Alive wins overall honors in Sydney Hobart race

Alive, skippered by Duncan Hine, has been declared the overall winner of the 78th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, securing the Tasmanian boat its second victory in five years.

The win is also Tasmania’s fifth in the 628 nautical mile Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s race after Hine skippered Phillip Turner’s Reichel/Pugh 66 to her first victory in 2018.  Alive’s win adds extra polish to the pedigree of the boat that its owner, Philip Turner, bought the former Black Jack in 2014, with a view to winning the race. After its victory in 2018, Alive came close again in 2019, but placed fourth. Last year she finished 10th.

Asked how he felt to win a second Sydney Hobart, Hine laughed and said: “It goes to prove finally that it [2018] wasn’t a fluke.” Then he added: “I’m very lucky really. Phil has such an amazing boat to start with. We’ve got a really good crew. And the weather was good for us.”

See the full release at: https://www.rolexsydneyhobart.com/news/2023/day-5/alive-wins-rolex-sydney-hobart-for-a-second-time-in-five-years/

The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is organized by Cruising Yacht Club of Australia with the co-operation of Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania

Photos: ROLEX/Kurt Arrigo