2005 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
Introduction The '''2005 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race''', sponsored by Rolex, was the 61st annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. As in past editions of the race, it was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney, New South Wales. The 2005 edition began on Sydney Harbour at 1:20pm on Boxing Day (26 December 2005), 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.The 2005 fleet comprised 85 starters of which 80 completed the race and five yachts retired.
Results ===Line Honours results (Top 10)=== Position Race number Sail number Yacht State/country Yacht type LOA (Metres) Skipper Elapsed time d:hh:mm:ss Ref 1 X1 10001 ''Wild Oats XI''  New South Wales Reichel Pugh RP100 30.00 Mark Richards 1:18:40:10  2 F1 NZL80 ''Alfa Romeo''  New Zealand Reichel Pugh Maxi 30.00 Neville Crichton 1:19:56:31  3 10 M10 ''Skandia''  Victoria Jones IRC Maxi 98 30.00 Grant Wharington 2:00:25:57  4 01 NZL10001 ''Konica Minolta''  New Zealand Bakewell-White Maxi 30m 30.00 Stewart Thwaites 2:01:26:41  5 A1 AUS11111 ''AAPT''  New South Wales Simonis Voogd Maxi 27.38 Sean Langman 2:04:22:11  6 08 60000 ''Loki''  New South Wales Reichel Pugh 60 18.29 Stephen Ainsworth 2:11:59:36  7 99 A99 ''Coogans Stores''  Tasmania Dovell MBD Open 66 20.03 Duncan Hine 2:12:07:58  8 S10 8844 ''Seriously 10 ''  New South Wales Davidson Volvo Ocean 60 19.46 John Woodruff 2:12:33:10  9 H8 GBR 99 ''Hugo Boss''  Great Britain Lombard Open 60 18.28 Alex Thompson 2:12:54:50  10 02 NOR2 ''ABN AMRO''   New South Wales Davidson Volvo Ocean 60 19.46 Andrew Short 2:13:14:00 ===Handicap results (Top 10)=== Position Sail number Yacht State/country Yacht type LOA (Metres) Skipper Corrected time d:hh:mm:ss Ref 1 10001 ''Wild Oats XI''  New South Wales Reichel Pugh RP100 30.00 Mark Richards 3:03:54:32  2 NZL80 ''Alfa Romeo''  New Zealand Reichel Pugh Maxi 30.00 Neville Crichton 3:04:43:21  3 NZL10001 ''Konica Minolta''  New Zealand Bakewell-White Maxi 30m 30.00 Stewart Thwaites 3:09:29:06  4 IRL5005 ''Chieftain''  Ireland Farr Cookson 50 15.00 Gerard O'Rourke 3:10:48:00  5 M10 ''Skandia''  Victoria Jones IRC Maxi 98 30.00 Grant Wharingtonn 3:11:24:03  6 HW42 ''Wedgetail''  Queensland Welbourn 42 12.80 Bill Wild 3:11:35:44  7 60000 ''Loki''  New South Wales Reichel Pugh 60 18.29 Stephen Ainsworth 3:11:45:02  8 YC3300 ''Hardy's Secret Mens Business''  South Australia Reichel Pugh 46 14.21 Geoff Boettcher 3:11:45:51  9 AUS8889 ''Quantum Racing''  New South Wales Mills DK46 14.10 Ray Roberts 3:11:45:58  10 6559 ''Wot's Next''  New South Wales Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 47 14.20 Graeme Wood 3:11:50:23
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