2006 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
Introduction The '''2006 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race''', sponsored by Rolex, was the 62nd 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. As with previous Sydney to Hobart Yacht Races, the 2006 edition began on Sydney Harbour, at 1pm on Boxing Day (26 December 2006), 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 2006 fleet comprised 78 starters of which 69 completed the race and nine 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 XI 10001 ''Wild Oats XI''  New South Wales Reichel Pugh RP100 30.00 Mark Richards 2:08:52:33  2 03 AUS 03 ''Ichi Ban''  New South Wales Jones 70 21.50 Matt Allen 2:12:42:23  3 10 M10 ''Skandia''  Victoria Jones IRC Maxi 98 30.00 Grant Wharington 2:12:58:56  4 36 1836 ''Yendys''  New South Wales Reichel Pugh 55 16.80 Geoff Ross 2:23:45:26  5 69 6952 ''Wot Yot''  New South Wales Nelson Marek TP 52 15.85 Graeme Wood 3:02:34:28  6 60 60000 ''Loki''  New South Wales Reichel Pugh 60 18.29 Cameron Miles 3:03:01:02  7 89 8899 ''Quantum Racing''  New South Wales Farr Cookson 50 15.20 Ray Roberts 3:03:02:29  8 28 GER4014 ''DHL''  New South Wales Farr Volvo Ocean 60 19.44 Mitch Booth 3:06:04:04  9 93 93 ''Merlin''  New South Wales Kaiko 51 15.60 David Forbes 3:08:35:37  10 30 YC3300 ''Hardys Secret Mens Business''  South Australia Reichel Pugh 46 14.21 Geoff Boettcher 3:08:55:46 ===Handicap Results (top 10)=== Position Sail number Yacht State/country Yacht type LOA (Metres) Skipper Corrected time d:hh:mm:ss Ref 1 294 ''Love & War''  New South Wales Sparkman & Stephens S&S 47 14.21 Lindsay May 3:22:02:37  2 SM377 ''Bacardi''  Victoria Peterson 44 13.34 John Williams 3:23:00:35  3 SM2 ''Challenge''  Victoria Murray Burns Dovell Sydney 38 11.78 Lou Abrahams 4:00:05:35  4 AUS 03 ''Ichi Ban''  New South Wales Jones 70 21.50 Matt Allen 4:00:35:02  5 MH106 ''Impeccable''  Peterson 3/4 Tonner IOR 10.20 John Walker 4:00:35:02  6 1836 ''Yendys''  New South Wales Reichel Pugh 55 16.80 Geoff Ross 4:03:05:48  7 ITA2945 ''DSK Comifin''  Italy Swan 45 13.80 Danilo Salsi 4:03:13:38  8 A19 ''Maluka''   New South Wales Gale Ranger 9.01 Sean Langman 4:03:42:21  9 4057 ''Aurora''  New South Wales Farr 40 12.30 Jim Holley 4:03:43:28  10 A5 ''BSG 'On Tap'''  Queensland Blackburn Duncanson 34 10.26 Marc Stuart 4:04:00:12
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