Search Alive sailing to the finish line to take line honours in the TasPorts Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race Photo credit Steve Shield. Close× Alive breaks race record for Launceston to Hobart 29 December 2020 Tasmanian entrant Alive, owned by Phil Turner, has set a new race record in the TasPorts Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race. Alive, skippered by Duncan Hine and sailing with a mostly Tasmanian crew, finished the race at 19:30:52 on Monday 28 December 2020, with a corrected time of 1 day, 8 hours, 2 minutes and 16 seconds, beating the race record set by Crotty Legal & Dental (Gary Smith / Geoff White) in 2008 by 1 hour, 31 minutes and 42 seconds.