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Record finish at the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race<\/p>\n
03 Jan 2017<\/p>\n
Jim Delegat\u2019s New Zealand V70 ‘Giacomo’ was the overall race winner Photo: CYCA<\/p>\n
The 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race finished on a record high with all three of the top finishers crossing the line to break the 2012 race record.<\/p>\n
Jim Delegat\u2019s New Zealand V70 Giacomo was the overall race winner, finishing second across the line on the last day behind Anthony Bell\u2019s NSW Perpetual Loyal, which broke Wild Oats XI\u2019s race record by nearly five hours to establish a new time of 1 day, 13 hours, 31 minutes, 20 seconds.<\/p>\n
In third place was Hong Kong\u2019s Seng Huang Lee\u2019s Scallywag meaning that Giacomo and Perpetual Loyal topped the standings for the overall IRC and IRC Division 0 with the Chinese entry UBOX coming in third place overall.<\/p>\n
Last year\u2019s race winner, Paul Clitheroe\u2019s Balance finished fourth overall and<\/p>\n
again topped IRC Division 1, ahead of fellow TP52s Ichi Ban and Celestial.<\/p>\n
Honours in Division 2 went to Rob Drury\u2019s Cookson 12 Springday Pazazz ahead of the perennial Chutzpah and the South Australian Ker design Aikin Hames Sharley, jointly skippered by Hames Sharley MD Callin Howard and Musto CEO David Oliver.<\/p>\n
The veteran Queenslander Robbo Robertson won IRC Division 3 with the 40ft Farr-design Bravo.<\/p>\n
Perhaps the crowd favourite, Sean Langman\u2019s Maluka of Kermandie narrowly defeated Shane Kearns\u2019 Komatsu Azzurro and Simon Kurts\u2019 Love & War for IRC Division 4.<\/p>\n
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