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Historical Facts

Fleet of the 25th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race
Grant Wharington found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow - Credit Peter Merten
A windless Harbour

Facts and Figures

Start Sydney Harbour - 1300hrs on the last Saturday in July
Finish Off Main Beach, Southport
Organising club Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
Finish host club Southport Yacht Club
First held 1986, following opening of Gold Coast Seaway at Southport
Race distance 384 nautical miles
Race record

22 hours 33 minutes 46 seconds set by Wild Oats XI (The Oatley Family) in 2012

Loki (Stephen Ainsworth) holds the conventionally ballasted record  of 26 hours 52 minutes 39 seconds

2025 Overall Winner Smuggler, JV52 owned by Sebastian Bohm
2024 Line Honours Winner Wild Thing 100, a Maxi 100 owned by Grant Wharington
Multiple Winners
Line Honours
  • Amazon (Peter Walker) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997
  • Brindabella (George Snow) 1995, 1996, 1999
  • Grundig (Sean Langman) 2001, 2003
  • Wild Thing / Skandia (Grant Wharington) 2000, 2002, 2006, 2013
  • Wild Oats X (Robert Oatley/The Oatley Family/Mark Richards) 2005, 2009, 2019
  • Wild Oats XI (The Oatley Family/Mark Richards) 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017
  • Andoo Comanche (John Winning Jr) 2022, 2023
Handicap
  • Witchcraft II / Canon Copiers (Bruce Staples) 1989, 1994, 1995 
  • Wild Oats (Bruce Foye & Partners) 1991, 1994 
  • Pemberton II (Richard Hudson) 1988, 1990
  • Brindabella (George Snow) 1991, 1995 
  • Ragamuffin (Syd Fischer) 2000, 2003

  • Wild Joe (Steven David) 2006, 2007
  • Loki (Stephen Ainsworth) 2010, 2012

  • Komatsu Azzurro (Shane Kearns) 2015, 2017
Double Wins - Line Honours/Handicap
  • Apollo (Jack Rooklyn) 1986 (IOR overall)
  • Brindabella (George Snow) 1995 (IMS A)
  • Foxtel Amazon (Peter Walker) 1997 (PHS A)
  • Sydney (Charles Curran) 1998 (IMS A)
  • Wild Thing (Grant Wharington) 1999 (IMS Overall & IMS Division A)
  • Grundig (Sean Langman), 2003 (IRC Overall & IRC Division A)
  • Quantum Racing (Ray Roberts), 2008  (IRC Overall & IRC Division 0)