Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race has 102 applications - here is list

by Lisa Ratcliff on 3 Nov 2010 Rolex Sydney to Hobart.

Applications to enter this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race have officially closed with 102 yachts nominated for the great race south and a thrilling battle for overall honours on the cards.

Organising club, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, and naming rights sponsor Rolex are delighted with the roll-up which will include legends and luminaries and plenty of newcomers as well as the regulars now synonymous with the legendary blue water race.

The CYCA anticipates a final tally of 90-95 yachts will be on the dual Sydney Harbour start line at 1pm on December 26 with the largest in the fleet launching off the front row and the rest from the second line, allowing all boats clear passage to Sydney Heads before crews knuckle down for the tough 628 nautical mile passage to Hobart.

It will be more roomy at the front of the fleet this year with two 100 footers, Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI and Sean Langman and Anthony Bell’s Investec Loyal, and two 98 footers, Peter Millard and John Honan’s Lahana and Grant Wharington’s Wild Thing, leading the pack.

The spotlight that shone bright on the supermaxis last year has shifted slightly back to the impending clash for the Tattersall’s Cup, the prestigious hand wrought sterling silver cup and plinth awarded to the overall winner.

With a perfect scorecard of wins at all this year’s major races and regattas for Stephen Ainsworth’s RP63 Loki, there is no doubt they are the outright favourite.

But like yesterday’s shortest-priced Melbourne Cup favourite, So You Think, track conditions didn’t suit and the glamour stallion ran home third. Over a course 500 times longer than the Flemington racetrack, conditions will be changeable, requiring a consistent all-round performance, plus a lot of luck to be the fastest to Hobart on corrected time.

'Given there are less line honours contenders, the battle for the Tattersall’s Cup has been highlighted probably more than any other year,' said CYCA Commodore Garry Linacre today.

'There will be huge interest in the Rán versus Loki clash and this year will see the return of Limit, which has been making its mark in the US.'

Linacre notes 'There is a definite modernisation happening amongst the Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet with many newer boats as well as the timeless timber classics such as Spirit of Koomooloo and fiberglass built Bacardi which provide a vital link to the race’s colourful and lengthy history.

'There’s no doubt it’s going to be an extremely interesting race,' added the Commodore.

Same skippers, different boats are a common occurrence as skippers upsize or downsize in terms of yacht size, pedigree and budget.

Nicholas Bartels’ has this year stepped into a Cookson 50 with the same name as his former Terra Firma and UK yachtsman Chris Bull has done the same, his new Cookson 50 Jazz the replacement for his J145. David Pescud’s Sailors with disAbilities are following suit and will shortly announce their replacement up-tempo ride to Hobart.
Last year 116 yachts were nominated for entry with 100 on the starting line and 95 reaching the finish line off Hobart’s historic Battery Point.

All Australian states plus the ACT are represented with nine international entries sailing for the UK, England, USA, New Zealand, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy and a part Russian crewed boat.

Applications for entry will continue to be processed by the CYCA sailing office and if all the race entry criteria is met, owners will be invited to submit an entry form, by Friday 3 December.

The fleet for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2010 will be officially announced at the CYCA in Sydney on the morning of Tuesday 23 November at 10.00am.

Name	Sail No#	From	Type
Abracadabra	5612	NSW	Tripp 47
AFR Midnight Rambler	8338	NSW	Farr 40
Alchemy III	5976	TAS	Beneteau 57
Allegro	6321	NSW	Cavalier 395
Another Challenge	SM2004	VIC	Sydney 38
Aurora	4057	NSW	IOR Farr 40
Avant Garde	HKG2047	Hong Kong	A40rc
Bacardi	SM377	VIC	Peterson 44
Blunderbuss	407	QLD	Beneteau First 40.7
Brindabella	10000	NSW	Jutson 79
Cadibarra 8	R420	VIC	Jones 42
Calm	SM5252	VIC	TP52
Chancellor	6834	NSW	Beneteau First 40
Charlie's Dream	RQ1920	QLD	Bluewater 450
Chutzpah	R33	VIC	IRC 40
CIC Secure Inca	F111	ACT	Vickers 41
Copernicus	6689	NSW	Radford 12
Crossbow	142	NSW	Beneteau 36.7
Dawn Star	USA2184	USA	Baltic 46
Eleni	MH60	NSW	Sydney 38
Exile	46	NSW	DK 46
Extasea	G4646R	VIC	DK 46
EZ Street	6814	NSW	Warwick 44
Flying Fish Arctos	7551	NSW	Radford 16.4
Future Shock	5980	NSW	Elliott 56
Geomatic Joker	M9000	VIC	Jarken 38
Goldfinger	8880	VIC	Farr 52
Helsal III	262	TAS	Adams 20
Ichi Ban	AUS 03	NSW	Jones 70
Illusion	5356	NSW	Davidson 34
Investec Loyal	99999	NSW	Maxi 100
Jazz	5299	NSW	Cookson 50
Jazz Player	S390	VIC	Bakewell - White 39
Kerisma	11033	NSW	Ker 11.3
Kioni	6146	NSW	Beneteau First 47.7
Krakatoa II	55555	NSW	Pogo 40
L'Altra Donna	6935	NSW	Summit 35
L'ange De Milon	FRA29999	France	X 43
Lahana	10081	NSW	30m Maxi
Limit	AUS 98888	WA	Reichel Pugh 62
Living Doll	R55	VIC	Farr 55
LMR Solar	M161	NSW	Sayer 40
Local Hero	1236	NSW	BH 36
Loki	AUS60000	NSW	Reichel Pugh 63
Merit	8679	QLD	Volvo 60
Mille Sabords	SM381	VIC	Sydney 38
Nautical Circle	A169	NSW	Archambault 40
Nemesis	USA69200	USA	C & C 41
Next	6081	NSW	Sydney 38
NSC Mahligai	NZL1	NSW	Sydney 46
Obsession	2999	NSW	Sydney 38
Ocean Affinity	RQ64	QLD	Marten 49
Onelife	ITASM455	Italy	Amel
Paca	6812	NSW	Beneteau First 40
Papillon	6841	NSW	Archambault 40RC
Patrice Six	360	NSW	X41
Patriot	RQ1331	QLD	J133
Pelagic Magic	11407	NSW	Beneteau 40.7
Pirelli Celestial	421	NSW	Rogers 46
Polaris of Belmont	5527	NSW	Cole 43
Pretty Fly III	10007	NSW	Cookson 50
Ragamuffin	AUS 70	NSW	TP52
Ran	GBR7236R	England	JV 72
Rockall III	GER6333	Germany	Corby 36
Salona II	8975	NSW	Salona 45
Sassy	325	TAS	Bavaria 39C
Scarlet Ribbon	SM25	VIC	Buizen 48
Scarlet Runner	SM11	VIC	Reichel Pugh 52
Second to None	B220	VIC	Beneteau First 40
Secret Men's Business #1	8300	NSW	Murray 42
Secret Men's Business 3.5	YC3300	SA	Reichel Pugh 51
Shamrock	M330	VIC	Reichel Pugh 47
She	4924	NSW	Olsen 40
She's The Culprit	370	TAS	Jones 39
Shining Sea	6338	SA	Sydney 38
Shogun	6952	VIC	JV 52
Slice of Heaven	B129	VIC	Sayer 129
Southern Excellence	NOR2	NSW	Volvo 60
Spirit of Koomooloo	2170	QLD	S&S 49
St Jude	6686	NSW	Sydney 47
Swish	6073	NSW	Sydney 38
Terra Firma	SM24	VIC	Cookson 50
Tevake II	H 101	VIC	Radford 13.7
The Stick	8848	NSW	Modified 66
Titania of Cowes	GBR6821R	United Kingdom	Swan 68
Two True	YC400	SA	Beneteau First 40
Valheru	1195	TAS	Elliott 43
Vamp	43218	Russia	Corby 49
Victoire	1545	NSW	Beneteau First 45
Wahoo	5900	NSW	Frers 40
Wasabi	AUS 88	NSW	Sayer 12 MOD
Wave Sweeper	7407	NSW	Beneteau 40.7
Wedgetail	AUS11888	QLD	RP 55
Wild Oats X	7001	NSW	Reichel Pugh
Wild Oats XI	AUS10001	NSW	RP100
Wild Rose	4343	NSW	Farr 43
Wild Thing	M10	VIC	Maxi
Wot Eva	6953	NSW	Nelson Marek 52
Young Ones	SM5558	VIC	Young 11 (Mod)
Yuuzoo	AUS11111	NSW	Maxi
Zen	3838	NSW	Sydney 38
Zora I	8975	NSW	Salona 45

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