Fastest completion of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
- Who
- LDV Comanche
- What
- 01:09:15:24 day(s):hour(s):minute(s):second(s)
- Where
- Australia
- When
- 27 December 2017
The fastest winning time at the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is 1 day 9 hours 15 minutes 24 seconds, by LDV Comanche, skippered by Jim Cooney (Australia), on 26–27 December 2017. Having crossed the finishing line second, the yacht was awarded victory after the initial winner of "line honours", Wild Oats XI, was handed a one-hour time penalty for her role in a near-collision at the start of the race.
First held in 1945, the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is held annually on Boxing Day each year. Yachts race from Sydney in New South Wales, Australia, to Hobart in Tasmania, Australia.
"Line honours" are awarded to the first yacht to cross the finish line.