Historical facts

Historical facts

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Historical facts from 1958 to 2024

First Blue Water Champion - 1958/59
  • Siandra
    Skipper: Graham Newland
    Design: Lion 35'

2024 Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore Champion

  • Smuggler (Sebastian Bohm)
2024 Tasman Performance Series Champion

  • Smuggler (Sebastian Bohm)
2024 Bass & Flinders Series Champion

  • Whisper (David Griffith)
2022 Cape Byron Pointscore Champion (not conducted since 2022)

  • Moneypenny (Sean Langman)
Multiple Blue Water Champions
  • Ragamuffin, Syd Fischer (NSW) - 9 times - 1968/9, 1969/70, 1970/1, 1976/7, 1977/8, 1997/8, 1998/9, 2007/8 (not all the same boat, but all owned by Syd Fischer)
  • Kings Cross, Ray Stone (NSW) - 1990/1, 1991/2, 1992/3, 1995/96
  • Ichi Ban, Matt Allen (NSW) - 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2021/22
  • Wild Oats/AMP Wild Oats/Wild Rose, Roger Hickman (NSW) - 1993/4, 1994/5
  • Cadence, H S Mason - 1965/6, 1966/7
  • Atara, John Storey - 1996/7, 1999/2000
  • Quest, Bob Steel (NSW) - 2002/3, 2009/10
  • Loki, Stephen Ainsworth (NSW) - 2010/11, 2012/13
Current Blue Water Pointscore race records
Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race (384nm)

  • Open - Wild Oats XI (The Oatley Family) - 22 hours, 3 minutes and 46 seconds set in 2012

  • Conventional ballast - Loki (RP63) (Stephen Ainsworth) - 1 day, 2 hours, 52 minutes and 39 seconds set in 2012
Flinders Island Race (88nm)
  • Open - URM Group (Anthony & David Johnston) - 6 hours, 15 minutes and 44 seconds set in 2025

  • Conventional ballast - URM Group (Anthony & David Johnston) - 6 hours, 15 minutes and 44 seconds set in 2025
Tollgate Islands Race (258nm) 
  • Open - Andoo Comanche (John Winning Jr.) - 17 hours, 31 minutes and 30 seconds set in 2023

  • Conventional ballast - URM Group (Anthony & David Johnston) – 1 day, 1 hour, 28 minutes and 11 seconds set in 2023
Newcastle Bass Island Race (216nm) (not conducted since 2019) 
  • Open - Comanche (Jim Cooney/Samantha Grant) - 18 hours, 34 minutes and 38 seconds set in 2018

  • Conventional ballast - Ichi Ban (Carkeek 60) (Matt Allen) – 20 hours, 52 minutes and 49 seconds set in 2014
Cabbage Tree Island Race (172nm)

  • Open – Andoo Comanche (John Winning Jr) – 12 hours, 19 minutes and 08 seconds set in 2022

  • Conventional ballast – URM (Anthony & David Johnston) – 18 hours, 7 minutes and 45 seconds set in 2021
Bird Island Race (83nm)
  • Open - URM (Anthony & David Johnston) - 5 hours, 22 minutes and 21 seconds set in 2021

  • Conventional ballast - URM (Anthony & David Johnston) - 5 hours, 22 minutes and 21 seconds set in 2021
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race (628nm)

  • Open – LDV Comanche (Jim Cooney/Samantha Grant) – 1 day, 9 hours, 15 minutes and 24 seconds set in 2017

  • Conventional ballast – URM Group (Anthony & David Johnston) – 1 day, 19 hours, 6 minutes and 48 seconds set in 2022