Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 1993
Cuckoos Nest Nigel Holman Hobart 93 Wild Oats (now Wild Rose), Hobart 1993

Location	Sydney to Hobart
State	NSW, Tasmania
Country	Australia
Club	Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
Website	www.rolexsydneyhobart.com/
Facebook Site	Sydney-to-Hobart-Yacht-Race
Length of Race	630nm

Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 1993

1993 Race and Weather: (From 1999 12 Official Program)

The 49th Kodak Sydney-Hobart will be remembered as having one of the highest attrition rates in the history of the event, with only 38 yachts out of 104 starters completing the course. For the first time two yachts sank and the skipper of another spent nearly five hours in the water after being washed overboard.

Wind strengths were generally more severe than 1984, although the wave conditions appear to have been less severe. The major difference was that in the 1984 race the weather pattern abated after 36 to 48 hours whereas this year the strong to gale force winds continued throughout the four days taken by the leading yachts to complete the course. The exact cause was a low pressure complex which developed off the Australian south-east coast early on the second day of the race (December 27th), creating gale to storm force winds with some hurricane force squalls which persisted into the following day.

Wind gusts were in excess of 70 knots and 10-minute average wind speeds were around 45-50 knots during the height of the event. Waves of up to 10 m were created as the winds blew against the southward-moving East Australia Current.

At 2300 hours EDST Monday, December 27th, the low pressure complex had become dominated by one low pressure centre with a central pressure of 986hPa, the lowest over the whole event. This was the last Sydney to Hobart to have an IOR handicap category

Major Winners

Fastest Time: Ninety Seven 4-00-54-11

IMS Division Winners

Division A & Kodak Gold Cup: Ninety Seven

Division B: Bacardi

Division C: Micropay Cuckoos Nest

Division D: Marara

IOR Division Winners

Division A: Solboume Wild Oats

Division B: Impeccable

Results

IMS

1. John Hicky, 2. Nigel Holman, 3. Greg Hyde, 4. David Lyons, 5. Robert McDonald, 6. Andrew Miller, 7. Steve Polkinghorne, 8. Darren Senogles, 9. Hugh Treharne, 10. Peter Walduck (Phil West - not in picture).

104 Starters

O'ALL PLACE YACHT	Owner	STATE/ C'TRY	LHP	DIV A	B	C	D	ELAPSED TIME	CORRECTED TIME
1.Micropay Cuckoos Nest	Nigel Holman	NSW	2			1		4-02-54-59	3-18-45-10
2.Ninety Seven	A.Strachan	NSW	1	1				4-00-54-11	3-21-52-50
3.Marara (1)	W.Ratcliff	NSW	20				1	5-17-38-58	4-04-33-08
4.Liberator	D.Curlewis	SA	8			2		4-16-58-55	4-04-55-13
5.Bacardi (2)	G.Ainley/lWilliams	VIC	5		1			4-22-19-17	4-05-22-14
6.Hartz Mineral Water	R.Mulkearns & M.Spies	NSW	7		2			4-16-56-34	4-05-26-36
7.Mirrabooka	J.Bennetto	TAS	9		3			4-17-15-34	4-06-18-22
8.Sword of Orion	P.Sajet & C.Mehrmann	VIC	8	2				4-10-17-02	4-07-31-08
9.Zeus II	J.Dunstan	NSW	28				2	6-01-58-32	4-07-46-45
10.Pilgrim	D.Quirk	NSW	15		4			5-01-34-17	4-11-02-07
11.Mark Twain (3)	H.O'Neill	NSW	21				3	5-17-46-25	4-14-21-48
12.Nynja Go (4)	D.Pomfret	NSW	22				4	5-19-04-35	4-16-24-38
13.Boomaroo Morse Fans	J.Mclntosh	OLD	36				5	6-20-25-39	4-18-05-05
14.Collex Onyx	A.Ovendyn	NSW	10	3				4-18-46-34	4-18-46-34
15.Tiercel	J.Copeland	TAS	35				6	6-20-10-07	4-18-57-13
16.Iceberg	G.Gibson	NSW	16		5			5-06-40-50	4-19-19-16
17.Katinka	D.O'Connell	NSW	34				7	6-17-26-02	4-19-53-02
18.Take Time	G.Smith	NSW	31				8	6-07-53-23	4-19-56-22
19.AII That Jazz (5)	J.Davem	NSW	26				9	5-23-28-10	4-21-23-06
20.She II	P.Rodgers	NSW	25		6			5-21-16-43	4-22-05-57
21.Courtesan	G.Williams	SA	24		7			5-20-52-48	4-22-25-00
22.Witchdoctor	Rum Consortium	NSW	23		8			5-20-48-30	4-23-53-48
23.The Old Lion	W.Gryst	SA	33				10	6-14-05-00	5-06-22-33
24.Kingurra (6)	W.Joubert	VIC	38		9			7-05-05-54	6-00-30-16

Redress in accordance with Rule 69(b), elapsed time reduced by the following:

1) 5 hrs 34 mins

2) 8 hrs 30 mins

3) 3 hrs 30 mins

4) 5 hrs 40 mins

5) 1 hr 11 mins

6) 28 hrs 53 mins

IMS retirements: Adjuster. Adria. Alexander of Creswell, Amazon, Anitra V. Assassin, Brindabella, Cadibarra 7. Cassiopeia, Clwyd, Cougar, Cub Sangaree, Devil Woman, Dictator NSW, Double Or Nothing, Easy Touch, Elusive, Georgia Express, Hammer of Queensland, Herman Miller, Icarus, Maxi Ragamuffin. Mem, Moming Mist Ill, Myuna, Never A Dull Moment, Once More Dear Friends. Oz Fire, Philips Lightning. Rapaz. Raptor, Second Term, She's Apples II, Silhouette, Surefoot, The Alice. The Regency Heights Gambler, Toxi Waste. Transocean Rockie Ill, Wang.

IOR

Yacht	Owner	STATE/ C'TRY	LHP	A	B	C	D	ELAPSED TIME	CORRECTED TIME
1.Solbourne Wild Oats	Bruce Foye / Roger Hickman	NSW	6	1				4-16-48-48	3-20-36-30
2.Team Fujitsu	Steve Gunns / Tony Zanelli	NSW	11	2				4-21-04-26	4-00-50-37
3.Impeccable	John Walker	NSW	19		1			5-15-55-32	4-01-26-42
4.Sheraton Hobart (1)	I.Smith	TAS	17		2			5-07-13-43	4-04-06-12
5.Fly By Night (2)	J.Drake	VIC	27		3			6-01-03-28	4-09-13-30
6.Telecom Mobilenet (3) -	K.Goudge	NSW	18		4			5-14-31-54	4-09-26-45
7.Helsal II	K.Flint	SA	12	3				4-21-43-46	5-00-33-18
8.Seaulater	J. Mawer	QLD	37		5			7-03-39-01	5-14-59-09

Redress in accordance with Rule 69(b) elapsed time reduced by the following:

1) 25 mins

2) 60 mins

3) 6 hrs 45 mins

IOR retirements: Amacon Raw Talent, Atara, City Limits, Freight Train, Hall Chadwick Nuzulu, JLW Chutzpah, Kings Cross Sydney, Lindeman's Ultimate Challenge, Maglieri Wines Prime Factor, Ragamuffin, Salamanca Inn, Savage, Star Ferry, Swuzzlebubble VIII

PHS Results

Yacht	Owner	STATE/ C'TRY	LHP	ELAPSED TIME	CORRECTED TIME
1.Charisma	J.Lawler	NSW	29	6-02-59-34	4-16-53-26
2.Bright Morning Star	Ian Treharne	NSW	14	5-00-22-46	4-17-02-11
3.Wild Thing	GrantWharington	NSW	3	4-07-44-30	4-18-25-37
4.Scorpio II	M.Haller	VIC	32	6-10-52-28	4-19-50-46
5.Bobsled Societe Generale	Y.Pajot	FRAN	5	4-14-33-45	5-10-07-55
6.Utopia	J.Fletcher	OLD	30	6-05-06-54	6-05-06-54

PHS retirements: Advantedge, Alona, Apollo II, Fast Forward, Flying Colours, Innkeeper Petaluma Wines, Magic, Rager, Rising Sun, Shenandoah III, Sir Thomas Sopwith, Telecom Flexi Plans.