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Record finish at the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

03 Jan 2017

Jim Delegat’s New Zealand V70 ‘Giacomo’ was the overall race winner Photo: CYCA

The 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race finished on a record high with all three of the top finishers crossing the line to break the 2012 race record.

Jim Delegat’s New Zealand V70 Giacomo was the overall race winner, finishing second across the line on the last day behind Anthony Bell’s NSW Perpetual Loyal, which broke Wild Oats XI’s race record by nearly five hours to establish a new time of 1 day, 13 hours, 31 minutes, 20 seconds.

In third place was Hong Kong’s Seng Huang Lee’s Scallywag meaning that Giacomo and Perpetual Loyal topped the standings for the overall IRC and IRC Division 0 with the Chinese entry UBOX coming in third place overall.

Last year’s race winner, Paul Clitheroe’s Balance finished fourth overall and

again topped IRC Division 1, ahead of fellow TP52s Ichi Ban and Celestial.

Honours in Division 2 went to Rob Drury’s Cookson 12 Springday Pazazz ahead of the perennial Chutzpah and the South Australian Ker design Aikin Hames Sharley, jointly skippered by Hames Sharley MD Callin Howard and Musto CEO David Oliver.

The veteran Queenslander Robbo Robertson won IRC Division 3 with the 40ft Farr-design Bravo.

Perhaps the crowd favourite, Sean Langman’s Maluka of Kermandie narrowly defeated Shane Kearns’ Komatsu Azzurro and Simon Kurts’ Love & War for IRC Division 4.

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