2022 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

The 2022 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex and hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney, was the 77th annual running of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. It began on Sydney Harbour at 1 pm on Boxing Day (26 December 2022), before heading south for through the Tasman Sea, Bass Strait, Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.

A fleet of 109 boats contested the race and 100 finished. Line honours were claimed by Andoo Comanche in a time of 1 day, 11 hours, 56 minutes and 48 seconds. Celestial (Sam Haynes) won the Tattersall Cup.

Results Line Honours Pos Sail Number Yacht State/Country Yacht Type LOA (Metres) Skipper Elapsed time d:hh:mm:ss 1 CAY007Andoo Comanche New South Wales Verdier VPLP 100 Supermaxi 30.48 John Winning, Jr. 1:11:56:48 2 SYD1000 LawConnect New South Wales Juan Yacht Design Juan-K 100 30.48 Christian Beck 1:12:23:19 3 525100 Black Jack Queensland Reichel Pugh RP100 30.48 Mark Bradford 1:12:40:34 4 10001 Hamilton Island Wild Oats New South Wales Reichel Pugh RP100 30.48 Mark Richards 1:13:38:13 5 ITA70 Willow New South Wales Juan-K Volvo Open 70 21.50 Jim Cooney 1:18:39:52 6 AUS80 Stefan Racing Queensland Botin 80 24.40 Grant Wharington 1:18:41:02 7 52566 Alive Tasmania Reichel Pugh 66 20.10 Philip Turner Duncan Hine 1:18:52:52 8 AUS72 URM Group New South Wales Reichel Pugh Maxi 72 21.80 Anthony Johnson 1:19:06:48 9 AUS1 Moneypenny New South Wales Reichel Pugh 69 21.50 Sean Langman 1:19:13:43 10 AUS 98888 No Limit New South Wales Reichel Pugh 63 19.20 David Gotze 1:21:30:26 11 CAY52 Caro New Zealand Botin TP52 15.90 Max Klink 1:21:49:00 12 60564 Warrior Won United States Judel Vrolijk TP52 15.85 Chris Sheehan 1:22:14:49 13 052 Gweilo New South Wales Judel Vrolijk TP52 15.90 Matt Donald Chris Townsend 1:22:22:52 14 9535 Celestial New South Wales Judel Vrolijk TP52 15.90 Sam Haynes 1:22:28:05 15 AUS13 Whisper New South Wales Judel Vrolijk JV62 18.90 David Griffith 1:22:32:46 16 AUS52 Patrice New South Wales Botin TP52 15.90 Tony Kirby 1:23:31:07 17 52002 Quest New South Wales Farr TP52 15.85 Craig Neil 2:00:12:18 18 6952 Smuggler New South Wales Judel Vrolijk TP52 15.90 Sebastian Bohm 2:01:10:18 19 52001 Zen New South Wales Botin TP52 15.90 Gordon Ketelbey 2:01:46:56 20 F0052 Crush Western Australia Judel Vrolijk TP52 15.90 David Davenport 2:03:05:48 21 F1701 Enterprise Next Generation Western Australia Botin Carkeek GP42 12.80 Anthony Kirke 2:05:21:57 22 GBR2888L Antipodes Hong Kong Santa Cruz 72 22.00 Geoffrey Hill 2:06:57:27 23 A6 Alegria Republic Queensland Ker Sydney GTS 43 13.10 Rodney Jones 2:15:07:21 24 R33 Chutzpah Victoria Reichel Pugh Caprice 40 12.35 Bruce Taylor 2:15:55:59 25 52569 Denali New South Wales Judel Vrolijk TP52 15.90 Damian Parkes 2:17:15:18 26 46 Khaleesi New South Wales Mills DK46 14.10 Rob Aldis Sandy Farquharson 2:20:20:47 27 545 Pretty Woman New South Wales Farr IC 45 Mod 13.80 Richard Hudson 2:20:24:23 28 M16 Mayfair Queensland Rogers 46 14.00 James Irvine 2:20:41:40 29 HUN68 Cassiopeia 68 Hungary Reichel Pugh Marten 68 20.70 Demeter Nobilis 3:00:51:16 30 GBR888X Sunrise Great Britain Valer JPK 11.80 11.80 Thomas Kneen 3:00:56:17 31 A5 Hutchies Yeah Baby Queensland Welbourn 50 15.10 Andy Lamont 3:02:17:20 32 65007 Insomnia New South Wales Judel Vrolijk JV42 12.80 Marcus Grimes 3:02:20:37 33 1195 Quantock New South Wales Elliott 13 Mod 13.00 David Hobbs 3:02:31:29 34 AUS7742 Kialoa II New South Wales Sparkman & Stephens S&S 73 Yawl 23.00 Patrick & Keith Broughton 3:03:15:09 35 OC52 Ocean Crusaders J-Bird (TH) Queensland Andrews TP52 15.90 Ian & Annika Thomson 3:04:45:23 36 424 Minnie (TH) New South Wales Jones 42 12.90 Michael & Oliver Bell 3:04:57:40 37 D099 Kraken 42S Tasmania Farr Cookson 12 11.90 Mark Bayles Andrew Sinclair 3:05:08:34 38 B45 Rush Victoria Farr 45 13.80 John Paterson 3:05:13:22 39 262 Helsal 3 New South Wales Adams 20 20.00 Rob Fisher Mike Rose 3:05:13:53 40 6723 Allegro New South Wales Warwick 67 20.30 Adrian Lewis 3:05:15:50 41 1 Mistral (TH) New South Wales Lombard 34 10.58 Rupert Henry Greg O'Shea 3:05:26:12 42 MH4 Toybox 2 New South Wales Jeppesen XP44 13.30 Ian Box 3:05:35:00 43 A140 Ariel New South Wales Farr Beneteau First 40 12.60 Ron Forster Philip Damp 3:05:38:01 44 110 Pacman (TH) Queensland Young 11 11.00 Peter Elkington Scott Cavanough 3:05:49:21 45 ST36 Midnight Rambler Tasmania Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 36 10.80 Ed Psaltis 3:07:04:09 46 7447 South Brittany New South Wales Farr Beneteau First 44.7 13.40 Tanguy Fournier Le Ray 3:07:13:55 47 99 KD4 (TH) New South Wales Judel Vrolijk Dehler 44 13.70 Joe de Kock Richard Hooper 3:07:15:37 48 AUS7771 Z7 New South Wales Beneteau First 45 13.70 Laurie McAllister 3:07:21:14 49 N40 Mako New South Wales Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 40 12.00 Paul O'Rourke Greg Busch 3:08:27:49 50 5038 Cinquante New South Wales Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38 11.80 Kim Jaggar 3:09:38:23 51 M25 Hasta la Vista New South Wales Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38 OD 11.80 Jessica & Tom Grimes 3:10:28:41 52 11744 XS Moment BNMH New South Wales Jeppesen XP44 13.30 Ray Hudson 3:11:00:45 53 8009 Trouble & Strife Queensland Farr Cookson 12 12.00 Matthew Williams 3:11:04:13 54 NZL8425 Gunshot New South Wales Elliott 52 16.00 David Walsh 3:11:17:57 55 RQ3301 Sun Fast Racing (TH) New South Wales Andrieu Jeanneau Sunfast 3300 10.00 Lee Condell Lincoln Dews 3:11:24:55 56 YC110S Sintara South Australia Farr Beneteau First 47.7 14.90 Derek Morrison 3:13:05:18 57 E1 Jucasta Western Australia Briand Beneteau First 45 14.10 Stuart McIntyre 3:13:27:20 58 7779 Patrice Six New South Wales Jeppesen X-41 12.50 Alexander Flecknoe-Brown 3:14:02:58 59 3810 Coopers Queensland Briand Jeanneau 53 16.10 Craig Watson 3:14:14:50 60 7811 Hip-Nautic (TH) Tasmania Andrieu Jeanneau Sunfast 3300 10.10 Jean-Pierre Ravanat Drew Meincke 3:14:19:30 61 6841 Papillon South Australia Joubert Nivelt Archambault A40 RC 12.00 Dale Price 3:14:22:29 62 FRA6900 Poulpito New Caledonia Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38 11.80 David Treguier 3:14:38:18 63 8300 Secret Mens Business New South Wales Murray Burns Dovell 42 12.80 David De Coster Sally Armati 3:14:42:29 64 6499 Supernova New South Wales Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 36 10.80 Alex Seja Felicity Nelson 3:15:57:33 65 6419 Pekljus New South Wales Radford 50 15.24 David Suttie 3:16:43:38 66 RF177 Joss New South Wales Johnstone J122 12.20 Roberto Camacho 3:16:53:18 67 7126 Llama II New South Wales Judel Vrolijk Dehler 46 14.00 Jon Linton 3:17:03:39 68 AUS3300 Transcendence Crento (TH) New South Wales Andrieu Jeanneau Sunfast 3300 10.00 Martin & John Cross 3:17:12:11 69 SM377 Bacardi Victoria Peterson 44 13.34 Brett Averay 3:17:13:26 70 B40 Blink New South Wales Farr Beneteau First 40 12.20 Mark Gorbatov Mark Siebert 3:17:39:43 71 SM888 Ciao Bella New South Wales Judel Vrolijk Hanse 505 15.00 Karl Onslow 3:18:11:42 72 33 Kraken 111 (TH) Tasmania Andrieu Jeanneau Sunfast 3300 10.00 Rob Gough John Saul 3:18:18:25 73 0122 Rumchaser (TH) New South Wales Johnstone J122e 12.20 Andrew Butler Lee Antill 3:18:18:25 74 8455 Esprit Queensland Berret Racoupeau Wauquiez C45 14.00 Roderick West 3:18:19:04 75 10447 Bowline South Australia Farr Beneteau First 44.7 13.40 Ian Roberts 3:18:20:02 76 20 Philosopher (TH) New South Wales Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 36 CR 11.30 David Henry Stephen Prince 3:18:21:09 77 RQ3600 Mister Lucky (TH) Queensland Andrieu Jeanneau Sun Fast 3600 11.30 Rohan Wood Todd Giraudo 3:18:26:25 78 6661 Crystal Cutter III New South Wales Farr Beneteau 40.7 11.90 Charles Parry-Okeden 3:18:39:15 79 RQ334 Fruit Salid 3 Queensland Farr Beneteau First 40 12.60 Mark Drobitko 3:18:57:14 80 4343 Wild Oats New South Wales Farr 43 13.11 Brett Eagle 3:19:04:09 81 4966 King Billy New South Wales King Custom 38 11.50 Phil Bennett 3:19:12:04 82 6808 Flying Cloud New South Wales Farr Beneteau First 40 12.20 David Myers George Martin 3:19:29:53 83 7551 Flying Fish Arctos New South Wales Radford McIntyre 55 15.36 Drew Hulton-Smith 3:20:48:31 84 B347 Speedwell (TH) New South Wales Farr Beneteau 34.7 10.26 Campbell Geeves Wendy Tuck 3:21:10:47 85 ITA16054 Orione Germany Judel Vrolijk Grand Soleil 45 13.90 Axel & Peter Baumgartner 3:21:53:05 86 3430 White Bay 6 Azzurro New South Wales Sparkman & Stephens S&S 34 10.10 Shane Kearns 3:21:55:33 87 1808 Rum Rebellion (TH) New South Wales Johnstone J99 9.90 Shane Connelly Tony Sutton 3:21:58:58 88 SA982 Inukshuk (TH) South Australia Kaufman Northshore 38 11.60 Robert Large Cameron Boogaerdt 3:22:02:31 89 B47 Cyan Moon Victoria Finot Beneteau Oceanis 473 14.30 Wayne Seaward 3:22:23:10 90 MYC8 Crux (TH) New South Wales Sparkman & Stephens S&S 34 10.10 Carlos Aydos Peter Grayson 3:23:09:11 91 NZL6702 Silver Fern Queensland Bakewell-White Birdsall 72 21.30 David Hows 3:23:10:38 92 N5915 Uprising Brightside Marine (TH) New South Wales Lombard Jeanneau 36 10.90 Andrew & Harrison Miller 3:23:12:10 93 5930 Reve New South Wales Farr Beneteau 45F5 14.00 Kevin Whelan 3:23:15:19 94 38117 Anjo Queensland Farr Beneteau First 40 12.60 Clayton Craigie 4:00:17:30 95 AUS110 Blue Planet (TH) New South Wales Johnstone J99 9.90 Chris O'Neill Larry Jamieson 4:00:21:43 96 4924 She Queensland Mull Olsen 40 12.00 Philip Bell 4:00:38:59 97 A19 Maluka New South Wales Gale Ranger 30 9.01 Peter Langman 4:02:39:16 98 GBR5672L Salt Lines New South Wales Giles Shipwright 70 21.00 Matthew Harvey 4:03:39:42 99 3867 Gun Runner New South Wales King Jarkan 925 9.30 Chris Connelly 4:07:38:10 100 7374 Currawong (TH) New South Wales Joubert Currawong 30 9.10 Katherine Veel Bridget Canham 5:10:42:06 DNF 2400 Avalanche (TH) New South Wales Hick 40 12.30 James Murchison James Francis Retired-Broken Bowsprit DNF FRA-9777 Eye Candy New Caledonia Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38 11.80 Thierry Leseigneur Retired-Forestay Damage DNF 888 Huntress Tasmania Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 39 CR Mod 12.28 Victoria Logan Retired-Loss of Rudder DNF 52152 Koa New South Wales Farr TP52 15.90 Peter Wrigley Andrew Kearnan Retired-Loss of Rudder DNF 5656 Mondo New South Wales Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38 11.80 Lisa Callaghan Stephen Teudt Retired-Broken Gooseneck DNF 0404 Navy One New South Wales Farr Beneteau First 40 12.20 Tori Costello Nick Greenhill Retired-Broken Boom DNF 7709 Sail Exchange New South Wales Farr Cookson 12 12.00 Carl Crafoord Retired-Loss of Rudder DNF SM1245 White Noise Victoria Mills M.A.T. 1245 12.45 Daniel Edwards Retired-Gear Failure DNF 112 Yeah Baby New South Wales Lombard Akilaria RC2 12.00 Louis Ryckmans Retired-Rudder Damage References:

Notes – Enterprise Next Generation were given a 120 minutes redress to be subtracted off their elapsed time under RRS 62 by the International Jury after their provided assistance to Koa who lost her rudder on the second day of the race. – XS Moment BNMH were given a 120 minutes penalty to be added onto their elapsed time by the International Jury due to breaching RRS Part 2 in a collision with Chutzpah at the start of the race in Sydney Harbour. – Gunshot were given a 40 minutes penalty to be added onto their elapsed time by the International Jury due to failing to maintain a continuous listening watch on the race radio frequencies for the duration of their race as required by Sailing Instruction 31.4 (Radio Transmissions).

Overall Handicap