2nd Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
Defender	Rani
Number of Yachts	19
Coordinates	33°51.35′S 151°12.40′E- 42°52.7′S 147°19.58′E
Winner	Morna

The 1946 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race was the second annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney, Australia on Boxing Day and finishing in Hobart. The race distance is approximately...

. It was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia

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 based in Sydney

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, New South Wales

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The inaugural race in 1945 had been planned as a cruise

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, and no thoughts were given to repeating the event. However it became a race at the suggestion of visiting Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 captain John Illingworth, and the race proved so popular a repeat was planned.

The second race began on Sydney Harbour

Port Jackson

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, at noon

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 on Boxing Day

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 (26 December 1946), before heading south for 630 nautical miles (1,170 km) through the Tasman Sea

Tasman Sea

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, past Bass Strait

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, into Storm Bay

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 and up the Derwent River, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania

Tasmania

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The 1946 expanded fleet comprised more than double the vessels of the inaugural event with19 starters. Of the 19 starters, 8 yachts were forced to retire, and the remaining 11 made it successfully to Hobart, with Morna captained by Claude Plowman winning line honours, and Christina captained by JR Bull took handicap honours on adjusted time.

1946 Fleet

19 yachts registered to begin the 1946 Sydney to Hobart Yacht race. They are:

Yacht	Nation	Skipper	Previous Starts	LH (Elapsed) Time d:hh:mm:ss	HW (Corrected) Time d:hh:mm:ss
Active	(NSW)	HM Tate	NA
Christina	(NSW)	JR Bull	NA		4:11:53:27
Connella	(NSW)	BR O'Brien	NA	RETIRED	RETIRED
Defiance	(NSW)	FA Bullock	NA
Fegmhr	(NSW)	FA Harris	NA
Ilex		NW Thomas	NA	RETIRED	RETIRED
Kalua		D McAllister	NA	RETIRED	RETIRED
Kurrewa III	(NSW)	F & J Livingston	NA
Mathew Flinders		A Palfreyman	NA
Merlan	(NSW)	WL Curtis	NA	RETIRED	RETIRED
Mistral II	(NSW)	R Evans	NA
Morna	(NSW)	C Plowman	NA	5:02:53:33*
Osirius		JS Booth	NA	RETIRED	RETIRED
Saga	(NSW)	BJ Halvorsen	NA
Southern Maid	(NSW)	C Philp	NA
Trade Winds	(NSW)	M Davey	NA
Unis J	(NSW)	BW Davies	NA	RETIRED	RETIRED
Wayfarer	(NSW)	P Luke	NA
Winston Churchill		P Coverdale	NA	RETIRED	RETIRED

Results

Line Honours	LH (Elapsed) Time d:hh:mm:ss	Handicap Handicapping Handicapping, in sport and games, is the practice of assigning advantage through scoring compensation or other advantage given to different contestants to equalize the chances of winning. The word also applies to the various methods by which the advantage is calculated...  Winner	HW (Corrected) Time d:hh:mm:ss
Morna	5:02:53:33*	Christina	4:11:53:27

See also

• Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
  Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
  The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney, Australia on Boxing Day and finishing in Hobart. The race distance is approximately...