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Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Winners 1960 to 1969
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.
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About the Race |
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 | |
| 25th Race — 1969 — 79 starting fleet size | |||
| 3:04:25:57 ow 3:15:07 lh |
Morning Cloud Crusade |
Edward Health, UK Sir Max Aitken, UK |
Sparkman & Stephens USA Alan Gurney, UK |
| 24th Race — 1968 — 67 starting fleet size | |||
| 3:13:3852 ow 4:30:20 lh |
Koomooloo Ondine II |
Denis O'Neil, NSW SA (Huey) Long, USA |
Ted Kaufman, NSW Bill Tripp, USA |
| 23th Race — 1967 — 67 starting fleet size | |||
| 3:16:39:15 ow 4:04:10 lh |
Rainbow II Pen Duick III |
Chris Bouzaid, NZ Eric Tabarly, France |
Sparkman & Stephens USA Eric Tabarly, France |
| 22nd Race — 1966 — 46 starting fleet size | |||
| 4:02:46:24 ow 4:08:39 lh |
Cadence Fidelis |
HS Mason, NSW JV Davern, NZ |
W Ward/R Swanson, NSW Knud Reimers, Germany |
| 21st Race — 1965 — 53 starting fleet size | |||
| 3:10:03:26 ow 3:20:30 lh |
Freya Stormvogel |
Trygve & Magnus Halvorsen, NSW C Brynzeel, South Africa |
Trygve Halvorsen, NSW Vanderstadt, Holland |
| 20th Race — 1964 — 38 starting fleet size | |||
| 3:05:58:14 ow 3:20:05 lh |
Freya Astor |
Trygve & Magnus Halvorsen, NSW Peter Warner |
Trygve Halvorsen, NSW William Fife, UK |
| 19th Race — 1963 — 44 starting fleet size | |||
| 3:06:03:17 ow 4:10:53 lh |
Freya Astor |
Trygve & Magnus Halvorsen, NSW Peter Warner |
Trygve Halvorsen, NSW William Fife, UK |
| 18th Race — 1962 — 42 starting fleet size | |||
| 2:12:45:14 ow 3:03:46 lh |
Solo Ondine |
Vic Myer, NSW SA (Huey) Long, USA |
Alan Payne, NSW Bill Tripp, USA |
| 17th Race — 1961 — 35 starting fleet size | |||
| 3:03:57:31 ow 4:04:42 lh |
Rival Astor |
A Burgin & N Rundle, NSW Peter Warner |
Alan Buchanan, England William Fife, UK |
| 16th Race — 1960 — 32 starting fleet size | |||
| 3:07:48:04 ow 4:08:11 lh |
Siandra Kurrewa IV |
Graham Newland, NSW F & J Livingstone, NSW-VIC |
Arthur Robb, England William Fife, UK |
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