
More Beautiful Offshore sailing Rolex Sydney Hobart Race on J/99 DISKO TROOPER- Overall Winner!
Enjoy the skipper's perspective sailing a J/99 fast downwind offshore in spectacular conditions. Topping speeds of 17.0+ knots constantly, averaging over 12 kts! Top instrument- Speed/ middle- Wind/ bottom- Compass. The 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race started on Boxing Day, December 26th off Sydney Harbour, Australia. The 628.0nm race goes south and finishes at Hobart, Tasmania. Sweeping overall corrected time honors among the Doublehanders was Jules Hall and Jan 'Clogs' Scholten on the J/99 DISKO TROOPER- CONTENDER SAILCLOTH to gather the top prizes in Doublehanded IRC, ORC, and PHS Divisions. Remarkably, the J/99 DISKO TROOPER also won ORC Overall for the fleet (fully-crewed + doublehanders) by over 3 HOURS! This video was taken aboard their boat as the fly past the northern part of Tasmania. Learn more about the J/99 shorthanded offshore speedster sailboat here: http://www.jboats.com/j99
