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(02) 9931 3400 | [email protected] 2019 ROLEX SYDNEY HOBART YACHT RACE IN THIS SPECIAL EDITION COMMODORE CYCA PAUL BILLINGHAM FEATURES 44-45 VILLAGE FESTIVITIES The largest fleet The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race – Sydney and Hobart Villages are places in the modern era to be! will mark 75 years 46-48 MEET THE FLEET The line-up for the 2019 Rolex Sydney Hobart of history! 21 Yacht Race When entries for the 2019 Rolex Throughout the race the safety of our surpassed this year as the massive fleet 50 BOAT NOTES Sydney Hobart Yacht Race – the fleet is watched over by the maritime and land- and water-based spectators The definitive guide to 75th Sydney Hobart – closed in late authorities; water police; the radio relay turn Sydney Harbour into such an each and every 2019 October, the CYCA was amazed that vessel “JBW” with its expert team; amazing spectacle? The official Race Guide Rolex Sydney Hobart 170 yachts had registered, way beyond “Young Endeavour”; and our friends in With the most diverse fleet ever seen Yacht Race entrant expectations and the fourth-largest the Royal Australian Navy, all supported All you need to know about the historic 2019 Rolex Sydney the race will start from four start lines fleet in the history of the race. This by the people of Eden on the NSW Hobart Yacht Race simultaneously, with five supermaxis; level of interest, even in the post- South Coast who will, as ever, offer a huge range of grand prix boats from 1998 “modern era” of increased refuge for hard-pressed boats and TP52s to 80-footers; the new DSS foiler 74-81 FACTS AND STATS, safety regulations, is testimony to the crews if needed. Maverick which so impressed in the HISTORY AND RESULTS enduring appeal which is the “Great Cabbage Tree race; cruiser racers; and Race”. How the Rolex Sydney classic yachts including the wonderful Hobart Yacht Race has So this year we will, once again, Katwinchar making up the fleet. unfolded over time welcome first-timers and old salts In 2018 the live As ever we are supported by the alike from around the world to test wonderful team at Rolex, which brand, themselves in the toughest annual audience was a record synonymous with excellence, precision 12 ocean race on the planet – a race which 1.6 million Australians and design, has been associated with defines Australian yachting and stands and perhaps this will be the race since 2002 making this one of Hall of Fame Inductees tall on the world stage as one of the the longest continuing partnerships in three classic blue water races. surpassed this year Congratulations to the newest members of CYCA’s exclusive club Australian sport – simply, without Rolex, The 75th race of course coincides the race as we know it today couldn’t with the 75th year of the founding of happen. the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, Volunteers and the professional teams Special thanks also go to our other which has spent the year celebrating alike at both the CYCA and our finishing partners - including the NSW Police its birthday from its reimagined home partner since the very first race, the Force who this year have provided OPV on Rushcutters Bay – and these FLAG OFFICERS & DIRECTORS CYCA MANAGEMENT CLUBHOUSE CONTRIBUTING PHTOGRAPHERS Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, work Nemesis to assist the race. celebrations will come to a head at 1pm Eddie Moore – CEO Open seven days from 0800 Hamish Hardy, Rolex Studio quietly and tirelessly before, during COMMODORE on Boxing Day 2019 as the fleet is let And finally, in celebration of 75 years, Paul Billingham Fiona Cole – Administration Manager Phone: (02) 8292 7800 Borlenghi, CYCA Archives and after the race to deliver the best loose for the pilgrimage south. Rob Mundle, working with the CYCA Marina Gibson – House Events Email: [email protected] possible experience to competitors, and Harper Collins, has written the VICE COMMODORE Manager Website: www.cyca.com.au For some boats there is the prospect of their families and supporters. Noel Cornish AM CONTRIBUTING WRITERS definitive story of the race in his book Nicholas Janzen – Sports race glory; for others the challenge is Paul Billingham, Tony Cable, But it is the visual spectacular of the ”Sydney to Hobart”. Launched at the Marketing & Sponsorship Manager just getting to Hobart; while for others it REAR COMMODORES COVER PHOTOGRAPHY Tracy Matthews, Di Pearson, start that perhaps lingers most in our CYCA on 5 December 2019, it tells the Justine Kirkjian – Sailing Manager The 2019 Rolex Sydney Hobart is the chance to sail, once again with old Janey Treleaven Olivia Price. Special thanks to the memories so on Boxing Day Channel story of the yachts, skippers, crews and Dr Sam Haynes - the 75th Sydney Hobart - is friends and family. All have their reasons CYCA Archives team (specifically 7 will once again broadcast the start characters who have made the race going to be one to remember! for racing and, whatever that reason CLUB INFORMATION Tony Cable, Bradshaw Kellett throughout Australia and via the what it is - a fitting way to celebrate an TREASURER The history of the race is a rich may be, they will each receive a warm Cruising Yacht Club of Australia and Peter Shipway) who have race website the world. In 2018 the Australian icon! Fair winds and following Arthur Lane one... and in 2019 there’ll be lots welcome from our Tasmanian friends at 1 New Beach Rd to celebrate! Credits - ROLEX/ provided great support. live audience was a record 1.6 million seas to our fleet! DIRECTORS Constitution Dock, whenever they arrive. Darling Point Studio Borlenghi, Andrea Australians and perhaps this will be Justin Atkinson ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES NSW 2027 Francolini, CYCA Archives, David Jacobs For more information email Bradshaw Kellett Hamish Hardy/CYCA [email protected] Leander Klohs 7 2019 ROLEX SYDNEY HOBART YACHT RACE COMMODORE RYCT TRACY MATTHEWS Point of Sail The 2019 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race – the 75th Sydney Hobart – will be an historic occasion Just as Captain John Illingworth lay our other handicap winners being Screw Our team will be manning the radio down the challenge in 1945, I once Loose in 1979 and the unforgettable room, the finish box, the on-water again issue a challenge for this year’s Alive only last year in 2018. logistics, the liaison centre and the 75th edition of the Sydney Hobart Race Committee, around the clock, We are excited that this year Tasmania Yacht Race. to deliver another great race and an has 16 yachts entered in the race – unforgettable experience for the yachts Let’s make it a celebration for The Royal our largest contingent since the 50th and their crews. Thank you to each Yacht Club of Tasmania and the Cruising edition in 1994, with Line Honours in and every individual who gives their Yacht Club of Australia; for our members that year going to Tasmania, our state’s time and expertise to make this event and volunteers; our fleet of competitors; sole winner to date of the Illingworth happen. our sponsors and supporters; and for Challenge Cup. the thousands of spectators across the Thank you also to our major Tasmanian globe who love this Great Race. stakeholders - the City of Hobart, TasPorts, Tasmania Police and the Let’s celebrate our shared history. We are excited that this year Tasmania has 16 yachts Government of Tasmania, including We have come a long way since Boxing Premier Will Hodgman - for their Day 1945 when nine yachts slipped entered in the race – our ongoing and additional support of this quietly out of Sydney Harbour with very largest contingent since the historic and significant event for our little public or press attention, including 50th edition in 1994 port city and the State of Tasmania. the first Tasmanian boat - Winston From all of us in Hobart, we wish all Churchill. Destination: Hobart. yachts and their crews success and Of course, now entrenched in legend, safe sailing in this special anniversary Big Ships & Little Boats Rani, the smallest boat in the fleet, Our Tasmanian entrants, the many year. I will be cheering for every single skippered by Captain Illingworth, won entrants from the CYCA, entries from one of you and I will see you dockside the race outright in the time of 6 days 14 across Australia and around the globe, in Hobart, in the Rolex Village or at The Stay safe in Tasmania’s commercial waterways. Larger ships at sea travel hours and 22 minutes. a total of close to 170 yachts will set sail Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania where from Sydney Harbour on Boxing Day we welcome sailors and visitors alike quickly and cannot always see smaller boats. For that first race in 1945, The Royal 2019, once again heading for Hobart. to share our club community and our Yacht Club of Tasmania was invited hospitality. to assist the newly formed Cruising From the first boat to the very last, from · When in a commercial shipping channel, always give big ships room Yacht Club of Australia by accepting the largest maxi to the smallest in the Finally, I wish to acknowledge and turn on your AIS. responsibility for finishing the race.