Sydney to Hobart 2002 { 1 images } Created 14 Mar 2011
Alfa Romeo - Line Honours Winner - 2002 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.Yachting/2002 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.Race Finish.Derwent River, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.28th of December 2002.Alfa Romeo, Neville Crichton's super maxi took line honours in the 2002 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, surfing up the River Derwent under her massive spinnaker before a fresh sea breeze to cross the line off Hobart's historic Battery Point at 5.58.52 on the 28 December 2002.Her elapsed time for the race, 2 days 4 hours 58 minutes and 52 seconds was well outside the 1999 race record set by Nokia, but it was the second fastest in the 58 year history of the 630 nautical mile blue water classic..(C) Joel Strickland Photographics