The 2018 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race was the 74th annual running of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia and sponsored by Rolex, it began at Sydney Harbour at 13:00 on 26 December 2018, before heading south for via the Tasman Sea, Bass Strait, Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania. This race marked the 20 year anniversary of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, when 6 sailors died due to severe weather.

A fleet of 85 boats contested the race and 79 finished. Line honours were claimed by Wild Oats XI in a time of 1 day, 19 hours, 17 minutes and 21 seconds. The Tattersall's Cup went to Alive (Duncan Hine), the first Tasmanian boat to win handicap since 1979.

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 30.48 Mark Richards 1:19:07:21 2 525100 Black Jack Queensland Reichel Pugh 100 30.48 Peter Harburg Mark Bradford 1:19:35:06 3 AUS12358 Comanche New South Wales Verdier VPLP 100 Supermaxi 30.48 Jim Cooney Samantha Grant 1:19:36:09 4 SYD 1000 Infotrack New South Wales Juan Yacht Design Juan-K 100 30.48 Christian Beck Joe Akacich 1:19:49:31 5 52566 Alive Tasmania Reichel Pugh 66 20.10 Philip Turner Duncan Hine 2:01:40:36 6 7001 Wild Oats X New South Wales Reichel Pugh 66 20.10 Stacey Jackson 2:01:53:15 7 USA6066 Prospector United States Mills 68 20.80 Terrence Glackin 2:05:15:14 8 AUS98888 Voodoo Victoria Reichel Pugh 63 19.20 Hugh Ellis 2:05:17:35 9 AUS01 Winning Appliances New South Wales Carkeek 60 18.30 John Winning Jr. 2:06:15:18 10 AUS001 Ichi Ban New South Wales Botin TP 52 15.85 Matt Allen 2:10:11:14 11 AUS1 Naval Group New South Wales Reichel Pugh 69 21.50 Sean Langman 2:11:14:07 12 AUS03 Noahs II China Jones Volvo Open 70 21.50 Ting Lee 2:11:15:22 13 AUS8899 Hollywood Boulevard New South Wales Farr 55 16.80 Ray Roberts 2:11:34:07 14 USA50009 Privateer United States Farr Cookson 50 15.25 Ron O'Hanley Scott Innes-Jones 2:12:41:18 15 RQ0052 Envy Scooters Queensland Judel Vrolijk TP 52 15.85 Barry Cuneo 2:14:32:55 16 6952 Celestial New South Wales Judel Vrolijk TP 52 15.85 Sam Haynes 2:15:18:04 17 052 Gweilo New South Wales Judel Vrolijk TP52 15.90 Matt Donald Chris Townsend 2:15:33:58 18 6377 Triton New South Wales Lyons-Cawse LC60 18.30 Michael Cranitch David Gotze 2:17:49:51 19 52152 Koa New South Wales Farr TP 52 15.85 Peter Wrigley Andrew Kearnan 2:17:59:09 20 AUS70 Ragamuffin New South Wales Farr TP 52 15.85 Brenton Fischer 2:18:22:21 21 FRA8668 Teasing Machine France Nivelt Muratet NMYD 54 16.50 Eric de Turckheim 2:18:29:17 22 GBR5211L Frantic New South Wales Donovan TP 52 15.85 Michael Martin 2:19:14:47 23 5200 Bush Paul Group New South Wales Farr TP 52 15.85 Mathew Short 2:19:17:15 24 S777 Primitive Cool Victoria Reichel Pugh RP51 15.61 John Newbold 2:19:20:56 25 360 Patrice New South Wales Ker 46 13.90 Tony Kirby 2:19:21:40 26 421 Smuggler New South Wales Rogers 46 14.00 Sebastian Bohm 2:22:27:58 27 HKG2384 Apsaras Hong Kong Reichel Pugh Advanced A80 24.00 Li Jian Travis Read 2:23:27:33 28 R33 Chutzpah Victoria Reichel Pugh Caprice 40 12.35 Bruce Taylor 3:00:11:11 29 6686 St Jude New South Wales Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 47 14.20 Noel Cornish 3:00:17:18 30 6953 PYR Jarhead Wot Eva New South Wales Nelson Marek TP 52 15.85 Greg Nasmyth 3:00:21:58 31 B330 Hartbreaker Victoria Reichel Pugh 46 14.20 Tony & Gaye Walton 3:00:41:47 32 8338 Showtime New South Wales Ker 40 12.20 Mark Griffith 3:00:45:33 33 F1701 Enterprise Western Australia Farr 40 12.40 Anthony Kirke 3:02:24:58 34 099 Grace O'Malley New South Wales Farr Cookson 12 11.90 Zoe Taylor 3:02:37:39 35 AUS7742 Kialoa II New South Wales Sparkman & Stephens S&S 73 Yawl 23.00 Patrick Broughton 3:04:43:55 36 AUS070 URM New South Wales Farr 50 15.50 Adrian Dunphy 3:05:43:34 37 7709 SailExchange New South Wales Farr Cookson 12 12.00 Carl Crafoord Tim Horkings 3:06:36:10 38 GER7475 Lunatix Germany Jeppesen XP50 15.00 Friedrich Boehnert 3:06:52:47 39 CAY6536 Oroton Drumfire New South Wales Hoek TC78 24.00 Phillip Neal 3:07:05:53 40 G4646R Extasea Victoria Mills DK46 14.00 Paul Buchholz 3:07:11:04 41 MH46 Kayimai New South Wales Humphreys Azuree 46 14.00 Rob Aldis 3:07:43:10 42 262 Helsal 3 New South Wales Adams 20 20.00 David Stephenson 3:08:15:26 43 33345 Black Sheep New South Wales Briand Beneteau 45 13.70 Matthew Pilkington Rob Gourlay 3:08:17:02 44 6419 Pekljus New South Wales Radford 50 15.24 David Suttie 3:08:48:52 45 5038 Cinquante New South Wales Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38 11.80 Kim Jaggar 3:10:05:28 46 RF9095 Dare Devil New South Wales Farr Cookson 47 14.30 Sibby Ilzhofer 3:10:10:28 47 6836 Anger Management Western Australia J&J Salona 44 13.40 Tim Stewart 3:10:20:59 48 248 Wax Lyrical New South Wales Jeppesen X50 15.20 Les Goodridge 3:10:23:17 49 41 Matrix Queensland Jeppesen X41 12.60 Graham Furtado 3:11:04:03 50 07 Wings New South Wales Judel Vrolijk Dehler 46 14.00 Ian Edwards 3:11:06:47 51 6396 Sports Bar New South Wales Farr Beneteau 47.7 14.30 Neville Blair Greg Mason 3:11:12:58 52 MH60 TSA Management New South Wales Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38 11.80 Tony Levett 3:11:34:03 53 6723 Allegro New South Wales Warwick 67 20.30 Adrian Lewis 3:11:48:10 54 6841 Papillon New South Wales Joubert Nivelt Archambault A40 RC 12.00 Phil Molony 3:13:56:49 55 6755 Ausreo New South Wales Farr Beneteau 47.7 14.00 Ian Creek 3:14:08:13 56 RUS1 SeaVentus Mahligai Russia Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 46 14.30 Murray Owen Jenny Kings 3:14:11:14 57 6559 Wots Next New South Wales Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 47 14.20 Charles Cupit 3:14:28:19 58 ESP6100 Duende New South Wales Judel Vrolijk TP 52 15.39 Damien Parkes 3:14:30:45 59 SM400 Avalanche Victoria Hick 40 12.30 Gary Fisher Andrew McGrath Chris Auger 3:16:29:18 60 89 Joy Ride United States Johnstone J122e 12.19 John Murkowski 3:16:49:01 61 W1424 Mayfair Queensland Farr Beneteau First 40 12.20 James Irvine 3:17:17:30 62 ST36 Midnight Rambler New South Wales Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 36 10.80 Ed Psaltis 3:17:45:54 63 1986 Trumpcard Queensland Van de Stadt 44 13.31 Blake Boulton 3:18:32:10 64 1545 Dreki Sunnan New South Wales Briand Beneteau First 45 13.60 Ken Holmes 3:23:59:52 65 6774 Jackpot New South Wales Johnstone J122 12.20 Robert Hale Matt Gooden 4:00:24:15 66 2001 Quetzalcoatl New South Wales Jones 40 12.33 Anthony Bruce James Lee-Warner Antony Sweetapple 4:00:26:31 67 S17 Arcadia Victoria Joubert Nivelt Archambault A40 RC 12.00 Peter Davison 4:01:02:12 68 7174 Mille Sabords New South Wales Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38 11.80 Robert Frayne 4:01:15:42 69 6343 Great Xpectations New South Wales Jeppesen X43 12.94 Rod Wills 4:01:18:23 70 11407 Pelagic Magic New South Wales Farr Beneteau 40.7 11.90 Simon Dunlop 4:01:20:34 71 7551 Flying Fish Arctos New South Wales Radford McIntyre 55 15.36 George Martin 4:01:51:41 72 B454 Audere Victoria Briand Beneteau First 45 13.70 John Cain 4:02:13:27 73 A164 Sticky New South Wales J&J Salona 38 11.50 Richard Harris 4:03:14:31 74 101 Mark Twain Queensland Sparkman & Stephens S&S 39 12.00 Michael Spies 4:03:50:40 75 5930 Reve New South Wales Farr Beneteau 45F5 14.00 Kevin Whelan 4:03:52:51 76 3430 Komatsu Azzurro New South Wales Sparkman & Stephens S&S 34 10.10 Shane Kearns 4:07:24:17 77 774337 Relish IV New South Wales J&J Elan 43 13.00 Leeann Lynch Kalevi Kokkonen 4:07:56:21 78 3867 Gun Runner New South Wales King Jarkan 925 9.30 Maurice Young 4:11:11:41 79 8824 Chancellor New South Wales Farr Beneteau 47.7 14.80 Edward Tooher 4:12:24:25 DNF AUS615 2 Unlimited Tasmania Farr 40 Mod 12.40 Greg Prescott Retired-Broken Rudder DNF AUS54000 Calypso New South Wales Dixon Moody 54 DS 16.70 Ivan Signorelli Retired-Steering Issues DNF AUS52 M3 Team Hungary New South Wales Farr TP 52 15.85 Peter Hickson Aron Ormandlaki Retired-Dismasted DNF SM133 Patriot Victoria Johnstone J133 13.30 Jason Close Retired-Broken Rudder DNF HKG2276 Scallywag Hong Kong Dovell 100 30.48 Seng Huang Lee David Witt Retired-Broken Bowsprit DNF 52001 Zen New South Wales Botin TP52 15.90 Gordon Ketelbey Retired-Rig Damage References:

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