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The 1953 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race , was the 9th annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race .
Hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney , New South Wales , the 1953 edition began on Sydney Harbour , at Noon on Boxing Day (26 December 1953), before heading south for 630 nautical miles (1,170 km) through the Tasman Sea , past Bass Strait , into Storm Bay and up the River Derwent , to cross the finish line in Hobart , Tasmania .
The 1953 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race comprised a fleet of 23 competitors, the largest ever at the time. Line-honours were awarded to Solveig, the Australian racer custom-built of Oregon (Douglas Fir) on Australian hardwood frames in Sydney by the Norwegian family business Lars Halvorsen Sons and skippered by Trygve Halvorsen with Stan Darling as navigator. Solveig won in the time of 5 days, 7 hours and 12 minutes. Solveig is yet today a sound vessel. She was sold by T&M Halvorsen in Hawaii after the 1955 Transpac Race. "Solveig" was shipped by container ship back to Sydney in January 2017 and is now restored and racing on Sydney Harbour with other classic yachts. Ripple , skippered by R. C. Hobson, was awarded handicap honours on adjusted time using the International Measurement System (IMS).
23 yachts registered to begin the 1953 Sydney to Hobart Yacht race won by Ripple of Ronald Hobson. [1]
Line Honours | LH (elapsed) time d:hh:mm:ss | Winner | HW (corrected) time d:hh:mm:ss |
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5:07:12:00 |
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Australia – About the country, culture, facts & statistics
The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is an annual event, which was first sailed in 1945. The race takes place over 5 days and attracts over 100 yachts of all types and sizes.
The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in December is an icon of Australia’s summer sport. The course covers a distance of 628 nautical miles from Sydney Harbour to the East coast of Australia, Bass Strait, the Tasmanian east coast, Storm Bay, Derwent River and finally Battery Point in Hobart, Tasmania.
Line Honours goes to the first yacht to cross the finishing line. The Overall Winner is determined by each yacht’s finish time adjusted by several factors. As a result, the fastest boat is often not the Overall Winner.
See also | Race Winners by Year | | | |
Overall Winner = ow Line Honour = lh Time is shown as DD:HH:MM:SS Days:Hours:Minutes (and Seconds where available)
TIME | YACHT NAME | DESIGNER | |
45th Race — 1989 — 126 starting fleet size | |||
3:02:18:45 ow 3:06:21 lh | Ultimate Challenge Drumbeat | Lou Abrahams, VIC Alan Bond, WA | Ed Dubois, England David Pedrick, USA |
44th Race — 1988 — 119 starting fleet size | |||
3:18:20:35 ow 3:15:29 lh | Illusion Ragamuffin | Gino Knezic, VIC Syd Fischer, NSW | Laurie Davidson, NZ German Frers, Argentina |
43th Race — 1987 — 154 starting fleet size | |||
2:21:58:08 ow 2:21:58 lh | Sovereign Sovereign | Bernard Lewis, NSW Bernard Lewis, NSW | David Pedrick, USA David Pedrick, USA |
42nd Race — 1986 — 121 starting fleet size | |||
na ow 2:23:26 lh | Ex Tension Condor II | Tony Dunn, NSW Bob Bell, Bermuda | Laurie Davidson, NZ Ron Holland, NZ |
41st Race — 1985 — 179 starting fleet size | |||
3:04:34:37 ow 3:04:32 lh | Sagacious Apollo | Gary Appleby, NSW Jack Rooklyn, NSW | Bruce Farr, NZ-USA B Lexcen (B Miller), NSW |
40th Race — 1984 — 151 starting fleet size | |||
3:07:45:03 ow 3:11:21 lh | Indian Pacific New Zealand | J Eyles/G Heuchmer, NSW NZ Round the World Cmtee | Bruce Farr, NZ-USA Ron Holland, NZ |
39th Race — 1983 — 173 starting fleet size | |||
2:23:07:42 ow 3:00:50 lh | Challenge Condor | Lou Abrahams, VIC Bob Bell, Bermuda | Sparkman & Stephens USA Ron Holland, NZ |
38th Race — 1982 — 118 starting fleet size | |||
2:19:19:16 ow 3:00:59 lh | Scallywag Condor of Bermuda | Ray Johnston, NSW Bob Bell, Bermuda | Bruce Farr, NZ-USA John Sharp, UK |
37th Race — 1981 — 159 starting fleet size | |||
3:19:25:59 ow 3:22:30 lh | Zeus II Vengeance | Jim Dunstan, NSW Bernard Lewis, NSW | Peter Joubert, VIC Rolly Tasker, WA |
36th Race — 1980 — 102 starting fleet size | |||
2:18:45 ow 2:18:45 lh | New Zealand New Zealand | NZ Round the World Cmte NZ Round the World Cmte | Bruce Farr, NZ-USA Bruce Farr, NZ-USA |
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The skipper of the line honours-winning yacht in this year's Sydney to Hobart race says the victory is all the more remarkable because his boat, LawConnect, is a "shitbox" compared to second-place getter and race favourite Andoo Comanche.
"I know it looks good on TV but if you go up close to that boat, it's rough as anything and Comanche is a beautiful boat, it's better in every way, four tonnes lighter etc.," Christian Beck said.
"Shitbox" or not, LawConnect overtook Andoo Comanche in the River Derwent in the final moments of the 2023 race to take out its first line honours in a sensational daylight finish, just 51 seconds ahead of its rival.
"The lead changed several times, they took the lead pretty close to the line, we thought there's no way we can get it back," Beck said.
"There were guys [on board] that couldn't watch, it was very nerve-racking."
In a race that took the two leaders almost two days to finish, the turning point began just a couple of nautical miles from the finish line.
As Andoo Comanche tried to build speed off the Hobart suburb of Sandy Bay and seemed to stall in very little wind, Law Connect made its move.
'"They seem to be accelerating out of the jibes a lot quicker than Andoo Comanche, so I don't think Andoo have a lot of options here, I think they're going to get rolled … really aggressive moves by LawConnect," said Lisa Darmanin, a commentator for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.
But, not long after Andoo Comanche snatched it back again.
Then, in the second-closest finish in race history, LawConnect came back about 100 metres from the finish line.
After being runner-up three times in a row, the sweetest moment arrived for Christian Beck as LawConnect crossed the finish line in a time of 1 day, 19 hours, 3 minutes and 58 seconds.
"I can't believe that result. Honestly it's a dream come true," he said.
So just how did the "underdog" manage to snatch the win away from Andoo Comanche after it held the lead comfortably while rounding the Tasman Peninsula and entering the River Derwent?
As we've heard, a lack of wind was a big factor.
"Our boat is big and wide and heavy and it's fast offshore but it is terribly slow when it is bumpy and no wind," the disappointed skipper of Andoo Comanche, John Winning said.
"[As the finish line neared] we sent a guy up the rig and he said 'There's no wind at the finish, zero wind at the finish.'"
But sailors are used to dealing with changes in wind so strategy was obviously a major factor at play too.
As well as the "aggressive jibing" from LawConnect, the winners were focused on learning from Andoo's "mistakes".
"Broadly, the strategy is to watch them and if they get into a bad spot, we avoid that bad spot," Beck said.
Then there were all the spectator boats to contend with.
In the final moments, a catamaran passed closely to Andoo Comanche and the crew was seen yelling and gesturing.
"We had all the spectator boats and we're trying to clear them out and they were like 'You've won', and we were like 'No! We have not won yet. Stop making waves everything is going to make a difference,'" Winning said.
Tasmania Police said action would be taken against a 57-year-old man for "allegedly breaching" marine and safety regulations.
"The man was skippering a private vessel when it reportedly encroached into the exclusion zone set by Marine and Safety Tasmania," it said in a statement.
The offence carries a fine of up to $3,900.
Winning said he didn't blame spectators for the result.
"I wouldn't have it any other way, I wish there were 500 of them," he said.
"It's even, everyone gets the same thing if they were ahead of us they would have had the wash but unfortunately we got the wash.
"Makes a little difference but that didn't cost us the race, we cost us the race."
And as the bubbly flows for the LawConnect crew, Beck is joking about now being able to offload the "shitbox".
"It's probably a good afternoon to sell it, the afternoon it beats Comanche, probably its highlight of its career, I'm sure."
This is all that separated the sydney to hobart race leaders before an upset win.
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