Strong winds and big swells tested the Sydney Hobart Classic Yacht Regatta fleet, with a pursuit start for Race 1.
Race 2 will take place on Sunday 12 December, with a scratch start near Cannae Point – the original starting line for the first Sydney Hobart in 1945.

DIVISION 1 RESULTS (PHS)
Eve (Steve Capell)
Love & War (Simon Kurts)
Kialoa II (Patrick Broughton)
Fidelis (Nigel Stoke)
RET – Defiance (Nicole Shrimpton)
RET – Fair Winds (Mark Chew)
RET – Vittoria (Alan Reece)
DIVISION 2 RESULTS (PHS)
Nike (Samuel Hunt)
Mister Christian (David Salter)
Jasnar (Gordon Ingate)
Zara (John Griffin)
RET – Anitra V (Philip Brown)
RET – Barbarian (Nicole Butcher)
RET – Boongown (Eddy Vinks)
DIVISION 3 – NON SPINNAKER – RESULTS (PHS)
Suraya (Carl Sriber)
Caprice of Huon (David Champtaloup)
Camille (Peter Charles Moran)
Nirvana 1 (John Newcomb)
Margaret Rintoul (Bruce Gould)
RET – Archina (Bill Ferris)
RET – Cardinal Puff (Martin French)
RET – Malveena (Gabe Kemeny)
RET – Maris (Tiare Tomaszewski)
