It began on Sydney Harbour at 1 pm on Boxing Day (26 December 2024), before heading south for 628 nautical miles (1,163 km) through the Tasman Sea, Bass Strait, Storm Bay and up the River Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania.
[1] Line honours were claimed by LawConnect in a time of 1 day, 13 hours, 35 minutes and 13 seconds.
[2] On the first night of the race two sailors died in separate incidents on the boats Flying Fish Arctos and Bowline after being struck by the boom and main sheet respectively.
[4] ^1 – Wings were given a 90 minutes redress to be subtracted off their elapsed time under RRS Fundamental Rule 1.1 by the International Jury due to an incident where their provided assistance after a crew member from Flying Fish Arctos was struck by the boom of the yacht and subsequently died of his injuries on the first day of the race.
^2 – Poulpito were given a 45 minutes redress to be subtracted off their elapsed time under RRS Fundamental Rule 1.1 by the International Jury due to an incident where their provided assistance after a crew member from Flying Fish Arctos was struck by the boom of the yacht and subsequently died of his injuries on the first day of the race.