Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Winners 1945 to 1959

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.

About the Race
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Race Winners
by Year

Present - 2000
1990 - 1999

1980 - 1989
1970 - 1979

1960 - 1969
1945 - 1959

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
15th Race — 1959 — 32 starting fleet size
3:08:33:02 ow 4:13:33 lh	Cherana Solo	Russ Williams, NSW Vic Myer, NSW	Alan Payne, NSW Alan Payne, NSW
14th Race — 1958 — 22 starting fleet size
3:13:46:35 ow 5:02:32 lh	Siandra Solo	Graham Newland, NSW Vic Myer, NSW	Arthur Robb, England Alan Payne, NSW
13th Race — 1957 — 20 starting fleet size
3:00:55:37 ow 3:18:30 lh	Anitra Kurrewa IV	Trygve & Magnus Halvorsen, NSW F & J Livingstone, NSW-VIC	Trygve Halvorsen, NSW William Fife, UK
12th Race — 1956 — 28 starting fleet size
3:08:33:52 ow 4:04:31 lh	Solo Kurrewa IV	Vic Myer, NSW F & J Livingstone, NSW-VIC	John Alden, USA William Fife, UK
11th Race — 1955 — 17 starting fleet size
3:09:21:05 ow 4:18:13 lh	Moonbi Even	HS Evans, NSW FJ Palmer, NSW	John Alden, USA J Laurent Giles, UK
10th Race — 1954 — 17 starting fleet size
3:17:58:01 ow 5:06:09 lh	Solvig Kurrewa IV	Trygve & Magnus Halvorsen, NSW F & J Livingstone, NSW-VIC	T & M Halvorsen, NSW William Fife, UK
9th Race — 1953 — 23 starting fleet size
3:16:12:12 ow 5:07:12 lh	Ripple Solvig	Ron Hobson, NSW Trygve & Magnus Halvorsen, NSW	AC Barber, NSW T & M Halvorsen, NSW
8th Race — 1952 — 17 starting fleet size
4:09:56:18 ow 6:02:34 lh	Ingrid Nocturne	JS Taylor, SA JR Bull, NSW	Bill Atkin, USA Alan Payne, NSW
7th Race — 1951 — 14 starting fleet size
2:19:48:26 ow 4:02:29 lh	Struen Marie Margaret Rintoul	Tom Williamson, NSW AW Edwards, NSW	Robert Clark, UK Phillip Rhodes, USA
6th Race — 1950 — 16 starting fleet size
3:20:17:13 ow 5:05:28 lh	Nerida Margaret Rintoul	Colin Haselgrove, SA AW Edwards, NSW	Alfred Mylne, Scotland Phillip Rhodes, USA
5th Race — 1949 — 15 starting fleet size
3:23:39:43 ow 5:10:33 lh	Tradewinds Waltzing Matilda	Mervyn Davey, NSW Phil Davenport, NSW	Mervyn Davey, NSW Jock Muir, TAS
4th Race — 1948 — 18 starting fleet size
3:07:45:48 ow 4:05:01 lh	Westward Morna	GD Gibson, TAS Claude Plowman	Jock Muir, TAS William Fife, UK
3rd Race — 1947 — 28 starting fleet size
4:24:56 ow 5:03:03 lh	Westward Morna	GD Gibson, TAS Claude Plowman	Jock Muir, TAS William Fife, UK
2nd Race — 1946 — 19 starting fleet size
4:11:53:27 ow 5:02:53 lh	Christina Morna	JR Bull, NSW Claude Plowman	Lars Halvorsen, NSW William Fife, UK
1st Race — 1945 — 9 starting fleet size
6:14:22 ow 6:14:22 lh	Rani Rani	Capt. John Illingworth, UK Capt. John Illingworth, UK	AC Barber, NSW AC Barber, NSW

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