south on Thursday before the dreaded prospect of the race being decided by the judiciary emerged, when line honours contender Perpetual Loyal had raised its red protest flag for an incident after the start.
Sydney to Hobart 2013: Wild Oats leads fleet out of Sydney Heads
RUPERT GUINNESS Wild Oats XI won the battle to be first out of the Heads in the 628 nautical mile Sydney to Hobart yacht race got under way in sunny weather at 1pm on Thursday.
Sydney to Hobart 2013: Massive swell forecast
RUPERT GUINNESS Crews in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race have been warned to expect boat and bone bruising swells by the weekend with some waves reaching 10 metres in height in Bass Strait and 12 metres in southern Tasmania.
Sydney to Hobart 2013: Massive swell awaits fleet in Bass Strait
RUPERT GUINNESS Crews in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race have been warned to expect boat- and bone-bruising swells by the weekend with some waves reaching 10 metres in Bass Strait and 12 metres in southern Tasmania.
Sydney to Hobart 2013: Round the world racers swell foreign fleet
Adrian Warren One of the most cosmopolitan and international fleets in the history of the Sydney to Hobart will soon discover the dubious delights of sailing in the Australian summer.
Forecast light winds could play into the hands of Wild Oats XI, says Robin Knox-Johnston
RUPERT GUINNESS Defending Sydney to Hobart line honours champion, the Mark Richards-skippered Wild Oats XI, should be able to gain the ascendancy over her rivals on the southern NSW coast, says British yachting legend Robin Knox-Johnston.
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race: Against all elements
RUPERT GUINNESS Mark Richards says he has never felt afraid in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race in which he has won line honours on Wild Oats XI as her skipper six times, but does he get nervous? ''Of course I do ... very. It's half the fun.''
