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Race Day – December 26 2025 – the 80th Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race and Bow Caddy Media bring us more action quayside.

It could be Death Valley that gets you. If it doesn’t, then perhaps it will be the Plateau of Pain caused by the large and slow High that is sitting over Tasmania. This particular Editorial stems on from Ocean Graders’ Delight

Race Day – December 26 2025 – the 80th Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race and Bow Caddy Media bring us the action.

The Rolex Sydney Hobart is one of the world’s toughest ocean races. The 628 nautical mile challenge starts on Boxing Day each year at 1pm AUS time

The banter was sharp, the smiles genuine, and the respect unmistakable as the leading maxi skippers gathered for the Compulsory Race Briefing ahead of the 2025 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

With fresh southerlies forecast for the start and first day, to the surprise of no-one, the race record is not under threat.

What’s in a gradient, and what’s that got to do with the Sydney to Hobart race? Consider a path up to a picnic spot with a grand view – think gentle slope. One that makes you crane your neck back as your eyes go skyward – think goat track.

I’d like to start by wishing you all a Happy Christmas, and hope that however you are celebrating, you are having fun with friends and family.

At the time when Australians open their Christmas presents, due to the time difference, the sailors of the all-female The Famous Project CIC crossed the longitude of Cape Leeuwin at the southwestern tip of the Australian continent at 1:19 p.m.

Anticipation is building for the 80th edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, a milestone moment for one of the world’s most storied offshore challenges.