2001 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

57th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
Date	26 - 30 December 2001
Defender	Nicorette II
Number of yachts	75
Coordinates	33°51.35′S 151°12.40′E / 33.85583°S 151.20667°E / -33.85583; 151.20667Coordinates: 33°51.35′S 151°12.40′E / 33.85583°S 151.20667°E / -33.85583; 151.20667- 42°52.7′S 147°19.58′E / 42.8783°S 147.32633°E / -42.8783; 147.32633
Winner	Assa Abloy
Official website	https://web.archive.org/web/20091030152304/http://rolexsydneyhobart.com/default.asp

The 2001 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, was the 57th annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. As in past editions of the race, it was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney, New South Wales. As with previous Sydney to Hobart Yacht Races, the 2001 edition began on Sydney Harbour, at noon on Boxing Day (26 December 2001), before heading south for 630 nautical miles (1,170 km) through the Tasman Sea, past Bass Strait, into Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.

The 2001 Race was also part of Leg 3 of the 2001-02 Volvo Ocean Race which started in Sydney and finished in Auckland.

The 2001 fleet comprised 75 starters of which 57 completed the race and 18 yachts retired.

Results

Position	Sail number	Yacht	State/Country	Yacht type	LOA (Metres)	Skipper	Elapsed time d:hh:mm:ss
1	SWE1645	Assa Abloy	SWE	Volvo Ocean 60	19.44	Neal McDonald	2:20:46:43
2	SWE11111	Nicorette II	SWE	Simonis-Voogd 79 IRM Maxi	24.07	Ludde Ingvall	2:21:01:17
3	EUR 1	Amer Sports One	ITA	Volvo Ocean 60	19.44	Grant Dalton	2:21:10:31
4	NOR2	Djuice Dragons	NOR	Volvo Ocean 60	19.44	Knut Frostad	2:21:27:55
5	AUS9011	Team News Corp	AUS	Volvo Ocean 60	19.44	Ross Field	2:21:32:26
6	GER4014	Illbruck Challenge	GER	Volvo Ocean 60	19.44	John Kostecki	2:21:33:31
7	C1	Brindabella	NSW	Jutson 79	24.08	George Snow	2:23:26:00
8	8679	Line 7	NSW	Farr 63	19.27	Ian Treleaven	2:23:31:42
9	7441	Bumblebee 5	NSW	Murray Burns Dowell MBD 66	20.00	John Kahlbetzer	2:23:46:16
10	POL 7470	Lodka Bols	POL	Frers 79	24.00	Gordon Kay	3:00:04:41

Position	Sail number	Yacht	State/Country	Yacht type	LOA (Metres)	Skipper	Corrected time d:hh:mm:ss
1	7441	Bumblebee 5	NSW	Murray Burns Dowell MBD 66	20.00	John Kahlbetzer	2:15:16:24
2	9797	Ninety Seven	NSW	Farr 47	14.30	Graham Gibson	2:18:15:49
3	AUS70	Ragamuffin	NSW	Farr 50	15.50	Syd Fischer	2:19:08:50
4	9407	Shipping Central	NSW	Beneteau 40.7	11.92	Ashley Reed Michael Spies	2:19:32:39
5	6037	Eureka	QLD	Murray Burns Dovell MBD 60	18.20	Leon Christianakis Bob Robertson	2:20:10:20
6	R33	Chutzpah	VIC	Murray Burns Dovell MBD 36	11.00	Bruce Taylor	2:20:47:18
7	NZL6006	Starlight Express	NZ	Davidson 55	16.87	Stewart Thwaites	2:20:48:49
8	8338	AFR Mignight Rambler	NSW	Hick 35	10.53	Ed Psaltis Bob Thomas	2:21:03:50
9	SM2	Another Challenge	VIC	Sydney 38	11.78	Lou Abrahams	2:21:08:41
10	6081	Next Prosail	NSW	Sydney 38	11.95	Richard Holstein Craig Malouf	2:21:13:55

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