The Latitude 18 Halyard Challenge first took place in 1997.
The winners roll-call since then reads:
Racing
1997
Anonymous Arjan Stoof
1998
Moorings J120 Robert Swain
1999
Airgasm Barney Crook
2000
Airgasm Barney Crook
Crusiing
Hotel California Steve Schmidt
Racing
2001
Airgasm Barney Crook
2002
Fastidiots Eddie Brockbank
2003
Pipe Dream Peter Haycraft
2004
Conchquerer Andrew Waters
Crusiing
Tikitas James Bridgewater
Tikitas James Bridgewater
Tikitas James Bridgewater
Racing
2005
Conchquerer Andrew Waters
2006
Mistress Quickly
2007
Pipe Dream Peter Haycraft
2008
Pipe Dream Peter Haycraft
Crusiing
Hotel California Steve Schmidt
Racing
2009
Luxury Girl
2010
Lime Colin Rathbun
2011
Pipe Dream Peter Haycraft
2012
Rushin' Rowlette Kevin Rowlette
Crusiing
Reba Jon Charlton
Racing
2013
Did not take place
2014
Fiona Colin Rathbun
2015
Rushin' Rowlette Kevin Rowlette
2016
Firewater Danny Petrovic / Jason Putley
Crusiing
Wildfire John Hayes
Kala Richard Wooldridge
Racing
2017
Did not take place
2018
Did not take place
2019
Did not take place
2020
Whoop Whoop Kevin Rowlette
Cruising
2021
Whoop Whoop Kevin Wrigley
2022
Island Hops Mark Sanders
2023
Ting Too Chris Haycraft
Racing
Wicked Winch David Lake
Wicked Winch David Lake
Island Hops Wins 2022 Halyard Challenge
The 2022 Halyard Challenge saw 8 boats take to the race course on Saturday 29 January. With light winds under 12 knots it was to be a challenging day for the six trimarans, scheduled for mixture of island racing and windward leeward courses.
Four trimarans took to the water for the first race of the 2020 calendar and it was Kevin Rowlette's Whoop Whoop who claimed line honours and the overall win.