The 2005 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex, was the 61st annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. As in past editions of the race, it was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney, New South Wales. The 2005 edition began on Sydney Harbour at 1:20pm on Boxing Day (26 December 2005), 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 2005 fleet comprised 85 starters of which 80 completed the race and five yachts retired.

Results Line Honours Pos Sail Number Yacht State/Country Yacht Type LOA (Metres) Skipper Elapsed time d:hh:mm:ss 1 10001 Wild Oats XI New South Wales Reichel Pugh RP100 30.00 Mark Richards 1:18:40:10 2 NZL80 Alfa Romeo New Zealand Reichel Pugh Maxi 30.00 Neville Crichton 1:19:56:31 3 M10 Skandia Victoria Jones IRC Maxi 98 30.00 Grant Wharington 2:00:25:57 4 NZL10001 Konica Minolta New Zealand Bakewell-White Maxi 30m 30.00 Stewart Thwaites 2:01:26:41 5 AUS11111 AAPT New South Wales Simonis Voogd Maxi 27.38 Sean Langman 2:04:22:11 6 60000 Loki New South Wales Reichel Pugh 60 18.29 Stephen Ainsworth 2:11:59:36 7 A99 Coogans Stores Tasmania Dovell MBD Open 66 20.03 Duncan Hine 2:12:07:58 8 8844 Seriously 10 New South Wales Davidson Volvo Ocean 60 19.46 John Woodruff 2:12:33:10 9 GBR 99 Hugo Boss Great Britain Lombard Open 60 18.28 Alex Thompson 2:12:54:50 10 NOR2 ABN AMRO New South Wales Davidson Volvo Ocean 60 19.46 Andrew Short 2:13:14:00 11 IRL5005 Chieftain Ireland Farr Cookson 50 15.05 Gerard O'Rourke 2:15:18:10 12 R50 Living Doll Victoria Farr Cookson 50 15.05 Michael Hiatt 2:17:01:33 13 1836 Yendys New South Wales Judel Vrolijk JV52 15.75 Geoff Ross 2:17:29:29 14 YC3300 Hardy's Secret Mens Business South Australia Reichel Pugh 46 14.21 Geoff Boettcher 2:17:57:22 15 H1 Heaven Can Wait Queensland Welbourn 50 15.19 Peter Hollis 2:17:58:13 16 SM4321R Flirt Victoria Corby 49 14.93 Chris Dare 2:19:27:10 17 8880 Goldfinger Victoria Farr 52 15.79 Peter Blake 2:19:41:01 18 YC560 Pale Ale Rager South Australia Elliott 56 17.10 Gary Shanks 2:21:01:53 19 HW42 Wedgetail Queensland Welbourn 42 12.80 Bill Wild 2:21:08:40 20 AUS70 Ragamuffin New South Wales Farr 50 15.50 Syd Fischer 2:21:21:56 21 AUS8889 Quantum Racing New South Wales Mills DK46 14.10 Ray Roberts 2:21:30:56 22 G162 Prowler Victoria Elliott 47 14.41 Christian Jackson 2:22:48:13 23 6559 Wot's Next New South Wales Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 47 14.20 Graeme Wood 2:22:48:38 24 G4646 Shogun Victoria Mills DK46 14.10 Rob Hanna 3:00:39:35 25 7878 Kaz New South Wales Lyons 54 16.20 David Pescud 3:01:11:14 26 SM46 Dekadence Victoria Mills DK46 14.10 Philip Coombs 3:01:43:18 27 B45 Rush Victoria Farr 45 13.81 Ian & John Paterson 3:02:48:37 28 8338 AFR Midnight Rambler New South Wales Farr 40 12.41 Ed Psaltis 3:04:29:42 29 6419 Pekljus New South Wales Radford 50 15.24 David Ferrall 3:06:06:34 30 G147 Ocean Skins Victoria Inglis 47 14.30 Tony Fowler 3:06:48:47 31 R69 Fuzzy Logic Victoria Murray Burns Dovell ILC 40 12.48 Paul Roberts Bill Lennon 3:07:53:05 32 SM447 Cougar Victoria Farr Beneteau 44.7 13.68 Alan Whiteley 3:07:55:20 33 SM2 Challenge Victoria Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38 11.78 Lou Abrahams 3:09:23:56 34 R33 Chutzpah Victoria Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38 11.78 Bruce Taylor 3:09:48:17 35 AUS6606 Quest Tasmania Nelson Marek 46 14.19 Anthony Nicholas 3:09:49:32 36 8402 Fincorp More Witchcraft New South Wales Dibley 46 13.95 John Cameron 3:11:03:18 37 7447 Prime Time New South Wales Wauquiez C45S 13.68 David Mason 3:12:23:00 38 4343 Wild Rose New South Wales Farr 43 13.11 Roger Hickman 3:14:15:50 39 6073 Swish New South Wales Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38 11.78 Steven Proud 3:14:16:40 40 8924 Pretty Fly II New South Wales Farr Beneteau First 47.7 14.80 Colin Woods 3:14:23:52 41 M6 Tow Truck New South Wales Farr Mumm 30 9.43 Anthony Paterson 3:14:39:42 42 MH60 Horwarth BRI New South Wales Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38 11.78 Tony Levett 3:15:07:23 43 6081 Dodo New South Wales Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38 11.78 Adrian Dunphy 3:15:10:32 44 6285 Sea Quest New South Wales Radford 50 15.18 Geoff Smith 3:15:38:28 45 RQ2001 Sweethart Queensland Jutson 39 11.87 Antony Love 3:15:44:57 46 2999 Savcor Sweden Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38 11.78 Peter Westerlund 3:16:05:17 47 3838 Zen New South Wales Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38 11.78 Gordon Ketelbey 3:16:39:39 48 S16 Addiction Victoria Inglis 37 11.62 Richard McGarvie Peter Davidson 3:16:51:59 49 5985 Torpan International New South Wales Kaufman Jutson NSX 38 11.63 Gill Whitton 3:17:49:22 50 8301 Cadenza New South Wales Farr 50 15.20 Gunnar & Ulli Tuisk 3:17:54:15 51 9797 Hidden Agenda New South Wales Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38 11.78 Graham Gibson Ross Trembath 3:17:58:42 52 7008 Inon New South Wales Farr Beneteau 64 19.52 Bruce Gray 3:18:05:42 53 6565 Team Lexus New South Wales Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38 11.78 Frank Sticovich 3:18:30:15 54 6469 White Hot XSI New South Wales Bakewell-White F36 Razor 11.00 Warren Cottis 3:18:36:01 55 6146 Kioni New South Wales Farr Beneteau First 47.7 14.54 Andrew Lygo 3:19:12:05 56 R1111 Toecutter Victoria Hick 31 9.15 Robert Hick 3:19:28:01 57 6351 Game Set New South Wales Peterson Bavaria Match 38 11.30 Stephen Roach 3:19:38:19 58 7407 Chancellor New South Wales Farr Beneteau First 40.7 11.92 Ted Tooher 3:20:54:51 59 A121 Jailhouse Grill Tasmania Adams 13 13.18 Jason Van Zetten Mark Koppelmann 3:22:50:31 60 RQ68 Ray White Koomooloo Queensland Kaufman 41 12.49 Mike Freebairn 3:22:52:32 61 M762 Inner Circle New South Wales Farr 40 IOR 12.24 Michael Graham Darren Cooney 3:22:57:44 62 F308 Balance Western Australia Lidgard 35 10.74 Rolf Heidecker 4:00:04:48 63 R63 Toll Shipping Prion Victoria Lyons Modified Mount Gay 30 9.59 Michael Dolphin 4:00:10:36 64 TYC250 Apollonius Tasmania Robinson 41 12.60 Julian Robinson 4:01:11:18 65 SM117 Tilting at Windmills Victoria Joubert Modified 42 12.83 Thorry Gunnersen 4:04:04:14 66 2557 Phillip's Foote Witchdoctor New South Wales Davidson 42 12.00 Maurie Cameron 4:04:05:45 67 M666 Lucifarr New South Wales Farr 40 12.28 Mark Davies 4:04:10:52 68 6388 Namadgi Australian Capital Territory Humphreys Elan 444 13.95 Garth Brice 4:04:12:09 69 4057 Aurora New South Wales Farr 40 One Off 12.30 Jim Holley 4:04:13:35 70 1124 Farr South Tasmania Farr 36 11.16 Ian Hall 4:05:31:20 71 SA98 Renegade South Australia Holland 40 12.60 Robert Francis 4:05:34:28 72 1987 Flying Fish BMS New South Wales Peterson 51 15.50 Randal Wilson Hugh O'Neill 4:05:44:34 73 6520 Diomeada New South Wales Van de Stadt 48 14.50 David & Andrea McKay 4:06:17:44 74 4924 She New South Wales Mull Olsen 40 12.23 Peter Rodgers 4:06:31:18 75 508 Stormy Petrel New South Wales Sparkman & Stephens S&S 36 11.12 Kevin O'Shea 4:06:31:37 76 MH106 Impeccable New South Wales Peterson 3/4 Tonner IOR 10.20 John Walker 4:06:40:01 77 5776 Isabella New South Wales Kaufman Northshore 380 Sports 11.63 John Nolan 5:00:28:49 78 5527 Polaris of Belmont New South Wales Cole 43 13.20 Chris Dawe 5:01:08:30 79 371 Berrimilla New South Wales Joubert Brolga 33 10.10 Alex Whitworth 5:02:34:47 80 C2 Gillawa Australian Capital Territory Salthouse Cavalier 975 9.76 David Kent 7:10:23:57 DNF 505008 Conergy Germany Beale 45 13.85 Dirk Wiegmann Neil Gray Retired-Rudder & Radio Problems DNF R6572 Icefire Victoria Mummery 45 13.85 Jeff Otter Gary Caulfield Retired-Rig Damage DNF NZL 2716 Nevenka New Zealand Townson 36 10.97 Pete Mummery Phil Chisholm Retired-Lack of Wind DNF 8447 Sirromet Life Style Wine New South Wales Farr Beneteau First 44.7 13.68 Michael Spies David Beak Retired-Rig Damage DNF 6068 Star Dean-Willcocks New South Wales Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38 11.78 Ola Andersen Marc & Louis Ryckmans Retired-Rig Problems References:

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