Wild Oats XI, City Index Leopard, and Skandia going through Sydney Heads
Event information
Type
Yacht
Dates
26–30 December 2007
Sponsor
Rolex
Host city
Sydney, Hobart
Boats
82
Distance
630 nautical miles (1,170 km)
Website
Website archive
Results
Winner (2007)
Wild Oats XI (Mark Richards)
Succession
Previous
Wild Oats XI (Mark Richards) in 2006
Next
Wild Oats XI (Mark Richards) in 2008
The 2007 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex, was the 63rd annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.[1][2] It was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney, New South Wales.[3] As with previous Sydney to Hobart Yacht Races, the 2007 edition began on Sydney Harbour at 1pm on Boxing Day (26 December 2007), 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.[4][1]
The 2007 fleet comprised 82 starters, including eight international entries of which 79 completed the race and three yachts retired.[5]Wild Oats XI became only the second yacht in Sydney-Hobart history to take three consecutive wins, the first being Morna (now called Kurrewa IV), skippered by Claude Plowman, who won in 1946, 1947, and 1948.[6][7] The American yacht, Rosebud won the IRC handicap race and, thus, the Tattersall's Cup as the overall winner of the 2007 race.[8][9]
^ ab"Morning Of 63rd Sydney Hobart Race Bright & Blue". Scoop NZ. 26 December 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
^"Dehler Magic for Sydney to Hobart". Sail-World. 29 October 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
^Kothe, Rob (29 December 2007). "Sydney Hobart - more than a Zephyr to beat Rosebud". Sail-World. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
^"Fleet of 90 nominated for Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2007". Official Site of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
^"113 nominated for Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race". Sail-World. 3 November 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
^"Wild Oats XI wins third Sydney to Hobart". Reuters. 27 December 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
^"Kurrewa IV". Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. n.d. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
^"Rosebud wins handicap honours". ABC. 29 December 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
^"USA's Sturgeon Rolex Sydney Hobart". Sail-World. 29 December 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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