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  • Helsal IV

    Helsal IV

    Finish of the Sydney to Hobart, 2018.

  • Finishing floatilla

    Finishing floatilla

    Commanche and Infotrack - pack their sails.

  • Black Jack heads to port.

    Black Jack heads to port.

    Finish of the Sydney to Hobart, 2018.

  • Infotrack in all her beam.

    Infotrack in all her beam.

    Finish of the Sydney to Hobart, 2018.

  • This way to the finish

    This way to the finish

    Infotrack Skipper Tom Slingsby is shown the way to the finish. Sydney to Hobart 2018.

  • Infotrack in 4th

    Infotrack in 4th

    Passing closely to Peter Robyn.

  • The Aircraft Carrier

    The Aircraft Carrier

    Comanche at the finish of the 2018 Sydney to Hobart.

  • Comanche with 300m to go for third place.

    Comanche with 300m to go for third place.

    Finish of the Sydney to Hobart, 2018.

  • Up close and personal with Comanche

    Up close and personal with Comanche

    Finish of the Sydney to Hobart, 2018.

  • Lost footing

    Lost footing

    Black Jack tacks violently just before the finish line - unsettling a crew member.

  • A black Black Jack

    A black Black Jack

    Black Jack with 300m to go for second place.

  • The battle for second off Howrah.

    The battle for second off Howrah.

    Finish of the Sydney to Hobart, 2018 - Black Jack in 2nd and Commanche in 3rd.

  • Wild Oats up close

    Wild Oats up close

    Off the bow of Peter Robyn. Finish of the Sydney to Hobart, 2018.

  • Winning

    Winning

    Finish of the Sydney to Hobart, 2018 - Wild Oats XI crosses the line first.

  • Wild Oats at Sandy Bay Sailing Club

    Wild Oats at Sandy Bay Sailing Club

    Finish of the Sydney to Hobart, 2018.

  • Wild oats and the floatilla

    Wild oats and the floatilla

    Finish of the Sydney to Hobart, 2018.

  • Wild Oats and Ocean Monach

    Wild Oats and Ocean Monach

    Finish of the Sydney to Hobart, 2018.

  • On the bow of Peter Robyn

    On the bow of Peter Robyn

    Finish of the Sydney to Hobart, 2018.

  • Wild Oats crosses first but relinquished to second on protest

    Wild Oats crosses first but relinquished to second on protest

    Sydney to Hobart finish

  • Gretel II at RYCT

    Gretel II at RYCT

    Sir Frank Packer's 1970 America's Cup Challenger. http://www.12mrclass.com/yachts/detail/273-itemId.511707119.html

  • Mr Lucky

    Mr Lucky

    Finishes 2017 Sydney to Hobart

  • Dorade just finishing the 2017 Sydney to Hobart

    Dorade just finishing the 2017 Sydney to Hobart

    Dorade History: http://dorade.org/history/

  • Dorade reaches Sullivan's Cove

    Dorade reaches Sullivan's Cove

    Dorade History: http://dorade.org/history/

  • The crew of Sirocco congratulate Dorade

    The crew of Sirocco congratulate Dorade

    Sydney to Hobart 2017 Dorade History: http://dorade.org/history/

  • Dorade off Battery Point

    Dorade off Battery Point

    Sydney to Hobart 2017. Dorade History: http://dorade.org/history/

  • Sirocco and Dorade SS & SS

    Sirocco and Dorade SS & SS

    Sydney to Hobart 2017. Dorade History: http://dorade.org/history/

  • Serica welcomes Dorade to Hobart.

    Serica welcomes Dorade to Hobart.

    Sydney to Hobart 2017. Dorade History: http://dorade.org/history/

  • Dorade packs the sails

    Dorade packs the sails

    Sydney to Hobart 2017. Dorade History: http://dorade.org/history/

  • XY ends the 2017 Regatta

    XY ends the 2017 Regatta

    RYCT

  • XY and signal flags

    XY and signal flags

    2017 Hobart Regatta

  • War Games - Follows XY  in the 2017 Regatta

    War Games - Follows XY in the 2017 Regatta

  • Maluka

    Maluka

    Pretty as a picture

  • Maluka

    Maluka

    Pretty as a picture

  • Beau Geste

    Beau Geste

    . . . heading home and by the looks of the diesel drums - planning to do a fair bit of motoring.

  • Beau Geste

    Beau Geste

    Leaving Hobart 30th of December, 2016. After finishing 5th over the line on the 28th of December, 2016.

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  • "We're happy!"

    "We're happy!"

    The crew of Maluka of Kermandie celebrate their finish in the 2016 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Photo taken from Peter Robyn - http://www.jeffmurrayimaging.com/Blog-stuff/Peter-Robyn

  • Relief,  thanks or both on Meluka?

    Relief, thanks or both on Meluka?

    Photo taken from Peter Robyn - http://www.jeffmurrayimaging.com/Blog-stuff/Peter-Robyn

  • Maluka of Kermandie Finishing

    Maluka of Kermandie Finishing

    Sydney to Hobart 2016 Photo taken from Peter Robyn - http://www.jeffmurrayimaging.com/Blog-stuff/Peter-Robyn

  • Maluka of Kermandie

    Maluka of Kermandie

    MALUKA is a yacht with a strong history and connection to the Sydney to Hobart. Here she is finishing in 2016 - her owner's 26th race and in her fastest time of 3:19:38:07. In the 1930's the Clark brothers raced MALUKA with the Sydney Amateur Sailing Club and fished offshore or around the harbour. They undertook the first of four well documented cruising voyages in April 1933 when they sailed to North Queensland, spending five months away from Sydney. It was a great success and the gale they experience very early in the voyage proved the seaworthiness of MALUKA's design. This gave them great confidence for their next voyage in September 1934 to Lord Howe Island, taking Sep Stephens as a third crew member. The boat weathered severe gales on both passages and again proved itself entirely capable in the open ocean. Their next voyage ended in disaster. The three sailors left Sydney for Hobart just prior to Christmas Day in 1935 and south of Eden were a caught in a southerly gale raging against a strong south moving current. The seas were huge so they hove-to for an extended period, and crew member Stephens was injured during one knock down. Unable to take any sights to confirm their position they estimated they were near Green Cape in NSW. The brothers were eventually overcome with exhaustion and lashed the tiller with all three sheltering below, believing they were drifting well out to sea. In fact the current had taken them well south along the Victorian Coastline and the early hours of the morning the boat grounded on a headland at Cape Conran, near the township of Marlo. It grounded with damage to one side and when dawn broke they found themselves on the rocks laying over to starboard and clear of the sea. With help from locals they salvaged the yacht by patching over the one hole in the planking, and removing its ballast keel so they could man-handle the hull across the rocks and back to deeper water. The yacht was refloated and motored to Marlow, while the keel was retrieved and brought back overland by truck. The keel was bolted back under the hull and then MALUKA was sailed back to Sydney. The yacht was then properly repaired by Fisher and 12 months later successfully voyaged to Tasmania and return over Christmas and New Year in 1936/37. Ten years before the first Sydney to Hobart race. Maluka was designed by Cliff Gale and built by Billy Fisher in 1932, both well known figures in Sydney during that period. It was built for the Clark brothers of Sydney and became well known when the pair undertook a series of cruises along the eastern coastline. MALUKA is also connected to Sydney Harbour's RANGER class of raised-deck racing yachts designed by Gale. It has the same characteristics but is an earlier and larger version with sea-going capabilities. It was extensively rebuilt to race in the 2006 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. (Ausralian National Maritime Museum Register of Historic Vessels) Photo taken from Peter Robyn - http://www.jeffmurrayimaging.com/Blog-stuff/Peter-Robyn

  • Sailing in Sandy Bay

    Sailing in Sandy Bay

    BMW Series

  • Sailing in Sandy Bay

    Sailing in Sandy Bay

    BMW Series

  • Sailing in Sandy Bay

    Sailing in Sandy Bay

    BMW Series

  • Finished

    Finished

    Comanche places second in just over 2 days from Sydney. Light winds not her thing - she battled galliantly today.

  • Comanche spills its spinaker

    Comanche spills its spinaker

    Comanche turns in for home in Sandy Bay in the closing stages of the 2014 Sydney to Hobart.

  • Threatening

    Threatening

    Comanche looks threatening as it sails past my house in the closing minutes of its epic maiden voyage in the 2014 Sydney to Hobart yacht race. A fantastic battle took place between this yacht and Wild Oats XI in Storm Bay earlier in the day. Wild Oats taking a wild and windy course at 15 knots, while Comanche sails slower and shorter at 10 - just 50 minutes behind.

  • Celebrations on board

    Celebrations on board

    Wild Oats will be sewn in Hobart tonight as this much celebrated crew enjoy their win.

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    Wild Oats and Ocean Monach
    On the bow of Peter Robyn
    Wild Oats crosses first but relinquished to second on protest