CanayjunIt’s already Boxing Day down under and the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race starts in just a few hours - 628 nautical miles. My cousin Janet and her (almost) all women crew of eight will be sailing in her MBD 41, The XX Factor representing the Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron (RSAYS). We’ll be cheering the race start streaming on youtube, and I just opened a bottle of Wolf Blass Shiraz from Nuriootpa to toast them https://www.instagram.com/xxfactorsailing #SydneyHobart25 #sailing (time for some yacht rock).
The big 100’ maxis have finished the race, but Janet and crew are still racing down the coast of Tasmania over a hundred nm to go, with dozens of the smaller yachts still looking forward to finishing in Hobart. Go The XX Factor! #sailing #sydneyhobart https://www.rolexsydneyhobart.com/race/2025/tracker
Nice to check the tracker this morning and see Janet and crew in The XX Factor have rounded Tasman Island and now headed NW up towards Hobart. #sailing #sydneyhobart #tasmania
Good on ya Janet!
“As Janet Thornley’s XX Factor docked in Hobart after finishing the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race at 07.41.15 this morning, an all-female crew bar one, there were cheers and tears from aboard and from those who came to welcome them”. #sydneyhobart #sailing
Full article here:
https://www.rolexsydneyhobart.com/race/2025/news/day-6/the-xx-factor-lives-up-to-her-name/
“As Janet Thornley’s XX Factor docked in Hobart after finishing the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race at 07.41.15 this morning, an all-female crew bar one, there were cheers and tears from aboard and from those who came to welcome them”. #sydneyhobart #sailing
Full article here:
https://www.rolexsydneyhobart.com/race/2025/news/day-6/the-xx-factor-lives-up-to-her-name/