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Sydney to Hobart – Last boats standing?

by Rob Kothe on 27 Dec 2015
George David's RAMBLER 88 (USA) surfing downwind - 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Rolex/ Stefano Gattini http://www.rolex.com
It was a hard night for the front end of the 71st Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet.

The Super maxi thoroughbreds found the going hardest, with Wild Oats XI, Comanche and Perpetual Loyal all announcing their retirement. Comanche did a Lazarus though, calling Hobart Race Control to say they were going to head south again which they did, with a damaged daggerboard and rudder.

Two American boats lead the fleet. George David’s Rambler is now well into Bass Strait, with Comanche now second and the top Australian boat Ragamuffin third.

Here are the top ten on line honours and IRC handicap

At racetime 00:14:30 Line honors top ten

Yacht

DIV

Position

DTG

SOG

COG

Est. Elapsed
Time & Speed

1

Rambler

George David USA

  

37°28'S 151°53'E

89nm E of Green Cape

430.0

11.9

184

02:04:21:4912.0

28 Dec, 05:21:49 PM

2

Comanche

Jim & Kristy Clark USA

  

37°28'S 152°11'E

103nm E of Green Cape

436.2

11.6

184

02:10:36:2110.7

28 Dec, 11:36:21 PM

3

Ragamuffin 100

Syd Fischer NSW

  

37°15'S 152°17'E

107nm E of Green Cape

449.3

10.0

170

02:17:07:399.6

29 Dec, 06:07:39 AM

4

Maserati

Orca SRL Italy

  

37°15'S 152°51'E

134nm E of Green Cape

462.9

10.7

170

02:16:32:259.7

29 Dec, 05:32:25 AM

5

Black Jack

Mark Bradford QLD

  

36°38'S 151°35'E

70nm E of Montague Island

469.3

9.9

192

03:02:28:258.4

29 Dec, 03:28:25 PM

6

Ichi Ban

Matthew Allen NSW

  

36°46'S 152°00'E

92nm E of Montague Island

470.1

8.3

195

02:21:59:589.0

29 Dec, 10:59:58 AM

7

Chinese Whisper

Rupert Henry NSW

  

36°45'S 152°09'E

98nm E of Montague Island

473.6

9.0

187

03:02:24:348.4

29 Dec, 03:24:34 PM

8

Balance

Paul Clitheroe NSW

  

36°07'S 150°09'E

9nm NW of Montague Island

478.9

8.9

238

03:01:37:288.5

29 Dec, 02:37:28 PM

9

Primitive Cool

John Newbold VIC

  

36°03'S 150°16'E

12nm N of Montague Island

483.7

8.5

149

03:06:40:218.0

29 Dec, 07:40:21 PM

10

Triton

David Gotze & Michael Cranitch NSW

  

36°01'S 150°14'E

14nm N of Montague Island

485.8

6.9

166

03:03:19:108.3

29 Dec, 04:19:10 PM

At racetime 00:14:40 IRC top ten

Yacht

DIV

Position

DTG

SOG

COG

Est. Elapsed
Time & Speed

HCAP

Est. Corrected
Time & Speed

1

Teasing Machine

Eric De Turckheim Switzerland

3

35°52'S 150°17'E

7nm S of Batemans Bay

494.8

7.7

159

03:08:05:507.8

29 Dec, 09:05:50 PM

1.169

03:21:38:016.7

30 Dec, 10:38:01 AM

2

Imagination

Robin & Annette Hawthorn NSW

3

35°41'S 150°20'E

6nm NE of Batemans Bay

505.9

8.3

248

03:12:56:237.4

30 Dec, 01:56:23 AM

1.108

03:22:06:486.7

30 Dec, 11:06:48 AM

3

Rambler

George David USA

0

37°30'S 151°53'E

89nm E of Green Cape

428.1

12.0

187

02:04:28:2912.0

28 Dec, 05:28:29 PM

1.826

03:23:49:086.6

30 Dec, 12:49:08 PM

4

Black Sheep

Derek & Martin Sheppard NSW

3

35°40'S 150°27'E

11nm NE of Batemans Bay

508.6

7.8

227

03:14:49:497.2

30 Dec, 03:49:49 AM

1.111

04:00:28:066.5

30 Dec, 01:28:06 PM

5

After Midnight

Mark & Greg Tobin NSW

3

35°43'S 150°19'E

4nm E of Batemans Bay

503.6

6.7

173

03:13:51:577.3

30 Dec, 02:51:57 AM

1.145

04:02:18:596.4

30 Dec, 03:18:59 PM

6

Merlin

David Forbes NSW

2

35°49'S 150°20'E

6nm SE of Batemans Bay

498.4

7.7

159

03:09:56:347.7

29 Dec, 10:56:34 PM

1.222

04:04:08:036.3

30 Dec, 05:08:03 PM

7

Wild Rose

Roger Hickman NSW

4

35°34'S 150°42'E

28nm S of Jervis Bay

517.1

8.4

239

04:00:05:566.5

30 Dec, 01:05:56 PM

1.048

04:04:42:426.2

30 Dec, 05:42:42 PM

8

Balance

Paul Clitheroe NSW

1

36°08'S 150°09'E

7nm NW of Montague Island

477.9

8.0

153

03:02:25:018.4

29 Dec, 03:25:01 PM

1.364

04:05:30:176.2

30 Dec, 06:30:17 PM

9

Mayfair

James Irvine QLD

4

35°34'S 150°30'E

17nm NE of Batemans Bay

515.1

7.1

147

03:22:56:376.6

30 Dec, 11:56:37 AM

1.082

04:06:43:446.1

30 Dec, 07:43:44 PM

10

Courrier Leon

Gery Trentesaux Belgium

4

35°36'S 150°44'E

30nm S of Jervis Bay

515.7

8.8

246

04:02:27:236.4

30 Dec, 03:27:23 PM

1.045

04:06:53:136.1

30 Dec, 07:53:13 PM
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