Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race - Australian Cricket Captain makes debut

by Jennifer Crooks on 24 Jul 2014 2014 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race - Australian Cricket Captain Michael Clarke will make his ocean racing debut aboard Perpetual Loyal in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia organised Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race which starts this Saturday 26 July at 1pm off Nielsen Park on Sydney Harbour.

'I’ve been working with Anthony Bell (owner of Perpetual Loyal) for a while now to try and see how we could work together and I’m really glad to be part of the team,' Clarke said of the race that will take him well outside his comfort zone. Ex-Wallaby turned pro-sailor Phil Waugh will be there to support Clarke.

This will be the first time Perpetual Loyal and Wild Oats XI have met since last year’s Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and both have recently undergone modifications all aimed at making the super maxis even faster.

A fleet of 56 yachts representing the top echelons of Australian yachting will take on the 384 nautical mile race that finishes off Main Beach at Southport on Queensland’s Gold Coast, with line honours contenders aiming at WOXI’s open race record of 22 hours 3 minutes 46 seconds, set in 2012.

The start of the 384 nautical mile Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race is at 13:00hrs, Saturday 26 July 2014

The start line off Nielsen Park at Vaucluse. The fleet will then proceed out of Sydney Heads and turn left towards the Gold Coast, finishing just off Main Beach, Southport. 56 yachts including Wild Oats XI, Perpetual LOYAL, Brindabella, Black Jack, Southern Excellence II, Ichi Ban, Victoire and Balance.

THE 2014 RACE

• The Yachts

Event website

Yacht Name	Sail Number	State / Country	Type
Abracadabra	5612	NSW	Tripp 47
After Midnight	8778	NSW	Farr 40 Mod
Amante	6609	NSW	Sydney 36 CR
Anger Management	11011	NSW	Corby 43
Ariel	A140	NSW	Beneteau First 40
Audere	4545	TAS	Beneteau First 45
Balance	52002	NSW	Farr Tp 52
Bear Necessity	MH115	NSW	C & C 115
Black Jack	52570	QLD	Volvo 70
Black Sheep	33345	NSW	Beneteau 45
Brindabella	10000	NSW	Jutson 80
Celestial	421	NSW	Rogers 46
Chutzpah	R33	VIC	Caprice 40
Close Halled	M3	NSW	Beneteau First 40
Colortile	67	NSW	Sayer 44.9
Concubine	B40	SA	Beneteau First 40
Duende	ESP6100	NSW	JV52
Elena Nova	65007	NSW	Judel & Vorlijk 42
Flying Cloud	6808	NSW	Beneteau First 40
Frantic		NSW	TP52 Donovan
Helsal 3	262	TAS	Adams 20
Ichi Ban	AUS01	NSW	Carkeek 60
Isabella	6654	NSW	Hanse 400E
L'Altra Donna	6935	NSW	Summit 35
Last Tango	8975	NSW	Salona 44
Le Billet	10447	NSW	Beneteau First 44.7
Local Hero	1236	NSW	BH 36
Luna Sea	8339	NSW	Hick 35
Merlin	93	NSW	Kaiko 52
Mortgage Choice Rumba	6232	NSW	Northshore 370
Not A Diamond	RQ2404	QLD	Beneteau First 40
Occasional Coarse Language One	8009	NSW	Cookson 12
Occasional Coarse Language Too	8008	NSW	Sydney GTS 43
PMA Yeah Baby	A5	NSW	Welbourn 50
Papillon	6841	NSW	Archambault 40RC
Patrice	360	NSW	Ker 46
Patrice Six	MH777	NSW	X-41
Perpetual LOYAL	SYD 1000	NSW	Juan-K 100
Pretty Fly III	10007	NSW	Cookson 50
Pretty Woman	545	NSW	IC 45 MOD
Primitive Cool	S777	VIC	RP51
She's The Culprit	370	NSW	Inglis /Jones 39
Southern Excellence II	AUS03	NSW	Volvo Open 70
St George Midnight Rambler	8338	NSW	Ker 40
St Jude	6686	NSW	Sydney 47
Swish	226	NSW	ES44
The Banshee	4100	NSW	MBD41
The Goat	7027	NSW	Sydney 38
Thirlmere	3060	NSW	Sydney 38
Twitch	B44	VIC	Beneteau First 44.7
Victoire	AUS5299	NSW	Cookson 50
Wax Lyrical	248	NSW	X 50
Wild Oats XI	AUS10001	QLD	RP100
Wild Rose	4343	NSW	Farr 43
Wot Eva - SWD	6953	NSW	Nelson Marek 52
XS Moment	11744	NSW	XP44