2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart

Crew : Philippe BOULAY, Didier FONSAGRIVE, Olivier JAUNASSE, Jerome ESPLAAS. Francois LHOTE, Bernard FAVRE, Clement COUTEAU, Laure LACHERETZ, Adrien PELLEQUER, Jacques LORELLA

“41 SUD - NSW coast - 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart”
© Rolex/Carlo Borlenghi

Notes : This French Archambault 40 will carry the New Caledonian flag with pride, as she heads to 41 degrees south and Hobart..

Over the years, several yachts have represented the Cercle Nautique Caledonian in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and it is pleasing to have 41 SUD, a competitive Archambault 40, returning for the second year in a row. Skipper Jean Luc Esplaas returns to the race for a third time with an experienced crew.
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Boat Name : Abracadabra

Sail Number : 5612

LOA : 14.24M

Division : PHS

Designer : Bill Tripp

Launch Year :1991

Type : Tripp 47

No of Sydney to Hobart: 1

Owner/Skipper : James Murchison (6)

Club : Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club

Crew : M Sheaffe (5), I Rushton (3), S D'Arx (1), D Maddock (2)

Notes : Owner James Murchison is an experienced ocean racing yachtsman, having competed in five Rolex Sydney Hobart races, a Melbourne to Osaka (Japan) and races to Coffs Harbour, Gold Coast and Mooloolaba.

This US designed and built boat last raced south in 2006, where she finished fourth in PHS Division A. In the 2008 Rolex Sydney to Hobart she finished 9th in PHS Division 1

Over the past few years Murchison and his crew have been racing to Hamilton Island and Hobart every alternate year. Hoping to build on their second place in division at last year’s Audi Hamilton Race Week, Murchsion has assembled a crew of regulars together with some crew members who will be sailing in their first Hobart.

Under previous owners Abracadabra raced to Hobart in 1996, placing a very strong seventh overall and first in Division D under the old IMS handicap system

Boat Name : AFR Midnight Rambler

Sail Number : 8338

LOA : 12.20M

Division : IRC,Line Honours,Line Honours

Designer : Farr, Bruce & Associates

Launch Year :2002

Type : FARR 40 MOD (keel)

No of Sydney to Hobart: 5

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : Ed Psaltis (30)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : Ed Psaltis (27), Bob Thomas (20), J Whitfeld (11), C Rockell (10), D Sharp (5), T Barker (4), A Taylor (4), M Ramaley (2), S Bardwell, K Bowes,

“Ed Psaltis & Bob Thomas' modified Farr 40 AFR Midnight Rambler - Bird Island Race - Blue Water Pointscore Series”
Andrea Francolini ©

Notes : The duo of Ed Psaltis (skipper) and Bob Thomas (navigator) have sailed together for over 20 years across six boats ranging in size from 30-40ft. AFR Midnight Rambler has been optimised for IRC and recently underwent modifications which paid dividends when she won the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race in July 2009 – the only east coast yacht race the duo had not won.

AFR Midnight Rambler has achieved multiple divisional wins including a well deserved Blue Water Pointscore Championship in 2006/07 and Short Ocean Point Score champions in the same season. The owners have won every offshore race on the east coast including the Rolex Sydney Hobart, the Lord Howe Island Race twice, the Sydney Mooloolaba Race (twice) and finally succeeded in winning the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2009 having previously won their division three times .

One of the duo’s more memorable wins is their overall win in the 1998 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race with six out of the seven crew who competed and won that year returning in 2010 as a farewell to the current boat. The 2010 crew has amassed 114 Hobarts between them and the experienced duo and their regular crew are looking to build on their successes with another podium finish this year.

Boat Name : ASM Brindabella

Sail Number : 10000

LOA : 24.08M

Division : IRC,Line Honours

Designer : Jutson, Scott

Launch Year :1993

Type : Jutson 24m

No of Sydney to Hobart: 13

Hull Colour : White Off

Hull Construction : Foam/Kevlar/Epoxy

Owner : Andrew Short (15)
Skipper : P Baker

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : K Penfold, B Penfold, J Robinson, P Geddes, M Wenke, J Magin, D Ovenden, J Young, R Kaveney, A Cooke, P Tomkins, S Sutton, B Biernat, C Franklin, V D'Emilio, P Gray, T Beeca, C Koole, C Baker, C Abram, R Fleming

“ASM Brindabella called Toyota Aurion V6 in the 2007 Rolex Sydney Hobart, ”
© Rolex/Carlo Borlenghi

Notes : Australia's most famous maxi Brindabella, is an icon of Australian sailing. She is is a former line honours winner of the Rolex Sydney to Hobart. For the 2007 race she was called Toyota Aurion V6 and came in eighth across the line.

Andrew Short modified the boat by adding a bow sprit prior to the 2007 race.

Brindabella still holds the Line Honours record for the Sydney -Hobart for a conventionally ballasted boat, as well as many other Australian east coast race records and her 1999 Sydney Southport record remains unbeaten.

Records held include:
1999 Sydney to Hobart -(Conventionally Ballasted)
1994 Sydney Mooloolaba Yacht Race
1999 Sydney Southport Yacht Race
2004 Newcastle Race
1996 Bird Island Race
2000 Sydney Wollongong Race
2004 Cabbage Tree Island Race

Boat Name : ASM Shockwave

Sail Number : USA50062

LOA : 24.40M

Division : IRC,IRC Overall

Designer : Reichel - Pugh

Launch Year :2000

Type : Reichel Pugh 80

No of Sydney to Hobart: 1

Hull Construction : Carbon Fibre

Owner/Skipper : Andrew Short (15)

Club: CYCA

Crew : G Cropley(a few), A Jackson (16), P Ryan (5), G Vaughan, G Chessels (4), J Beaton (7), L May (35), J Sutherland (4), D Kilponen (3), C Malouf (11), M Souter (8), M Willett (10), S Byron (17), P Calligeros (7), M White, P Sheldrick (18), S Major (2)

“ASM - SHOCKWAVE 5 off NSW Coast - Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2008”
© Rolex/Daniel Forster

Notes : Originally launched as Neville Crichton’s Shockwave in 2000, Shockwave was leading into Bass Strait in the 2000 Hobart race, but retired. She was sold to Hasso Plattner and became Morning Glory (the one before the Z86).

Andrew Short bought the yacht in Newport, Rhode Island, May 2008 then competed in the Newport to Bermuda Race, taking line honours in his division in the St. David’s Lighthouse Division, the largest division in the regatta, and fourth overall across the line.

During the dash across the Pacific from the USA, after the Newport - Bermuda, Andrew Short, by phone, asked if the delivery crew wanted to head for Tahiti, the crew said, nope, lets do the 2008 Audi Hamilton Island Race Week instead, where they placed 10th in IRC.

In October 2008 Shockwave V took line honours in the Gosford -Lord Howe race. Now fitted with a long long bowsprit and with much larger sail area, Shockwave will be much faster down-wind.

How Andrew Short is looking for a tough three front race. 'This is a strong strong boat. McCongahy's say one of the strongest they've built and we know that we can keep punching into a seaway while the two 98 footers may have to slow down. '

Boat Name : Audacious

Sail Number : B331

LOA : 11.78M

Division : IRC / Sydney 38 OD

Designer : Murray, Burns & Dovell

Launch Year :2002

Type : Sydney 38 One Design

No of Sydney to Hobart: 5

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner : Paul Holden (1)
Owner/Skipper : Greg Clinnick (1)

Club : Royal Brighton Yacht Club

Crew : P Holden (1), K Clarke, K Beale, R Buckerfield, B Stirling, K Christensen (2), D Howarth, M Stephens

“Audacious 2008 Sydney Hobart entrant (Photo: Entrant supplied)”
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Notes : Previous owner Bruce Taylor raced this boat five times in the Rolex Sydney Hobart, as Chutzpah, including winning the highly competive Sydney 38 one design class in the 60th race and placing in her IRC division.

Over the 2007/8 season, her new owners have sailed the boat to a win in the race to Queenscliff, second in the Malta Cup, an IRC third in the Top of the Bay Regatta and a fourth in AMS, seventh in IRC in the Apollo Bay Race.

Boat Name : Audi Centre Melbourne

Sail Number : SM2008

LOA : 15.00M

Division : IRC,Line Honours

Designer : John Corby

Launch Year :2007

Type : Corby IRC 49

No of Sydney to Hobart: 1

Hull Colour : Silver

Hull Construction : Carbon Fibre

Owner/Skipper : Chris Dare (8)

Club: Sandringham

Crew : Shane La Peyre (1), Mark Hewitt-Park (2), Brian Murphy (4), Steve Campbell (2), Ron Cooper (11), Peter Walsh (7), Paul Roberts (4), Rob Buchannan (2), Paul Meilhat, Kirsty Harris, Phil Hodges, Ross Lloyd (18), Adrian Finglas (3)

“Audi Melbourne Centre - As it was with single backstay set up - all crew jammed into the back corner - McConaghy Melbourne Offshore Championship”
John Curnow - copyright

Notes : Under her skirts she is a Flirt.

Audi Centre Melbourne was built in 2007 and is a Corby 49 which is based at the Sandringham Yacht Club. Raced previously under the name Flirt, owner Chris Dare re-launched her in January 2008 and modified the boat in May 2008. Since the modifications, the boat has performed much better notching up IRC wins in the 2009 ORCV Melbourne Winter Series and Melbourne Geelong
Race.

Some of her other ocean racing results include 4th in IRC Racing Division in 2008 Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week, second in Audi Top of the Bay Regatta; and 1st (line honours and IRC) in Queenscliff to Apollo Bay race.

This is an upgraded version of the previous Flirt, which was very successful under IRC over the past two years. Owner Chris Dare has teamed up with Roger Hickman after a very successful 2007/08 summer together. Paul Meilhat joins the crew after finishing second overall (Rookie Division) in the 2009 Le Figaro single hauled race.

Boat Name : Aurora

Sail Number : N3, 4057

LOA : 12.21M

Division : IRC,Line Honours,Line Honours

Designer : Farr, Bruce & Associates

Launch Year :1983

Type : Farr 40

No of Sydney to Hobart: 14

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : Jim Holley (23)

Club: Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club

Crew : Navigator: Mary Holley (11) G Kennedy (2), G Vikstrom (8), J Schute (1), S Phelps (4), P Harper

Notes : Aurora has now completed every Hobart since 1997, when Rob Kothe sailed her south as Witchcraft II, taking second place in IMS Division 2. (at one stage as she approached Tasman Light she was 12th overall on handicap)

She is one of the Bruce Farr designed IOR 40's which dominated the major race corrected time trophies in the early and mid 80's . Built in 1983 she still remains competitive in the right conditions

With good crew experience on board, including the husband and wife team of Jim (sailing in his 23nd Hobart race) and Mary Holley (sailing in her 14th Hobart race), this one-off Farr 40 is in a strong position to equal or better her 2007 results. This Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club, Aurora achieved great results in the two heavy weather Hobarts of 1998 and 1999, where she finished second and third in division respectively.

In 2007 she was OCS at start and failed to respond to re-call - 30% penalty, and finshed 10th in IRC Div E

Aurora, as Witchcraft II, with RPAYC skipper Bruce Staples on the tiller won more than her share of races including the Sydney-Southport, multiple Pittwater to Coffs and Brisbane-Gladstone Classics.

Boat Name : Bacardi

Sail Number : SM377

LOA : 13.34M

Division : IRC

Designer : Doug Peterson (USA)

Launch Year :1978

Type : Peterson 44

No of Sydney to Hobart: 26

Hull Colour : White/Red

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : Martin Power (9)

Club : Sandringham Yacht Club

Crew : L Forbes (2), T Crispin (15), T Silbereisen (7), S Humphries (2), G Mathews (4), M Beddoes, M Beddoes, B Leighton

“Bacardi - 2006 Rolex Sydney Hobart”
© Rolex/Daniel Forster

Notes : Bacardi was built as an ocean racing yacht in 1978 and has started and completed 26 Sydney Hobart races, a record. In the horrendous 1998 race, Bacardi kept going to take out the first in her class. That was a tough year for ocean racing.

Bacardi came 2nd overall on handicap in the 2006 Rolex Sydney to Hobart race, narrowly missing first place by minutes and a 1st in division in the 1993 race.

Bacardi was purchased in 2007 by Martin Power and he no stranger to Hobart. Martin was on Breakaway, a Swanson 36, in the 1998 Hobart. Martin finished at 2359 hours on New Years Eve to take out 2nd place overall. In the 1999 race, Martin, again on Breakaway, won the Gordon Marshall Trophy, the only Victorian Yacht to win this trophy.

Bacardi was built to last. She may not be your million dollar yacht now but she will get to Hobart where some other yachts may not, and with her very competitive IRC rating, Martin hopes he can match the previous owners winning ways.

In 2010 Rolex Sydney to Hobart - DNF - Broken Mast

Boat Name : Balance (S 47CR)

Sail Number : 7771

LOA : 14.27M

Division : IRC,Line Honours,Line Honours

Designer : Murray, Burns & Dovell

Launch Year :2006

Type : Sydney 47CR

No of Sydney to Hobart: 2

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : Foam E Glass

Owner/Skipper : Paul Clitheroe (2)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : Paul Clitheroe (2) Greg Boxall (6) Ross Johnston (7) Bruce McCray (4) Jason Neuhaus (3) Pip Telford (1) David Keddie (1) Andrew Cribb (3) Nick Scott Perry (1) Dayne Sharp (4) Ruth Dexter (1) Steve Collibee Phil Savage

“Balance - Sydney 47CR - Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2007”
Andrea Francolini ©

Notes : Boat sold in 2009 to unknown at this time (edit date 2009-11-16)

Balance is the third 'Balance'owned by money commentator Paul Clitheroe and has been having a good 2008 on the water and after three of the six ocean races that make up the Blue Water Series (Sydney Hobart is a race in this series), she is currently second overall with strong results consisting of first in the Southport race, fifth in the Bird Island and fourth in the race to Flinders.

Further back in history Balance was second overall in the IRC Cruising division at the 2006 Hamilton Island Race Week and it came third in 2007 in premier IRC.

Rather to Paul's chagrin, given his well publicised view that a yacht is the worst investment on the planet, 2007/08 has been a most unusual one as his boat is struggling to depreciate in value as rapidly as his share and property portfolio.

This has elevated the status of the boat quite considerably and Paul is looking forward to sailing one of his least worst performing investments to Hobart on Boxing Day.

Boat Name : Balance .

Sail Number : 7771

LOA : 13.68M

Division : IRC

Designer : Philippe Briand

Launch Year :2007

Type : Beneteau First 45

No of Sydney to Hobart: 1

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : Paul Clitheroe

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : TBA

“Balance, Owner-Skipper: Paul Clitheroe - Rolex Trophy, Sydney, 2009”
© Rolex/Daniel Forster

Notes : Balance is the fourth yacht of that name skippered and owned by money media commentator Paul Clitheroe. The new boat is a Beneteau 45, previously raced with great success in Europe as Lady Courrier.

Lady Courrier had a difficult race to Hobart last year, breaking three spinnakers and tearing her main. Paul, racing in his fourth Sydney/Hobart, hopes to arrive in Constitution Dock with his new sails intact. Balance had a strong start in her first regatta, winning overall honours in IRC Passage at the 2009 Hamilton Island Race Week with four seconds and a first.

Boat Name : Black Jack

Sail Number : 52556

LOA : 20.20M

Division : IRC

Designer : Reichel - Pugh

Type : Reichel Pugh 66

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Hull Construction : Carbon, Nomex sandwich

Skipper : Mark Bradford (3)

Club: RQYS

Crew : M D'Emilio, P Merrington (12), V Prentice (2), T Addis (3), B Clark (18), D Hutchinson (6), A Deeks (4), S Nola (6), P Harburg, G Van Lumteren, D Biggar, J Mason, A Nossiter, M Von Bibra

“Black Jack - NSW Coast - 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart”
© Rolex/Daniel Forster

Notes : Formerly known as Stark Raving Mad, Black Jack is the (younger) sister ship of the highly successful racing yacht Wild Oats X and is now owned by Queenslander Peter Harburg.

Black Jack took line honours and overall IRC handicap honours in the Brisbane-Keppel race, then went on to beat convincingly Wild Oats X in the line honours battle at the 2008 Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.

The crew of Black Jack includes America's Cup sailors and Volvo Ocean race sailors Anthony Nossiter and Peter Merrington, along with Vaughan Prentice from North Sails and the highly experienced race veteran Bruce Clarke.

She might be onyl 20 metres long, but expect her to give, the Volvo 70 Ichi Ban and ASM Shockwave, the 80 footer a hard time running south

Boat Name : Broadsword

Sail Number : Q 40

LOA : 11.99M

Division : IRC,IRC Overall,IRC Overall

Designer : Joubert - Nivelt

Launch Year :2006

Type : Archambault 40

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : Simon Wood

Club: MHYC / RHKYC

Crew : I Fleming (1), E Holden, B Coulton, J Hilton (2), M Phillips, N Birch

“Broadsword (Photo entrant supplied credit unknown)”
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Notes : Bought recently by Simon Wood Broadsword sailed the 2008 414nm Hempel Gosford - Lord Howe Island Race to qualify her for the 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

However she tore her mainsail on the first night at sea and was forced to retire.

Boat Name : Chance of Shenval	Sail Number : SM8
LOA : 12.03M	Division : PHS
Designer : Farr, Bruce & Associates	Launch Year :1989
Type : Farr Phase 4 (40')	No of Sydney to Hobart: 1
Hull Colour : White	Hull Construction : GRP
Owner/Skipper : Robert Green (24)	Club : Sandringham Yacht Club
Crew : T. Grogan (7) ;D Hunt (1) ; M Hennessy (2) :J Kellett (4): D Kellett (2) ; T Teutenberg (1).
Notes : This Farr Phase 4 Melbourne yacht was designed as a cruiser/racer but so far has done more cruising than racing, including a Pacific cruise to New Caledonia, Tahiti and Lord HoweIsland. She started but retired from the 2004 Rolex Sydney Hobart, a decision that showed prudent seamanship. Beneath the luxurious fit-out lie the fast lines created by Bruce Farr. This will be owner/skipper Robert Green's 25th Sydney Hobart, a fine record that shows two second places (1973 and 1984) and further back in history a third in 1966, which was then the first top three place by a Victorian yacht.
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Boat Name : Charlie's Dream old file

Sail Number : RQ1920

LOA : 13.70M

Division : PHS / Cruising

Designer : Holland/Cole/Lowe

Launch Year :2008

Type : Bluewater 450

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : Peter Lewis

Club: RQYS

Crew : B Pozzey (0), P Beard (0), D Bradburn (0), R Dallimore (0), R Dawson (0), A Hoyle (0), M Lewis (0), R Sweeney (0)

“Charlie's Dream (Photo entrant supplied credit unknown)”
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Notes : Charlie’s Dream is a new semi-custom ocean going yacht built by Bluewater Cruising Yachts Pty Ltd, Newcastle, Australia and based on their Bluewater 450M design. Modifications include a 1.7m draft, extended aft deck, 1.7m3 aft lazarette storage, hydraulic stern platform, fully enclosed cockpit clears, and Tasmanian blackwood and oak interior.

Other features include a 6.5 kw genset, bowthruster, airconditioning and 6 berth accommodation including an owners aft cabin. Sail handling benefits from electric winches, in-boom furling and twin furling headsails with a self tacking staysail.

Tankage is generous: 1100 lt water and 560 lt fuel.

While “Charlie’s Dream is mainly built for comfortable cruising she is also a good performer in varied conditions and this year's 2008 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race will be a good test for not only “Charlie” but her virgin Hobart crew.

The current plan is to cruise to Vanuatu in 2009, partake in some of the major Queensland races, and then hopefully circumnavigate Australia the following year.

Boat Name : CHorse	Sail Number : 8350
LOA : 10.60M	Division :
Designer : Laurie Davidson
Type : Cavalier 350 SL	No of Sydney to Hobart: 1
	Hull Construction : GRP
Skipper : John Smith (5)
Crew : D Parkes, J Frawley, L Hyland, J Luffman, I Humphries
Notes : After the fabulous reception received in 2008 Hobart, Chorse is back to compete again and will be pushing hard all the way. Chorse is a later model from the same builders that made Kay Cottee’s famous boat that she sailed solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world twenty years ago. Chorse is a keen harbour racer and has cruised Tasmania, New Zealand, Fiji, the Whitsundays and more.
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Boat Name : Chutzpah

Sail Number : R33

LOA : 12.35M

Division : IRC,Line Honours,Line Honours,IRC Overall

Designer : Reichel - Pugh

Launch Year :2007

Type : IRC 40

No of Sydney to Hobart: 4

Hull Colour : Grey

Hull Construction : GRP Carbon

Owner/Skipper : Bruce Taylor (30)
Owner/Skipper :

Club : Royal Yacht Club Of Victoria

Crew : K Piesse (25), A Taylor (11), G Courley (21), J Bradbury (9), J Permezel (18) B Taylor(27)

“Chutzpah”
© Rolex/Daniel Forster

Notes : This is Bruce Taylor's sixth Chutzpah, a Reichel-Pugh design built by Mal Hart.

In 2007, in her first Rolex Sydney Yacht Race, Chutzpah won Division C and placed 4th overall. In the 2008 Hobart, Chutzpah scored another IRC 2 divisional win. Over 29 years of competing in the ocean classic, Taylor has notched up an amazing nine divisional wins as well as one 2nd and one 3rd overall.

Chutzpah won the IRC/AMS handicap double in the ORCV’s 2008 Melbourne Stanley race; and IRC Division 2 in the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2008.

Boat Name : CIC Secure Inca

Sail Number : F111

LOA : 12.50M

Division : PHS

Designer : Lavranos

Launch Year :1999

Type : Vickers 41

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP/Balsa Core

Owner/Skipper : Noel Sneddon (5)

Crew : N Sneddon (4), R Saunders (6), I Cooke (2), N Hildyard (1), M. Cooke (0), D Holt (0), D Buchler (0), J Butler (0)

“Inca - 2008 Sydney Hobart entrant (Photo Credit Entrant supplied)”
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Notes : Inca is a 1999 Vickers 41 MkII, designed and built in South Africa and after sailing over from South Africa in 2000, Noel Sneddon purchased her as his new floating home at Airlie Beach.

Since then she has competed in several Audi Hamilton Island Race Weeks and the 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart where she finished 10th overall in PHS Division. While not a modern downwind flyer, Inca performs well upwind, especially in a seaway.

Her crew of seven are looking forward to a typical Rolex Sydney Hobart southeasterly wind all the way to Hobart.

Boat Name : Copernicus

Sail Number : 6689

LOA : 11.99M

Division : IRC,Line Honours,Line Honours

Designer : Radford Yacht Design

Launch Year :2008

Type : Radford

No of Sydney to Hobart: 2

Hull Colour : White Off

Hull Construction : GRP Foam Sandwich

Owner/Skipper : Greg Zyner (5)

Club : Cairns Cruising Yacht Squadron Ltd

Crew : J Nixon (14), A Seja (5), F Nelson (13), D McRae (9), M Doherty (10), G James (1), K Terrens

“Copernicus - Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week 2008 Day 2”
Sail-World.com /AUS ©

Notes : Owner Greg Zyner’s sailing highlights include 2nd in Division in the 2007 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race and 1st in Division Pittwater to Coffs Harbour 2007 with his previous boat, Morna.

Copernicus was designed by Radford Yachts, built by Dillon Boatworks in Taree and launched in January 2008 and since her launch, Copernicus has competed in most of the offshore races on the East Coast, including Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, Hempel Gosford Lord Howe Island Race and Rolex Sydney Hobart races.

Copernicus won the Tasman Pointscore in 2008, placed 7th overall in the 2009 Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race and third in IRC division in the Hempel Gosford to Lord Howe Island in 2009
and again in 2010.

Boat Name : Cougar ll

Sail Number : SM5200

LOA : 15.85M

Division : IRC,Line Honours,Line Honours

Designer : Farr, Bruce & Associates

Launch Year :2005

Type : Farr

No of Sydney to Hobart: 1

Hull Colour : Grey

Hull Construction : Carbon, Nomex sandwich

Owner/Skipper : Alan Whiteley (2)

Club : Sandringham Yacht Club

Crew : Race Crew 2008 P Williams (11), D Heller, A Thompson (5), M Wilson (1), A Hogan (1), P Milne (6), R Leaper (6), J Marshall, J MacKay, A Cole (5) S. Whiteley,(1) Rowan Leaper, Bradshaw Kellett, Jonno Davis, Matt Hannaford, Rohan Allen

“Cougar II racing on Day 8 of the 2008 Hamilton Island Race Week”
Jack Atley©

Notes : Since Sandringham yachtsman Alan Whiteley has brought this third generation high tech Cookson built Trans Pacific 52 (TP52) into Australia in 2006, Cougar II has enjoyed a relatively successful season with podium finishes in nearly every Victoria regatta and most recently taking the big one at 2008 Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, winning the hotly contested Grand Prix Division. Finishing a close second IRC overall in the 2008 Rolex Sydney to Hobart, Cougar ll and her crew would love to go one better this year.

This will be the third Rolex Sydney Hobart for Cougar ll. In 2007 they were forced to retire from a front running position in the race due to a fractured chain plate. Alan Whiteley’s former boat, also named Cougar finished second in the Division D in the 2005 race. Cougar ll is one of five extremely competitive TP52 Grand prix boats entered this year plus several other 50 footers. If last year is any indication Cougar ll should enjoy close racing for the full 628 nautical miles.

Boat Name : Dormit INSX

Sail Number : SM5985

LOA : 11.63M

Division : IRC

Designer : Jutson, Scott

Launch Year :1994

Type : NSX 38

No of Sydney to Hobart: 2

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP

Julian Sill (1)
Marcus Sill (3)
Owner/Skipper : Robert Sill (15)

Club : Sandringham Yacht Club

Crew : R. Sill (15), M Sill (3), J Sill (1), A Elliott (1), T Tanner (8), J Bacon (1), D Judge (3), T Smith (2), J Swifte

“INSX 2nd place overall IRC & AMS Divisions in the ORCV Sovereign Series 2007”
Sail-World.com /AUS ©

Notes : Originally Nips-N-Tux this boat raced with moderate success in both offshore races and club races.

In her first Rolex Sydney Hobart, Torpan International, known then as Balmain Experience, came away with the top PHS trophy. The boat also collected a 2nd in division in this year’s Sydney Mooloolaba Yacht Race and has recorded a divisional wins in the 2003 and 2004 Sydney Gold Coast Race.

Purchased by Rob Sill from Sandringham Yacht Club, who previously owned well known Rolex Sydney Hobart boats Black Magic and Breadfruit.

The boat raced in the 2005 Rolex Sydney Hobart as Torpan International and finished eighth overall in PHS. In the 2006 Rolex Sydney to Hobart placing sixth in PHS division.

Dormit INSX is very active on the Victorian racing scene, participating in many of the Victorian club and ocean races, placing first in the 2008 ORCV Winter Series, Division 2 IRC and sixth Overall (IRC) in the 2007 Melbourne to Hobart.

Most recently, Dormit INSX placed fourth overall on IRC in the 2008 Melbourne to Stanley Sydney to Hobart qualifier.

Dormit INSX will be crewed by father & son team of Robert, Marcus and Julian Sill with a quality team of keen, young & experienced SYC sailors.

The name of the boat simply came about as a play on words from the design which is a Northshore NSX 38 -and the great rockn'roll Band Inxs.

The boat will be sponsored for this year's race by Dormit Pty Ltd (www.dormit.com.au).

Boat Name : Dream Lover

Sail Number : 826

LOA : 12.47M

Division : PHS

Designer : Murray, Burns & Dovell

Launch Year :2006

Type : MBD 40 Custom

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : Aluminium

Owner/Skipper : Rick Morgan

Club: Moreton Bay Boat Club Sailing Branch

Crew : Rick Morgan, Penny Morgan, John Caulfield, Brad Thomson, Peter Chilman, James Chilman, Peter Gaddes, Shane Gaddes (2), Scott Miller Miller (2)

“Dream Lover - Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel”
Suellen Hurling ©

Notes : This light weight water ballasted Racer/Cruiser designed by Murray Burns Dovell was launched in 2006.

She took line Honours for 2007 Fairway Challenge, competed in the inaugural 2007 Brisbane to Great Keppel Island Tropical Yacht Race and finished strongly for 2006-2007 Kingfisher Night Series.

The 2007 Hempel Gosford to Lord Howe race was the first big offshore race for this and she won the PHS division.

This will be the first Hobart race for the Dream Lover team. It's very much a family affair with Rick Morgan and daughter Penny, Peter Gaddes and son Shane, Peter Chilman and son James.

Boat Name : Eleni

Sail Number : MH60

LOA : 11.78M

Division : IRC / Sydney 38 OD,Line Honours,Line Honours,Line Honours

Designer : Murray, Burns & Dovell

Launch Year :2003

Type : Sydney 38 One Design

No of Sydney to Hobart: 3

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : Tony Levett (6)

Crew : TBA

“Tony Levett’s Sydney 38 ’Eleni’ ”
Crosbie Lorimer

Notes : MHYC sailor Tony Levett has been campaigning his Sydney 38 hard since 2003. He raced in the 2004 Strathfield Pittwater to Coffs series, then the Sydney to Mooloolaba race and finished sixth in the 2004 Sydney to Goldcoast race in the Sydney 38 One Design Class. The boat has an excellent offshore record, winning the Sydney 38 OD Division in the Sydney Mooloolaba Race in 2005 and 3rd in the Sydney 38 Division of this year’s Mooloolaba Race.

Eleni (Horwath BRI) was one of the leading contenders for the 2006-2007 CYCA Blue Water Pointscore and finished 4th in the Blue Water Pointscore and third in the Tasman Performance Handicap series. .

Eleni returned to offshore racing with the 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart, where she finished third in the Sydney 38 One Design Division.

Boat Name : Evolution Racing .

Sail Number : 8899

LOA : 15.24M

Division : IRC,IRC Overall,Line Honours,Line Honours,Line Honours,IRC Overall

Designer : Farr, Bruce & Associates

Launch Year :2006

Type : Cookson 50

No of Sydney to Hobart: 2

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : Carbon Fibre

Don Buckley
Owner/Skipper : Ray Roberts (18)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : R Roberts, S Broom, D Buckley, S McConaghy, B Northcote, S Hinton, S Lee, G Adshead, B Anson, J Newman, R Ely, S McCullum, E Smyth, M Gorman

“Evolution Racing - 2009 Rolex Sydney to Hobart”
© Rolex/ Kurt Arrigo

Notes : The CYCA's 2006/7 CYCA Ocean Racer of the Year, Ray Roberts, has for the past 12 months been sailing this Cookson 50 with success winning the 2007 Skandia Geelong Week, 2007 Audi Sydney Gold Coast Race, the 2008 Brisbane to Gladstone Race, the 2008 Meridien Airlie Beach Race Week and took the double in the 2008 Audi Gold Coast with Line Honours and IRC Overall.

In the 2007 Rolex Sydney Hobart, Quantum Racing finished 3rd IRC Overall and 1st in Division A.

For his 19th Rolex Sydney Hobart, Roberts is hoping for more typical conditions of reaching and running. Roberts has competed on the eastern Australian seaboard and in Asia with phenomenal success and he was the Asian Yachting Champion 2007 but the Tattersall's Cup is the one trophy that has eluded him and he and his top crew want that rectified.

Boat Name : Finistere

Sail Number : F108

LOA : 15.40M

Division : IRC

Designer : Laurie Davidson

Launch Year :1991

Type : Davidson 50

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Owner/Skipper : Robert Thomas

Club: Freemantle Sailing Club

Crew : P Mason, M Hunt, R Coter, K Civil, A Stock.

“Finistere (Photo entrant supplied credit unknown)”
.. ©

Notes : Finistere competed in the 1994 50th Sydney Hobart and is returning with a new owner in Fremantle Sailing Club member Robert Thomas.

The boat has been refitted and re-rigged and this powerful Davidson 50 should be at her best in medium to heavy conditions. She was third over the line in the southern leg of the recent Geradlton Ocean Classic

Boat Name : Flying Fish - Arctos

Sail Number : 7551

LOA : 16.36M

Division : PHS,Line Honours,PHS Division 1

Designer : Radford Yacht Design

Launch Year :2001

Type : Radford 54'

No of Sydney to Hobart: 3

Hull Construction : GRP

Skipper : Martin Silk
Skipper : A Fairclough (4)

Club : Middle Harbour Yacht Club

Crew : L Burgin (2), J Evans, T Prior, S Burton, A Christie, G Thomas, H Wheatley, C Adams, R James, J Brooks, N Driscoll

Notes : Flying Fish Arctos is the flagship yacht in the Flying Fish offshore training fleet. A strong and powerful cutter rigged yacht, that was built to race around the world which never eventuated. However Australian David Pryce sailed her around the world via the southern ocean, so she's very comfortable down in the roaring 40's.

This year’s crew will include a number of veterans from previous years as well as an international crew of trainees completing the race as a personal challenge. Skipper Andrew Fairclough’s best result in the Rolex Sydney Hobart, was in 2008 where he finished 2nd in PHS Division 1.

Boat Name : Georgia

Sail Number : SM1000

LOA : 16.04M

Division : IRC,Line Honours

Designer : Farr, Bruce & Associates

Type : Farr

No of Sydney to Hobart: 1

Hull Colour : Silver

Hull Construction : Carbon Fibre

Owner/Skipper : Graeme Ainley (24)
Owner/Skipper : John Williams (25)

Club : Sandringham Yacht Club

Crew : B Averay (1), H Halliburton (19), S Schafer (1), B Williams (6), E Schafer (1), C Hall (2), A Arblastor (10), T Smith (4), G Rowan, S Telford (10), G Smith (3), J Rowe (9

“Georgia”
© Rolex/Daniel Forster

Notes : Georgia is a New Zealand built development of the Farr 52 and is a carbon fibre, state-of-the-art design with a comfortable internal fit-out. She impressed early with a line and handicap win in New Zealand's premier annual offshore race, the 120 mile Auckland to Russell Coastal Classic, soon after her launch in 2000. In 2003 she sailed into third place at Hamilton Island with Russell Coutts steering and Brad Butterworth calling tactics.

The yacht made her Rolex Sydney Hobart debut in 2007 with her Ainley and Williams, who had sold Bacardi with which they had many successes over the years, including a second overall in the 2006 Hobart Race.

John Williams last year sailed in his 25th race and this year Graeme Ainley will reach the same milestone in ocean racing.

Boat Name : Getaway Sailing 2

Sail Number : 6155

LOA : 11.78M

Division : IRC,One Design,IRC Overall,Line Honours

Designer : Murray, Burns & Dovell

Launch Year :2001

Type : Sydney 38 One Design

No of Sydney to Hobart: 2

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP

Skipper : TBA
Charter Company : Getaway-Sailing.com

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : 2008 Race Crew TBA

“Getaway Sailing 2”
Simon Reffold

Notes : Getaway Sailing 2 is well known on the Sydney Harbour racing circuit having competed in most Harbour events since its arrival in Sydney in 1994 (when it was known as Yandoo).

Getaway Sailing 2 has also competed in Sydney 38 one design competition and offshore racing since 1994. She finished 4th in the Sydney One Design Div of the 2008 Audi Sydney Gold Coast, sailing as The Squirrel.

Boat Name : Goldfinger

Sail Number : 8880

LOA : 15.85M

Division : IRC,Line Honours

Designer : Farr, Bruce & Associates

Launch Year :2003

Type : Farr 52

No of Sydney to Hobart: 4

Hull Construction : Foam/Kevlar/Epoxy

Owner : Kate Mitchell (7)
Owner/Skipper : Peter Blake (9)

Club : Sandringham Yacht Club

Crew : N Jones (8), A Keep (12), C Smethurst (5), D Sturge (3), A Mannix (2), S Madden (2), L Hore (1), S Blake (2)

“Goldfinger - Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race”
Crosbie Lorimer

Notes : Goldfinger has a glorious metallic gold hull and is a great name for the former Ichi Ban. In 2007 Rolex Sydney Hobart she finished seventh in IRC Div B and in 2006 she was fourth

Peter Blake and Kate Mitchell bought the well-performed, former Ichi Ban just before the 2005 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race where they were 14th in IRC Div B and they and their crew have steadily got to know this powerful yacht .

As Ichi Ban she had an excellent racing record winning Sailing South Week 2003, she then took line honours in the Southport-Mackay race, third in Brisbane-Gladstone and Gosford to Lord Howe races. In 2004, she won IRC class at Skandia Geelong Week, second on line and third in division Syd-Mooloolaba race, fourth in division in the Gold Coast race, and second at Hog's Breath Race Week

In the 2003 Hobart race she finished first in division.

Blake previously has had great success with old boat, Kontrol.

Boat Name : Helsal III

Sail Number : 262

LOA : 20.00M

Division : PHS,Line Honours

Designer : Adams/Barrett

Launch Year :1984

Type : Adams 20

No of Sydney to Hobart: 8

Hull Colour : Grey

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : Rob Fisher (18)

Club : Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania

Crew : G Roper (9), J Bourke (13), I Campbell (9), J Davis (2), A Goode (2), D Browning (1), D Johnson (1), M Vosper, P McTaggert, K Lewis (2), J Barr, K Lawrence (1)

“Helsal III ”
Greg Maunder ©

Notes : Dr Tony Fisher raced Helsal III with success in the late 1980s and early 1900s, including breaking his own record for the Gosford to Lord Howe Island and scoring line and handicap wins in the Sydney Mooloolaba Race with Helsal !!. Tony and his son, Rob, bought back the boat in 2007 in totally rundown condition.

They have completed a major refurbishment under the direction of Tasmanian designer Fred Barrett, including a fixed bulb keel (she originally had a centerboard) and bigger rig.

2008 note :; while his sister, Sally Smith, will skipper Dr Fisher's other yacht, the cruising boat Helsal IV.

Boat Name : Helsal IV

Sail Number : H262

LOA : 18.65M

Division : PHS,Line Honours

Designer : Briand, Phillipe

Launch Year :1986

Type : Dynamique 62

No of Sydney to Hobart: 1

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner : Dr.Tony Fisher (10)
Skipper : John Bourke
Charter Company :

Club : Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania

Crew : R Smith (1), S McIndoe (2), B McIndoe (2), A Marsh, M Butler (2), R Tees, R Marsh, G Brookes, S Wennerbom

“Helsal IV”
. .

Notes : A Phillipe Briand designed luxury cruiser, the Dynamique 62 weighs in at 22 tonnes, which finished the race despite flooding her sail locker in 2006.

In 2007 she went south again finishing 8th in PHS Div A.

Boat Name : Ichi Ban

Sail Number : AUS 03

LOA : 21.50M

Division : IRC,Line Honours,IRC Overall,Line Honours

Designer : Jones, Don

Launch Year :2005

Type : Jones 70

No of Sydney to Hobart: 3

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : Aluminium

Toni Curren
Owner/Skipper : Matt Allen (21)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : M Spies (31), D McGain (6), C Humphreys (1), G Maguire (15), N Beaudoin (1), S Lawson (9), D Woods (2), R Case (23)

“Ichi Ban - 2009 Rolex Sydney to Hobart”
© Rolex/Daniel Forster

Notes : Ichi Ban’s best results include second across the line to Wild Oats XI in 2006 and third over the line in 2007 and 2008. She also took line honours in the 2008 Brisbane Gladstone Race. In the right conditions this modified Volvo 70 is capable of reaching speeds in excess of 35 knots - or 65 kilometres per hour.

2010:
CYCA Immediate Past Commodore Matt Allen’s Jones 70 Ichi Ban is always well campaigned in this tough 628 nautical mile race. After losing her mast on the return journey to Sydney from Hobart in 2009, Ichi Ban has spent most of the year on the hardstand at Azzura Marine in Newcastle and has recently installed a new rig.

Boat Name : Impeccable

Sail Number : MH106

LOA : 10.22M

Division : IRC,Line Honours

Designer : Peterson, Doug

Launch Year :1980

Type : Three Quarter Tonner

No of Sydney to Hobart: 24

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : Timber Cold Moulded

Owner/Skipper : John Walker (24)

Club : Middle Harbour Yacht Club

Crew : R Moore (17), M Scott (10), D Thomas (8), H Newman (2) R.Anderson(3), J.Walker (24),I Begg (0)

“Impeccable - Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race”
Crosbie Lorimer

Notes : John Walker at age 86, the oldest skipper ever to compete in the Hobart Race, will create yachting history when he and his boat set sail in their 25th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, and the yacht will join a select few to do 25 Sydney -
Hobarts.

Walker has three times been the CYCA's Veteran Ocean Racer of the Year and have recorded have a long list of achievements including 5th in IRC Div E in 2007, 2nd overall and 1st in division in the 1986 Sydney-Hobart, 2nd in
division in 1997 and 3rd in 2003. Impeccable finished first both in IMS and in IRC in 2004 Mooloolaba race. She won the 2004 Gosford-Lord Howe race, in which she finished 3rd in 1999

Boat Name : Inner Circle

Sail Number : M762

LOA : 12.24M

Division : IRC,IRC Overall,Line Honours

Designer : Farr, Bruce & Associates

Launch Year :1987

Type : Farr 40 IOR

No of Sydney to Hobart: 12

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner : Darren Cooney
Owner/Skipper : Ken Robinson (3)

Club : Lake Macquarie Yacht Club

Crew : D Cooney(3), J Roberts (3), J McNeilly (1), C Davidson (3), D Castleton (2), C Greenhalgh (2), M. Wright, K. Saladine (2), J. Vaughn (1)

Notes : An older Farr 40, Inner Circle has been raced to Hobart many times and has recently completed her 9th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Race, finishing second on PHS results in 2007.

Other good results include 2nd overall on PHS in 2006 Sydney Mooloolaba and 1st overall in the Sydney Mackay Yacht Race. This will be the Lake Macquarie Yacht Club owners fourth race to Hobart with this boat and they are hoping for a heavy race to windward.

Boat Name : Isabella

Sail Number : 6654

LOA : 12.10M

Division : PHS

Designer : Judel Vrolijk

Launch Year :2007

Type : Hanse 400E

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : J Nolan (2)

Club : Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club

Crew : J Nolan (2), G Butler (2), M Butler (1), P Burgess, M Nolan, C Lewis Kel Burgess, David Mandleberg (1)

“Impeccable, Isabella and One For The Road ”
Greg Maunder ©

Notes : Newly launched in 2007, Isabella has competed mainly in Saturday club racing apart from the RPAYC's Pittwater to Newcastle Race which she won on corrected time.

John Nolan bought the well built Hanse 40DE to replace his previous Isabella, a Northshore 38OS, which he sailed in the race to Hobart. His objective is to finish and better the time of his previous yacht

Boat Name : J Steel (Yeah Baby)

Sail Number : 6068

LOA : 11.78M

Division : IRC / Sydney 38 OD

Designer : Murray, Burns & Dovell

Launch Year :2000

Type : Sydney 38

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner : Louis Ryckmans
Owner/Skipper : Marc Ryckmans (4)

Club: CYCA

Crew : E Vieytes (3), O Andersen (4), C Geeves (2), L Ryckmans (4)

“Yeah Baby - Rolex Trophy 2007”
Crosbie Lorimer

Notes : NOTE: 2009 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Race application withdrawn Dec 1 , 2009

Yeah Baby was bought by identical twin brothers Louis and Marc Ryckmans in 2005 and this will be its fifth successive Hobart campaign under the current owners and crew.

After nearly winning the 38OD Division in 2005 and placing 2nd and 3rd and 4th in the following years, the crew will be pushing hard for a divisional win.

Boat Name : Jazz Player

Sail Number : S390

LOA : 11.92M

Division : IRC

Designer : Bakewell-White, Brett

Launch Year :2004

Type : Bakewell White 39

No of Sydney to Hobart: 1

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : Andrew Lawrence (2)

Club: RMYS

Crew : A Lawrence, M Dolphin (5), D Jackson (4), A Wakeham (4), L Caldwell (1), J Oosterweghel (1), W Slatter, C Hanby, B Reid

“Jazz Player (Photo: Entrant supplied credit unknown)”
© .

Notes : Jazz Player, retired at 2000hrs 2010-12-26 with mainsail damage

Launched in 2004 and designed by Brett Bakewell-White, Jazz Player has enjoyed considerable success over the past year – both inshore and offshore. With a remarkable line honours and overall IRC handicap win in the 2009 Melbourne to Hobart West Coast Race, a 2nd in IRC in the 2010 Melbourne to King Island Race and an overall 1st in PHS and 3rd in AMS (Australian Measurement System) in the 2010 ORCV Melbourne Winter Series.

In recent years Jazz Player’s owner Andrew Lawrence has campaigned the boat vigorously and her consistent crew are looking forward to this years challenge.

Boat Name : Jus' do it 3	Sail Number : 5790GBR
LOA : 14.60M	Division : IRC
Designer : Farr, Bruce & Associates	Launch Year :2005
Type : Beneteau 47.	No of Sydney to Hobart: 0
	Hull Construction : GRP
Owner/Skipper : Ian Darby	Club: Clyde Cruising Club/RORC
Crew : A Darby, J McGarry, G Aikman, P Atkinson (2), A MacLeod, F Doran, P Harris, R Harris, R Harris, C Moore
Notes : Jus'Do It 3 comes to Australia with an excellent racing record and an exceptionally experienced crew. The boat was first in fleet (Rolex Trophy) and first in class in the Antigua Race Week 2006 and first in fleet, first in class and best Beneteau in the World ARC 2005. Owner/skipper Ian Darby has had 55 years of sailing experience, starting with being a schoolboy dinghy champion to skippering his own yachts at Barbados, Antigua and Key West Race Weeks and the ARC races in 2001 and 2005. His crew includes experience in races such as the Fastnet, TransAtlantic, Auckland to Noumea and Darwin to Ambon.
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Boat Name : Kioni - Sailing Services

Sail Number : 6146

LOA : 14.80M

Division : IRC,PHS,Line Honours,Line Honours

Designer : Farr, Bruce & Associates

Launch Year :2002

Type : Beneteau 47.7

No of Sydney to Hobart: 5

Hull Colour : Blue Navy

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : Nick Athineos (8)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : C Burgess, M Gray, P Monk, A Peason

“Kioni (Performance Racing) - Day 5 Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week 2009 ”
Sail-World.com /AUS ©

Notes : Kioni is a Beneteau First 47.7 is owned by Sailing Services Pty Ltd and skippered by Nick Athineos. With five Rolex Sydney Hobarts, four Lord Howe Island races, three Mooloolaba races, five Gold Coast races, four CYCA Winter Series, Hamilton Island race weeks and many twilights on its sailing CV, Kioni is a regular campaigner and has introduced more than 170 sailors to the sport of ocean racing.

In the 2009 Rolex Sydeny to Hobart she was disqualified by the International Jury for an incident in Sydney Harbour after the start

Boat Name : Krakatoa II .

Sail Number : 55555

LOA : 12.19M

Division : PHS,Line Honours,Line Honours

Designer : Groupe Finot

Type : Pogo 40

No of Sydney to Hobart: 1

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : Rod Skellet (9)

Crew : TBA

“Rod Skellett's Pogo 40 Krakatoa II at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.”
Jack Atley©

Notes : The first Pogo class 40 in Australia, Krakatoa II is part of an explosive class, which has taken Europe by storm. Designed as a stepping stone between a Mini 6.5 and the Open 60s, the class 40 is a fast seaworthy boat that is suitable for short handed sailing. Likened to a 40 foot version of a VO60, it carries 750 litres of water ballast each side which provides the required stability to carry the enormous sail area.

Not built to perform under IRC handicap, the boat should be a strong contender in the PHS Division and amongst the fast 40 footers for line honours in this size range.

In the 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart Krakatoa II finished 3rd in PHS Overall and Division 1 and fifth in PHS Division in the Audi Sydney Gold Coast 2008.

in the 2007 Rolex Sydney Hobart Krakatoa II finished 4th in PHS Division A .

Boat Name : Limit

Sail Number : AUS 98888

LOA : 19.50M

Division : IRC

Designer : Reichel - Pugh

Launch Year :2008

Type : Reichel Pugh 63

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : Carbon, Nomex sandwich

Skipper : Roger Hickman
Owner/Skipper : Alan Brierty (7)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : A Brierty (7), R Hickman (31), D Morrow (6), G Prescott (23), D Ward (9), D Morris (8), S Gordon (14), S Grice (1), I Walker (21), P Cox (2), A Scott (4), P Inchbold (21), J Burrell, S Hancock (1), M Van Kretschmar (4), M Levy (1), R Keenan (10), A Smith (8), S Hunt (15), D Williams, R Goldsmith

“Limit - NSW Coast - 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart”
© Rolex/Daniel Forster

Notes : West Australian yachtsman Alan Brierty commissioned Reichel/Pugh to design his latest Limit and Mal Hart to built this state-of-the-art grand prix racer for the 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart. The new boat was due to be launched in Melbourne in November.

Limit competed in the 2007-2008 CYCA Blue Water Championship finishing a creditable 3rd and winning the CYCA Tasman Trophy. Limit also won the Cabbage Tree Island Race collecting the much revered Halverson Brothers’ Trophy. Limit also won Division 2 in the 2007 Rolex Trophy Series and placed second overall to Patrice in the Sailing South Regatta.

The highlight of Limit’s recent successes is winning the 2008 Port Stephens NSW IRC Championships. Brierty has achieved considerable success with his yachts on the East Coast, including with the Corby 49 Flirt which he renamed Limit.

Boat Name : Lloyds Brokers - Too Impetuous

Sail Number : 3663

LOA : 12.98M

Division : PHS

Designer : Holland, Ron

Launch Year :1983

Type : Holland 43

No of Sydney to Hobart: 3

Hull Construction : GRP/Balsa/Carbon

Owner/Skipper : Rudy Weber

Club : Cleveland Yacht Club Inc

Crew : R Weber (4), R Patterson (2), I Thomson, P Lamplough, V Patterson, D Cutcliffe (2), D Stenhouse, B Green, S Lock

“Too Impetuous - 2008 Audi Hamilton Island Race Week”
Crosbie Lorimer

Notes : Too Impetuous was built in 1981 specifically for the 1983 Admirals Cup. Since then she has competed in most blue water classics including the inaugural Hamilton Island Race Week, placing second.

Since then she has operated as a sail training boat, with quite a few people coming up and saying they (or someone they know) has raced on her and then proceed to reminisce.

In 2002 Rudy Weber found the Holland 43 up near Tin Can Bay where it was hardly being used and become neglected.

After years of work, Too Impetuous has been restored slowly and steadily and in 2006 made her ocean racing comeback in the Brisbane to Gladstone Race. With a win in the Veterans class, third in division and sixth overall PHS, the old girl proved she still had it.

Rudy says: 'She is like a classic Ferrari, you keep throwing money at her, but it is well worth it. Although a little slower by the pace of todays new maxis, she is still exciting and a pleasure to sail.'

Boat Name : Loki

Sail Number : AUS 60000

LOA : 19.20M

Division : IRC,IRC Overall,Line Honours,IRC Overall,Line Honours

Designer : Reichel - Pugh

Launch Year :2008

Type : Reichel Pugh 63

No of Sydney to Hobart: 2

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : Carbon, Nomex sandwich

Owner : Stephen Ainsworth (13)
Skipper : Gordon Maguire (16)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : C Miles (2), M Bellingham (16), D Senogles (19), A Barnes (15), D Sampson (11), C Links (6), M Jones (5), D Pratt (3), Richard Allanson (13) Andy Beadsworth, Wade Morgan, Dave Davies (13), Andy Foster (13), Mike Hughes, Craig Pocklington,

“Loki - Audi Sydney-Newcastle 2009, Sydney (AUS) - 27/03/09”
Andrea Francolini ©

Notes : Loki was launched in December 2008 – just one week prior to the start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart. She was built by McConaghy Boats for Stephen Ainsworth whose previous 63’ Loki was wrecked after breaking her rudder during the 2007 Rolex Middle Sea Race in the Mediterranean.

Designed with a conventional bulb keel, she is a lot wider than the previous boat and has a long bow pole for asymmetric spinnakers. Loki has performed strongly in every race she has been entered into including podium finishes in Skandia Docklands Invitational (1st) and Skandia Geelong IRC Division 1 (3rd), and Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta (3rd).

Loki recently took the trifecta in the Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race of line honours, IRC overall win and new race record of 15hrs 57 minutes and 53 seconds and was second across the line in 2010. She also finished second over the line in the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2009 to Wild Oats X.

In the 2010 Audi Sydney Harbour regatta Loki took line and IRC Division 1 overall honours. Loki finished ninth across the line in the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart and was recently crowned the 2010 Audi IRC Australian Champion after winning the IRC Grand Prix division at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, the final event in the championship.

In early November 2009 she smashed the Cabbage Tree Island Race record setting a new time of 16 hours, 32min, 47seconds.

Boat Name : Maluka of Kermandie

Sail Number : A19

LOA : 9.01M

Division : IRC

Designer : Cliff Gale

Launch Year :1932

Type : Gaff-rigged sloop

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Hull Colour : Timber

Hull Construction : Timber / Fibre Glass

Owner : Sean Langman (17)
Skipper : Peter Langman

Club: Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club

Crew : TBA

Notes : Originally built 76 years ago of Huon pine, the gaff-rigged Maluka was lovingly rebuilt by Sean Langman, better known
for his highspeed ocean racers Grundig and AAPT.

He sailed Maluka in the 2006 Rolex Sydney Hobart and was the first boat under 9.5m LOA to finish. In fact, she was the
smallest boat to compete, placing 8th overall in the IRC category.

While she carries a Sydney Amateur Sailing Club sail number, Maluka is listed as representing the Port HuonYacht Club
in southern Tasmania where Sean has extended his boat servicing interests.

Owner and skipper Sean Langman estimates that the restoration took 15,000 man hours to get the boat in the water.
A carbon fibre mast went in and the interior fit out was completed in Australian red cedar.

Maluka weighs about 7 tonnes which includes approximately 700 kilos of cabinetry. The bowsprit was so heavy that it
couldn’t be carried and had to be craned into position.

Boat Name : Merit

Sail Number : 8679

LOA : 19.26M

Division : IRC,PHS Division 1,PHS Division 1

Designer : Farr, Bruce & Associates

Launch Year :1997

Type : Volvo 60

No of Sydney to Hobart: 3

Hull Construction : Foam/Kevlar/Epoxy

Owner :
Owner/Skipper : Leo Rodriguez (2)

Club : Whitsunday Sailing Club Ltd

Crew : L Rodriguez, I Bishop, D Watson (11), B Bailie, C Mathews, M Cocks(1), M Crook, B Wells (3), E Haagh (3), A Jenkins, G Rodriguez, C Hopkins, M Cole, A Bishop N Schmittmann, D Kay.

“Telcoinabox Merit, Leo Rodriguez, passing Tasman Island, 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart”
© Rolex/Carlo Borlenghi

Notes : This former Volvo 60 round-the-world racing yacht has contested many offshore races since coming to Australia, sailing under various names, including Telcoinabox Merit, News Corp and Line 7.

She won line honours in the 2001 race to Lord Howe Island race then set a record for the then 408 nm 2002 Gosford to Lord Howe Island Race (the race distance has since been extended slightly, almost seven hours off the course record set in 1988 by Helsal III).

In the 2008 Rolex Sydney to Hobart she placed first in her division and first overall in PHS, after coming to the aid and rescuing crew members from Georgia just before Georgia sank.

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Boat Name : Morris Finance Cinquante

Sail Number : G5038

LOA : 11.78M

Division : IRC/Sydney 38 OD

Designer : Murray, Burns & Dovell

Launch Year :2002

Type : Sydney 38 One Design

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Hull Colour : Gold

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : Ian Murray

Club: Royal Geelong Yacht Club

Crew : T Davis (4), I Murray, T McRae (3), D Pickering (5), J Smith (1), F Forbes (1), B Garner (1)

“Cinquante Rounding”
Simon Reffold

Notes : This yacht was named Cinquante, because she was the 50th Sydney 328 One Design built, she was originally campaigned by Michael Jones, the Australian Olympic Sailing Team Manager who guided Australia to Gold and Silver in Qingdao.

Now being raced by Victorian, Ian Murray she placed sixth in the 2008 National titles, third in the Victorian titles. The previous season she sailed north, winning the Sydney 38 division at Hamilton Island Race Week.

Racing in the ORCV's 2008 Melbourne to Stanley event in early November, Cinquante placed third behind fellow Victorian yachts in the Sydney Hobart, Chutzpah and Wild Side in the IRC Division.

Boat Name : Mr Beaks Ribs

Sail Number : 8447

LOA : 13.40M

Division : IRC,Line Honours,Line Honours

Designer : Farr, Bruce & Associates

Launch Year :2004

Type : Beneteau 44.7

No of Sydney to Hobart: 4

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : David Beak (5)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : I Short (6), G Cooper (5), M Feilberg(5), C Wheeler (4), K Downing (3), Ben Schutz, D Anderson(1), F Craddock(1), J Penney(1), S Bird, M Short

“Mr Beaks Ribs”
© Rolex/Carlo Borlenghi

Notes : This Beneteau 44.7 has scored some impressive results in 2007 including a 1st in IRC Division D in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, 1st on IRC overall in the Bird Island Race and winning the Gascoigne Cup in 2007.

In the 2008 Audi Sydney Gold Coast race she placed 8th in IRC 3 Div 37th across the line. She won the Flinders Island and is winning the Blue Water Pointscore going into the Sydney Hobart Race.

Boat Name : Mustang Sally

Sail Number : F550

LOA : 14.00M

Division : IRC

Designer : Farr

Launch Year :1988

Type : Farr

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Skipper : Warren Batt

Club : Fremantle Sailing Club

Crew : M Piesse, N Murphy (1), G Cuthbertson (1), T Bell, R Law, M Eiles, R Mulcahy, T Meyer, J Geralton, B Marsden

“Mustang Sally (Photo: Entrant supplied)”
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Notes : Mustang Sally is a 46 Farr designed performance cruising fractional sloop built in 1988 by Jago and Hart for Alf Neates. She completed the Sydney to Hobart Race in 1992 as Morning Mist II and 1994 renamed Mustang Sally.

The current owner has had her for over 13 years, racing her successfully offshore out of Freemantle between 1996 and 1998. Since 1999 she has completed a global circumnavigation including regattas in Phuket (2002), Lork (2004), Antigua (2005) and Hamilton Island (2007), as well as circumnavigations of Australia and New Zealand.

Boat Name : Nest Property

Sail Number : 325

LOA : 9.12M

Division : IRC

Designer : Cole, Peter

Launch Year :1982

Type : Traditional 30

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : Murray Wilkes

Club : Derwent Sailing Squadron

Crew : S Kerr-Rutson, C Bowling (15), P Duncan (1), P Reijnefeld (1), J Quintero

“Nest Property (Restless) - 2008 Sydney Hobart entrant (Photo Entrant supplied credit unknown)”
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Notes : Nest Property also known as Restless, at 9.14 metres is one of the smallest yachts to contest this 628 mile race to Hobart. A Peter Cole designed Traditional 30, Nest Property was launched in 1984 and campaigned successfully in Queensland. A very strongly built boat, it weighs in at almost 4.5 tonnes.

Nest Property finished mid-field on Handicap in the Maria Island Qualifying race, and caries a crew of six.. Owner and skipper is Murray Wilkes from Hobart. The navigator is ex Tasmanian, little boat specialist Chris Bowling. Sailing master is Fastnet race veteran Major Stephen Kerr-Ruston from England. Crewman Major Phil Duncan resides in Broome, While the remaining crew reside in Sydney.

This will be Nest Property's first Hobart but the boat has had a very successful racing history in Queensland in the 1980s under owner Barry Tickle.

Boat Name : Next

Sail Number : 6081

LOA : 11.78M

Division : IRC,One Design

Designer : Murray, Burns & Dovell

Launch Year :2000

Type : Sydney 38 One Design

No of Sydney to Hobart: 4

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : Richard Holstein (10)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : M Fisher, B Sinton, A Pryer, P Schwarz

“Next (sailed as Leukemia Foundation in the 2008 Sydney Hobart entrant (Photo unknown)”
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Notes : Next is a well-campaigned Sydney 38 and this year, her program has been put together by CYCA member Jay Krehbiel and a group of sailing mates who wanted some great racing in a competitive class. Skippered by Ian Mason, long-time CYCA member and chief RYA instructor with Pacific Sailing School, the crew has come together from different backgrounds, cities and yachts. Their mantra is to sail hard, race hard, and have fun.

Next is competing in both the IRC and Sydney 38 One Design classes, and will be looking to better her previous best 2008 Sydney Hobart result of second in the Sydney 38 division.

Boat Name : NSC Mahligai

Sail Number : NZL1

LOA : 14.20M

Division : PHS,Line Honours,PHS Overall,PHS Division 1,PHS Division 1

Designer : Murray, Burns & Dovell

Launch Year :1998

Type : Sydney 46

No of Sydney to Hobart: 3

Hull Construction : Foam E Glass

Owner : Jenny Kings (4)
Owner/Skipper : Murray Owen (5)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : Jenny Kings - Navigator (1), C Baillie (1), D Brown, L Knappet, , J Bowker (3), M Lilly, P Whitaker, S Gorrel, A McKay, T Hamer, M Owen

“Mahligai under kite Day 3 - 2005 Kings Cup”
Sail-World.com /AUS ©

Notes : Designed by Murray Burns Dovell, this Sydney 46 has spent much of her life racing in Asia. Mahligai was purchased by Murray and Jenny Kings some years ago and her home is now the CYCA.

Mahligai finished first in PHS Division 1 of the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. She placed 9th in Division B of the Audi Winter Series 2009. In 2008, Mahligai was first on PHS and IRC in the Bird Island race.

Boat Name : Obsession

Sail Number : 2999

LOA : 11.78M

Division : IRC,One Design,IRC Overall

Designer : Murray, Burns & Dovell

Launch Year :2000

Type : Sydney 38 One Design

No of Sydney to Hobart: 5

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP

Skipper : Nikita Brilliantov
Charter Company :

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : G Antipas (1), P Scanlon (1), T Oxley (5), C Lewis (2), J Harris (3), J Leyden, I Marshal, G McCord (2), P Ley (1)

“Obsession (Photo: Entrant supplied credit unknown)”
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Notes : Obsession is a standard Sydney 38 , which is in peak condition and primed for this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart. Crewed by a syndicate of experienced Russian Sailors from St Petersburg they are excited about the challenge of sailing in Australian waters.

The Skipper is Nikita Brilliantov who recently sailed across the Atlantic and Skippers an X412 in Europe. He is heading up the team of his Russian mates that he sails with regularly around Europe and America. They will be joined on their trip by local sailor Callum Cecil to give them the local spin on the race and the Sydney 38.

They have many European races under their belts including the Rolex Fastnet race. They are relishing the challenge that the Rolex Sydney Hobart is renowned for and are looking forward to taking Obsession south into the roaring 40s'.

Since the boat’s launch in 2000 Obsession has successfully competed many offshore races including three Rolex Sydney Hobart’s, four Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Races and two Gosford Lord Howe Island Races.

Boat Name : One For The Road

Sail Number : N9

LOA : 12.13M

Division : IRC,IRC Overall,Line Honours

Designer : Jutson

Launch Year :2003

Type : Northshore 370

No of Sydney to Hobart: 1

Hull Colour : Blue Navy

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : Kym Butler (2)

Club: Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club

Crew : A Kiely (1), M Macdonald, G Bulmer, Anthony butler(1),Glen Picasso(3),Mark Graham(2)

“One for the Road - Audi Sydney-Newcastle 2009 - 27/03/09”
Andrea Francolini / Audi ©

Notes : Since acquiring the yacht in December 2006, CYCA Ocean Racing Rookie of the Year for 2008 Kym Butler and his crew including CYCA Crewman of the year Tony Purkiss, have contested most of the long races on the NSW coast including Audi Sydney Gold Coast in 2007 and 2008 - finishing fourth & fifth in their division respectively.

Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race in 2008 and 2009 – finishing third in IRC Division 3, Pittwater-Coffs Harbour 2008, Gosford-Lord Howe Island 2008 (3rd on IRC) and Rolex Sydney Hobart 2008.

One for the Road sails out of Newcastle Harbour with the Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club where she was IRC offshore point-score winner last summer. Kym and the crew have been steadily improving and are hoping for a podium finish in their division

Boat Name : Optimus Prime

Sail Number : CR1 / F51

LOA : 15.05M

Division : IRC

Designer : Reichel - Pugh

Launch Year :2008

Type : Marten 49

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : Carbon Fibre

Owner/Skipper : Trevor Taylor (2)

Club: The Cruising Yacht Club of WA

Crew : P Tunnard (1), J Kelly, J Taylor (1), G Wood (3), A Linham (5), A McPhee (3), D Taylor (1),Matt Field, K THompson, G Woods (1), J Weedon, P Jones (2)

“WA crew on Optimus Prime - Skandia Geelong Week”
Daniel Taylor

Notes : Owner Trevor Taylor is an experienced offshore racing skipper, including winning the Siska Trophy as WA Offshore Champion, but has done only limited racing with his new boat, a state of the art Reichel/Pugh design.

However the results have been impressive with a fastest time and second overall in the Fremantle to Carnarvon Race, first and fastest in the first leg of the Valmadre Series and first and fastest in the Dolphin Race, the first leg of the Farrawa Cup.

Since then they have had a first and fastest in the Fremantle to Geraldton race and again in the return race to Fremantle, line honours in the Mariners Cuo (Fremantle to Hillarys) and a first in IRC on the return race the following day.

Boat Name : Pachamama: Swiss TOP to TOP Global Climate Expedition

Sail Number : SUI1

LOA : 15.00M

Division : Cruising

Designer : Joubert, Peter

Launch Year :2000

Type : Nivelt 50

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Hull Colour : Grey

Hull Construction : Aluminium

Skipper : Sabine Schwoerer
Skipper : Dario Schwoerer

Club: Cruising Yacht Club of Switzerland

Crew : S Schwoerer, D Schwoerer, D Robey, D Robey

“Pachamama: Swiss Top to Top Global Climate Expedition, first Swiss entry ever in Rolex Sydney Hobart - 2008”
© Rolex/Carlo Borlenghi

Notes : The first Swiss yacht to enter the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, this boat is a comfortable cruising yacht sailing as part of the Top to Top Expedition, the first expedition using only nature's force to cross the seven seas and reach the summit of the highest mountain on each continent. Read more on www.toptotop.org

The boat is an example for the cruising world, showing what is possible with renewable technologies only. Pachamama is sailing under the patronage of the United Nations Environment Program and Switzerland.

Thanks to the main sponors SGS and Victorinox already 40'000 students have been involved in class rooms activities to find solutions to protect our climate.

Here the goal of this unique expedition:

The TOPtoTOP Global Climate Expedition is the 1st expedition over the 7-Seas to the 7-Summits that will be achieved by human and nature’s power only.
Our mission is to inspire children for a better future. Along the expedition we share examples of nature’s beauty and innovations for a green planet, in class rooms all over the world.

Our key messages is 'climate protection' and 'enjoy nature through sport but also give something back to nature'.

The expedition is a reference to demonstrate that great goals and progress can be achieved in balance with nature.

Our vision is that TOPtoTOP becomes a lasting platform which inspires children for nature and sport globally.'

Boat Name : Pale Ale Rager

Sail Number : YC560

LOA : 17.10M

Division : IRC

Designer : Elliott, Greg

Launch Year :1987

Type : Elliott 56

No of Sydney to Hobart: 14

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : Timber Epoxy Composite

Owner/Skipper : Gary Shanks (8)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of South Australia

Crew : A Mitton (3), S Cavonough (2), D O'Connell, J Gair (4), N Smith (2), C Shanks (6), D Shanks (6), M Young (3), D Shanks (6), J Heritage, M O'Reilly, L Hill (1)

“DocTel Rager, serene when arriving in Port Lincoln, after a torid 2008 Adelaide to Port Lincoln ”
DocTel

Notes : Ten years after the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race, South Australia's offshore racer Rager is preparing for yet another Hobart race. This will be the 14th race to Hobart for Rager.

Owner and Skipper Dr Gary Shanks says it's the right time for a 9th family-based race campaign.

Gary has sailed in eight Hobart races. Once again the team includes daughter Catherine Shanks and son David Shanks, who have each done the race six times and completed the '98 race.

Rager is a notable performer in Australian ocean racing records.

This year Rager challenged to second place across the line behind maxi yacht 98ft Skandia Wild Thing in the storm ravaged Adelaide to Port Lincoln Bluewater Classic in which half the fleet withdrew during the first five hours.

Other good Hobart results include PHS 5th overall in 1998 and 3rd overall in PHS the 1999 Hobart. 2005 will be Rager's 14th race to Hobart and 8th with Gary as skipper.

Rager got line honours in the 2002 Melbourne to Geelong Long Race and Line Honours in the 2002 and 2003 Adelaide to Pt.Lincoln Yacht Race and second to Skandia Wild Thing in 2004 and 2008.

Boat Name : Papillon

Sail Number : N 40

LOA : 11.99M

Division : IRC,Line Honours,Line Honours

Designer : Nivelt/Joubert

Launch Year :2005

Type : Archambault 40

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : Phil Molony (20)

Crew : K Jagger (29), T Carpenter (12), R Makin, J Havel (1), L Molony (1)

“Papillon - Savills Regatta 2007”
Crosbie Lorimer

Notes : Papillon was brought to Sydney, from Newcastle, early in 2007 by experienced ocean racing yachtsman Phil Molony to campaign offshore. Papillon is an Archambault 40, a design that has achieved great success on IRC in Europe and Australia.

Papillon has competed in the last two Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Races and is currently contesting the CYCA’s Blue Water Pointscore Series 2009-10; having finished second in 2008-09 Tasman Pointscore Series (PHS).

Boat Name : Patrice Six

Sail Number : 360

LOA : 12.50M

Division : IRC,IRC Overall,Line Honours,IRC Overall,IRC Overall,IRC Overall,IRC Overall

Designer : Jeppesen, Niels

Launch Year :2007

Type : X41 one design

No of Sydney to Hobart: 3

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP Foam Sandwich

Owner/Skipper : Tony Kirby (27)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : A Young (6), T Turner, J Tanton, G Rouvray (31), A McConaghy (2), J Peoples(1), M Formosa (20), M Dawson

“Patrice Six puts her competitors under pressure. - Huon Aquaculture Sailing South Regatta”
Jane Austin

Notes : Patrice Six is an X41 from Denmark built and launched just prior to 2007 Hobart. She finished fifteenth overall and 21st in IRC Div D. She then went on to win the January 2008 Sailing South Regatta.

Patrice Six finished fifth overall and third in IRC Division 3 in 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart. In the major testing of the ORCi rule in Australia, Patrice Six finished third in the 2009 Hobart.

She finished ninth in the CYCA’s 2009/2010 Blue Water Pointscore Series.

Boat Name : Pinta - M

Sail Number : NED 1261

LOA : 12.39M

Division : IRC

Designer : Sparkman & Stephens

Launch Year :1972

Type : S & S 41

No of Sydney to Hobart: 1

Hull Construction : Aluminium

Owner/Skipper : Atse Blei (1)

Club: WVL & RORC

Crew : H Bloemers, J Kloosterman, T Wilkes, R vab der Linden, R Abeln, J Zijlmans

“Pinta - M - 2009 Rolex Sydney to Hobart”
© Rolex/Daniel Forster

Notes : Pinta-M has raced successfully offshore on the North Sea and placed fifth overall in the Rolex Fastnet Race in 2005. Like the S & S 47 Love & War, which claimed overall honours in the 2006 Rolex Sydney Hobart, Pinta-M performs exceptionally well upwind in a stiff breeze.

The boat has remained in Australia since last year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart, where she finished third in IRC Division 4. Blei together with his keen crew will be pushing hard again this year to try and improve on last year’s results.

Boat Name : Pippin

Sail Number : 533

LOA : 11.40M

Division : IRC

Designer : Farr, Bruce & Associates

Launch Year :1984

Type : Farr 37

No of Sydney to Hobart: 13

Hull Colour : Black

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : Roger Sayers (6)

Club: Noosa Heads Yacht Club

Crew : A Bown (1), C Holiday (3), I Pizzey (5), J Yarra (1), P Deppler, J Hickey (1), R Campbell

“Roger Sayers Pippin after start”
Teri Dodds ©

Notes : Update 2009-12-26: Pippin has retired to due a high pressure hose failure on its engine for recharging batteries and it can not be fixed at sea

Pippin is a well sailed Farr 37 with 12 Hobart races to her credit. She finished second in the IRC B in Southport 2000, second on PHS in 1996 Hobart, second in 2000 Combined clubs and 7th in IRC in 2002 Hobart.

Boat Name : Pirelli

Sail Number : 5474

LOA : 19.72M

Division : PHS,Line Honours

Designer : Farr, Bruce & Associates

Launch Year :1989

Type : Farr 19.7m

No of Sydney to Hobart: 11

Hull Colour : Gold

Hull Construction : GRP

Skipper : Les Goodridge (4)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : D De Costa (7), I Potter (28), F Etter (3), R Howlett (32), K Clarkson (1), J Douglas (7), C Bloggs (2), L Stevenson (5), W Tuck (2), J Owens (1), A Orszulok, D McPhee (1), P Jenkins, B Smith (16), C Storey, R Butler, S Clarkson

“Pirelli Rolex - Sydney to Hobart 2007”
© Rolex/Carlo Borlenghi

Notes : This Farr 65, is a former IRC handicap winner of the Sydney Gold Coast Race and two-time line honours winner of the Gosford to Lord Howe Island Race, has done plenty of sea miles including 10 Rolex Sydney Hobarts.

As Pirelli, Infinity III will have plenty of experience amongst the crew for her 11th race south.

In the 2007 race she finished 7th in PHS Div A.

Boat Name : Pisces

Sail Number : 6197

LOA : 10.97M

Division : IRC,Line Honours

Designer : Murray, Burns & Dovell

Launch Year :1998

Type : Sydney 36

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Hull Colour : White Off

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : David Taylor (11)

Crew : G McKibben (3), A Greene (2), S Geeves (3), A McKibben (1), D Steel (1), A Herington (1)

“Pisces winning 2008 King of the Derwent”
Peter Campbell ©

Notes : Since relocating to Tasmania and buying his latest Pisces, David Taylor has continued to race actively, winning the Fully Crewed Division of the 2007 Three Peaks Race, the Battery Point Trophy in the 2007 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and the 2008 Wrest Point King of the Derwent in Hobart.

Most of the crew have shared in the boat's successes to date.

Boat Name : Pla Loma IV

Sail Number : MH7

LOA : 14.02M

Division : IRC

Designer : Reichel Pugh/ Mills

Launch Year :2000

Type : DK 43

No of Sydney to Hobart: 1

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : Rob Reynolds (5)

Club : Middle Harbour Yacht Club

Crew : S Denton (2), D Sherwood (8), R Lee (4), J Hodder (10), R Corran (3), J Cook (2), R Corrie (5), M Whyte, A Williams

“Pla Loma 1V (Photo: Entrant Supplied)”
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Notes : Rob Reynolds, a former Commodore of Middle Harbour Yacht Club, had considerable success with his previous boat, Tara, but it was unfortunately lost on the return delivery trip after the 2004 Gold Coast Race.

He bought this boat and in its only Sydney Hobart to date was forced to retire with a broken quadrant. However, she has raced well, without major success, in most East Coast races since 2005

Pla Loma is a 43 footer originally designed by Reichel Pugh in 2000 and had a face-lift by Mark Mills in 2002. The new rig is custom carbon mast with swept back spreaders, and non-overlapping jibs.

In the 2008 Audi Gold Coast race she was placed 14th in the PHS Div.and in the 2006 Rolex Sydney Hobart she placed 9th in IRC Div C

Boat Name : Polaris of Belmont

Sail Number : 5527

LOA : 13.30M

Division : IRC,PHS Overall,PHS Overall,PHS Division 2

Designer : Cole, Peter

Launch Year :1970

Type : Cole 43

No of Sydney to Hobart: 24

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP/Balsa Core

Owner/Skipper : Chris Dawe (6)

Club : Manly Yacht Club

Crew : B McClung, S Armati, N Tebbs, N Tebbs, L Mercer, V Boicos, C Thompson

“Polaris of Belmont - Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 2006”
Crosbie Lorimer

Notes : One of the veterans of the race, this 40-year-old sloop entered this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart to have another crack at some silverware.

In her 25 races to Hobart this sturdy Peter Cole-designed 43-footer has scored several division wins and also placed second in the IRC division in 2001. Polaris won the PHS Division of the 2008 and 2010 Hempel Gosford – Lord Howe Island Race and finished third in 2009. She also won the 1997 Gosford – Lord Howe Island Race.

Her Hobart results alone include:
1st Overall IRC 2001;
1st B Div IRC 2000;
1st C Div IMS 1997;
2nd C Div IMS 1996;
1st C Div IMS 1995.

Boat Name : Quest

Sail Number : 52002

LOA : 15.84M

Division : IRC,Line Honours,IRC Overall,IRC 1

Designer : Farr, Bruce & Associates

Launch Year :2004

Type : TP 52

No of Sydney to Hobart: 1

Hull Construction : Carbon, Nomex sandwich

Owner/Skipper : Bob Steel (18)

Club: CYCA

Crew : M Green (29), A Pearson (10), A Steel, B Baker (6), H Brodie (22), P Messenger (23), S Newton (2), M Clark (2), A Ferguson (3), A Brown (19), A McBean (1), S McCuaig

“Bob Steel's Quest at HIRW 2008 ”
Jack Atley©

Notes : Bob Steel returned to the Rolex Sydney Hobart in 2008 after a five year break and won the race overall, collecting the Tattersall’s Cup for a second time. He had previously won the race in 2002 with his previous Quest, a Nelson/Marek 46.

His current Quest is a state-of-the-art TP52, (brought from the US where it raced as Bright Star), has notched up some impressive wins including 2009 NSW IRC State Champion, Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta (IRC Division 1), Sail Port Stephens (IRC Division 1), 2008 Skandia Geelong Week and finished 2nd over the line in the 2008 Audi Sydney Gold Coast Race. He has crew of great experience including Mike Green who has sailed to Hobart 29 times.

Boat Name : Quetzalcoatl

Sail Number : 2001

LOA : 12.33M

Division : PHS,IRC Overall,Line Honours

Designer : Jones, Don

Launch Year :2001

Type : Jones 40

No of Sydney to Hobart: 2

Hull Colour : Yellow

Hull Construction : Timber Epoxy Composite

Owner/Skipper : Antony Sweetapple (7)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : Antony Sweetapple, Anthony Bruce, James Lee Warner, Tim Roarty, James Sweetapple, Aren Springbord, Jock Hough, Mark Ayto, David Jordan,

“Quetzalcoatl - Savills Regatta 2007”
Crosbie Lorimer

Notes : The well-performed yacht Quetzalcoatl, a 40-footer, a development of the successful Cadibarra 7 was modified to create a more rounded yacht with more emphasis on windward performance, by its designer Don Jones.

However hard downwind and reaching conditions are still the boats forte. It was built in Hobart by its original owner, Tasmanian fine furniture maker Josh Ey, with the hull of King Billy pine.

She has scored two wins in the West Coaster Melbourne to Hobart Race, one on line honours and one on handicap in 2005.

The new owners are a syndicate of four including Antony Sweetapple, the son of well known yachtsman Bill Sweetapple who raced the Farr 37 Pippin for many years with the CYCA.

Boat Name : Ragamuffin

Sail Number : AUS 70

LOA : 15.85M

Division : 1, IRC,Line Honours,Line Honours

Designer : Farr, Bruce & Associates

Launch Year :2005

Type : TP52

No of Sydney to Hobart: 1

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : Carbon Fibre

Owner/Skipper : Syd Fischer (42)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : Kieryn Cowan, Joe De Kock (7), Justin Dock (6), Michael Edmonds, Phil Eadie (25), Tony Ellis (41), Scott Francis, Matt Hayes (12), Larry Jamieson (23), Sean Kirkjian (13), Adam Minoprio, Gary Telford (10), Clinton Wade-Lehman

“Ragamuffin”
© Rolex/Carlo Borlenghi

Notes : Eighty three year-old Syd Fischer, a legend in Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race history, is contesting his 46th offshore season and his 42nd race south as skipper of his latest Ragamuffin, a TP52 originally from San Diego.

Fischer won the Sydney Hobart overall in 1992 and took line honours twice with his German Frers-designed maxi Ragamuffin, in 1988 and 1990. Fischer was the CYCA’s Blue Water Champion (2007-2008), the ninth time he has held this coveted title.

Boat Name : Ragtime

Sail Number : USA7960

LOA : 19.73M

Division : IRC

Designer : Spencer

Launch Year :1964

Type : Spencer 65

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Hull Colour : Black

Hull Construction : Timber / Fibre Glass

Owner/Skipper : Chris Welsh

Club: Newport Hobart YC, California

Crew : Chris Welsh, John Jourdane, Simon Willis, Genny Tulloch, Devin Vaughn, Peter Woods, James Wallace, Piers Tyler, Ross Masters, Guy Cunningham

“Ragtime surfs under spinnaker on its way to overall victory in the Tahiti Race 08. Photo by Erik Berzins ”
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Notes : It was 1964 when the Ragtime (nee Infidel) was built by John Spencer for the late Sir Tom Clark and since then she has accumulated more than 100,000 blue water miles. Based in the Based in the Northern Hemisphere since 1970, when she was sold to make way for Clark's new 73ft ocean racing 'maxi' Buccaneer.

That deal was brokered by leading New Zealand sailor Chris Bouzaid, for the princely sum of $29,000 (NZD and USD were almost the same, then) and included a new Hood mainsail, genoa and IOR spinnaker, and for Bouzaid to fly to USA to assist with commissioning.

Since then Ragtime has sailed more Transpacific Los Angeles to Honolulu races than any other boat and winning four of them between 1971 and 1974.

Ragtime, who came to the Southern Hemisphere via a race from California to Tahiti, and New Zealand , will not to be content with simply putting in an appearance. The boat, has demonstrated great potential even against boats more than 40 years her junior.

This year Ragtime won the 3,571 nautical mile Tahiti Race, on corrected time, finishing in just over 14 days and 16 hours. Her performance is due to a new carbon fibre rig and high-tech sail wardrobe. The yacht's plywood hull has also been reconstructed and a new keel configuration added to give her greater stability.

Since arriving in the Southern Hemisphere, Ragtime has won the Bay of Isles Race IRC, and placed Second IRC in the White Island Race.

The boat, which is owned by American Chris Welsh is usually moored at Long Beach, CA.

Boat Name : Ray White Spirit of Koomooloo

Sail Number : 2170

LOA : 14.80M

Division : IRC,Line Honours

Designer : Sparkman & Stephens

Launch Year :1968

Type : S&S 49

No of Sydney to Hobart: 25

Hull Construction : Timber Cold Moulded

Owner :
Owner/Skipper : Mike Freebairn (7)

Crew : P White (5), A Reed (5), J Moody (1), B Harburg (1)

“Spirit of Koomooloo (nee Margaret Rintoul II, Ragamuffin)”
Richard Bennett

Notes : Her crew of Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron ocean racers have tremendous faith in the champion who has the distinction of representing Australia in the Admirals Cup in England and completing the tortuous Fastnet Race on the North Sea.

She is essentially a past generation blue water racer but her crew of good mates believe that age and her extensive log of racing miles will not present a problem when the fleet head into another physical bash against wind and wave on the Tasman Sea.

Several of her crew also manned the deck of the equally famous Koomooloo when she was reported as the progressive race leader on overall corrected handicap after a torrid first night in 2006. Unfortunately their challenge turned from glory to gloom when the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s race control centre received a May Day from the crew indicating the majestic timber sloop had sprung a leak and was in peril.

Her crew bailed with buckets in a valiant effort to save the grand old sloop but the inflow of water eventually left the Koomooloo crew with the heart wrenching decision to commission the life raft and abandon-ship before the famous sloop plummeted to the ocean floor.

Spirit of Koomooloo designed by the famed loft of Sparkman and Stephens who has a long and colourful history sailing as the original Ragamuffin and then Margaret Rintoul II including contesting 25 Rolex Sydney Hobarts, three Admiral’s Cups - 1969, 1971 and 1973, and a Fastnet Race Win in 1971, skippered by Syd Fischer.

Best Rolex Sydney Hobart results include a second to Love & War in the 30 year veterans division of the 50th race in 1994 and a division win in the storm swept 1998 race

She also has the pedigree to upset the modern sloops with her chances hinging on a forecast that provides a high percentage of windward sailing.

Boat Name : Rush

Sail Number : B45

LOA : 13.81M

Division : IRC,Line Honours

Designer : Farr, Bruce & Associates

Type : Corel 45

No of Sydney to Hobart: 4

Hull Construction : Kevlar

Owner : Ian Paterson
Owner/Skipper : John Paterson (9)

Club : RBYC

Crew : P Greenwood (7), J Vanderslot (3), R Tyson (9), M Bunyard (3), A McCole (1), E Murphy (1), M Bushby (1), T Cembala (1), P Davies (3), D Joel (1)

Notes : Built to compete on the International 45’ circuit, circa 1997, Rush has contested most of the major Victorian offshore races and regattas and is returning for her fifth Rolex Sydney Hobart with much the same crew as the last couple of races.

Rush placed 5th in IRC Division 2 in the Rolex Sydney Hobart 2008 and in the 2007 Sydney Hobart placed 19th IRC overall in the 2007 race, 6th in division

Boat Name : Sailors with disABILITIES

Sail Number : 7878

LOA : 16.20M

Division : PHS,Line Honours,Line Honours

Designer : Lyons, David

Launch Year :2000

Type : Lyons

No of Sydney to Hobart: 9

Hull Colour : Blue Light

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : David Pescud (18)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : C Simpson (14), G Johnstone (5), J Thatcher (1), F Walker (6), M Thompson (4), R Burns (28), T Sutton

Notes : Sailors With disABILITIES won the PHS Division A of the 2007 Rolex Sydney to Hobart, and in the 2008 Audi Sydney Gold Coast race she placed 13th in the PHS division

In past years, she has sailed to Hobart seven times under different guises – Aspect Computing, Kaz and now Sailors with disABILITIES. in 2007 she sailed with 13 crew, of whom two were dyslexic, one was vision impaired and one hearing impaired, which made things interesting, according to Pescud.

One night down at the chart table when they were trying to tune the radio, those who couldn’t see the numbers recited to those who could and who could press the buttons.

In other years, Sailors With disABILITIES scored a PHS win in 2006 Sydney Mooloolaba and a second in the inaugural Sydney Mackay Yacht Race in the same year. In 2007, Sailors with Disabilities finished 13th in the PHS division of the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race and was one of five competitors who took on the Audi Sydney Mackay Yacht Race and finished with a win in the PHS Division.

This specially designed 54-footer which can accommodate up to five wheelchairs on board, has contested every east coast regatta and offshore race since being launched in 2000. With their previous boat, Pescud and his crew won PHS Division A of the storm battered 1998 Sydney Hobart. Sailors With disABILITIES also holds the monohull circumnavigation of Australia record.

Boat Name : Salona

Sail Number : S3274

LOA : 11.29M

Division : IRC,Line Honours,Line Honours

Designer : J & J

Launch Year :2006

Type : Salona 37

No of Sydney to Hobart: 2

Hull Construction : GRP

Skipper : Darren Cooney (5)
Owner/Skipper : Phillip King (8)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : C Flood (2), V Hus (1), R Blanch (3)

Notes : This German designed yacht was built in Croatia but had a string of misfortunes in her first couple of seasons in Australia, including steering failure in her first Hobart Race and a broken mast in the 2007 Sydney Southport Race.

She completed the 2007 Rolex Sydney Hobart, but placed well down the PHS results, but has since placed 5th in PHS in the 2008 Audi Sydney Gold Coast Race.

Owner/skipper Phillip King has had some impressive ocean racing results, including winning races from Adelaide to Robe and Adelaide to Kangaroo Island was well as winning Division A of the 1984 Sydney Hobart with Patrice III.

Boat Name : Sanyo Maris

Sail Number : 780

LOA : 11.30M

Division : IRC,IRC Overall

Designer : Alan Payne

Launch Year :1958

Type : Tasman Seabird

No of Sydney to Hobart: 1

Hull Construction : Timber Cold Moulded

Owner : Tomaszewski/Ian Kiernan/Green/Hawke
Owner/Skipper : Ian Kiernan (12)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : I Kiernan (12), H Treharne (28), C Oh (12), T Tomaszewski, M Tomaszewski (4), R Treharne

“Sanyo Maris passes the Heads - Sydney Gold Coast Race”
Crosbie Lorimer

Notes : NOTE: 2009 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Race application withdrawn Dec 1 , 2009

To celebrate her 50th birthday, Maris is coming out of retirement thanks to major sponsor Sanyo and secondary sponsor Veoila.

Ian Kiernan will skipper the boat with a world class crew including Hugh Treharne, and Ian's new partners in Maris: John Green, Tiare Tomaszewki and Ben Hawke. Sanyo Maris will be an active part of the CYCA's major blue water races. Ben and Tiare are grandchildren of the yacht's original owner, Jack Earl, and children of Jack's daughter Maris, for whom the boat was named.

Ian also competed in BOC round the world race, numerous Admiral's Cups and many other regional and international races.

Maris has a wealth of ocean racing experience including a win in Division F in the 1997 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, winner Division F & Veterans in 1995 Sydney Gold Coast and second on corrected time for the 1999 Lord Howe Island Race.

Sanyo Maris competed in the 2008 Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, but had to withdraw due to gear failure shortly after passing Coffs Harbour.

In the 2008 Gosford - Lord Howe race she won the IRC overall. The 12m yawl is probably the oldest yacht to win a major long ocean in Australian waters, certainly in modern times. With the lowest IRC rating (handicap) in the fleet, she won the IRC division by a comfortable 3 hours 17 minutes and 41 seconds from a former race winner, Warwick Sherman’s Cookson 12 Occasional Coarse Language.

Then she did it again! Sanyo Maris won IRC overall. in the 2009 Gosford - Lord Howe race

She had to retire in the 2008 Rolex Sydney to Habart due to a broken gooseneck.

Boat Name : Seahold Perie Banou II

Sail Number : R4

LOA : 11.77M

Division : IRC

Designer : Sparkman & Stephens

Launch Year :1971

Type : S & S 39

No of Sydney to Hobart: 7

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : Jon Sanders (6)

Crew : D Dicks (1), N Rock, B Punch (1), D Baxter (1), M Barwick (2), M Foster (3)

Notes : West Australian sailing icon Jon Sanders is back to campaign this veteran yacht, (formally Pilgrim) which has recently undergone a complete refurbishment. Sanders is famous for his achievements in single-handed round-the-world sailing, namely a triple non-stop circumnavigation in 1988.

Jon has raced to Hobart six times, placing 3rd overall in 1984, and has contested races to Bali and from Plymouth, England, to Fremantle in 1979, finishing 2nd overall. Jon teams up with an experienced group of Western Australia ocean sailors who have sailed many miles together, both in Australia and overseas.

Boat Name : Secret Mens Business #1

Sail Number : 8300

LOA : 12.80M

Division : IRC,Line Honours,Line Honours

Designer : Murray, Burns & Dovell

Launch Year :1996

Type : Murray 42

No of Sydney to Hobart: 8

Hull Colour : Blue Navy

Hull Construction : GRP Foam Sandwich

Owner/Skipper : Rob Curtis (4)
Owner/Skipper : Ross Tembath (13)

Club : Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club

Crew : Rob Curtis (3), Ross Trembath (13), Doug Snedden, Ian Greentree (2), Geoff Sherman (3), Simon Trembath (3), Nina Curtis (1), Lisa Sherman (1), Scott Hamilton, Hugh Leicester, Phoebe Cormack

Notes : Secret Mens Business 1 was designed by Iain Murray and built in 1996 by Bolton Yachts in Adelaide for original owner Geoff Boettcher. It competed up and down the east and south coast of Australia with its best result being a third in division in the 2003 Rolex Sydney Hobart.

SMB 1was overhauled in 2002 with a new MBD keel and swept spreader carbon rig with short footed headsails and a bow pole in 2007. The current owners bought the boat late in 2006. It races out of RPAYC on Pittwater and always has a great mix of parents and their sons and daughters on board (graduates from the Alfred's Youth development academy).

SMB 1 has finished 2nd in Division 1 Coffs Harbour Series 2007 and 2nd in IRC and 1st PHS in the Bird Island Race in the 2007/08 Blue Water Series. The boat has contested 8 Sydney Hobarts.

Boat Name : Secret Mens Business 3.5

Sail Number : YC3300

LOA : 15.61M

Division : IRC,Line Honours

Designer : Reichel - Pugh

Launch Year :2009

Type : Reichel Pugh 51

No of Sydney to Hobart: 1

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : Carbon Fibre

Owner/Skipper : Geoff Boettcher (21)

Club : CYCSA

“Secret Mens Business 3”
Rolex

Notes : Secret Mens Business 3.5 is the SMB3 which was relaunched in late 2009.

Launched in 2008, as Secret Mens Business 3, she raced the Australian IRC circuit the with mixed success but was returned to Hart Marine in Mornington (VIC) where Designers Reichel Pugh gave the boat a make over by adding a metre to the length of SMB3 and modifying the sail plan creating SMB 3.5.

Skipper Boettcher will be racing to Hobart for the 22nd time with a very experienced crew.

Boat Name : She

Sail Number : 4924

LOA : 12.23M

Division : ,PHS Division 2

Designer : Mull, Gary

Launch Year :1981

Type : Olsen 40 Modified

No of Sydney to Hobart: 12

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : Peter Rodgers (13)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : C Grafton (12), B Cohen (5), D Thomas (2), C Gray (1), A Ozols (3), P Rodgers(13), M O'Dea(10)

“SHE, Sail Number: 4924, Skipper: Peter Rodgers, State: NSW, Division: PHS, Design: Olsen 40 MOD, LOA (m): 12, Draft: 2.28 - 2009 Rolex Sydney to Hobart”
© Rolex/Daniel Forster

Notes : This 'golden oldie' of ocean racing has been sailed by Peter and his crew in 16 Rolex Sydney Hobart Races and 12 Lord Howe Island Races, as well as various NSW coastal races.

Good results have been achieved in the races to Hobart, second across both divisions PHS in 2008, 1st in 2009,amongst earlier placings

Tasman Light is owner Peter Rodgers' nemisis, 'having have parked alongside at night for many hours many times sliding slowly down the list from first into madness'

The 28 year old Mull 40 is built for comfort rather than speed. There is however a few wooden plaques on She's wall and a fair bit of silver in the cupboard.

Peter Rodgers states 'that the rewards came about in line with our borrowed motto 'Treachery and old age will always overcome youth and skill' upheld by the prodominantly legalistic and absolutely unscrupulous all male crew. '

The crew describe the yacht as a mix of Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo all in one, and is benefiting from the a bum tuck and nose job operation in 2005

Boat Name : She's The Culprit

Sail Number : 370

LOA : 11.96M

Division : IRC

Designer : Jones, Don

Launch Year :1994

Type : Inglis 39

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Hull Construction : GRP/Balsa Core

Owner/Skipper : Todd Leary (2)

Club : Bellerive Yacht Club

Crew : D Meincke (10), R Buchanan (3), D Followes (2), R Chamberlain (1), J Followes, G Davis, S Hauser, A Declerk, G Peacock (1)

Notes : Tasmanian yacht She’s the Culprit will seek vengeance in the 2010 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race for the heartbreaking crash that forced the boat out of the 2009 race, just 30 minutes after the start on Sydney Harbour.

In 2009, as the holed 39-footer and her crew limped back to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Rushcutters Bay owner/skipper Todd Leary decided to hang up his sailing boots for good, and put the yacht on the market.

But, in true Aussie spirit, Leary and his crew have decided to ‘have another go’ and again take on the 628 nautical mile blue water classic - and this time make it home to Hobart.

Leary said that for months he was unable to face looking at She’s the Culprit, and listed her for sale. But, buoyed by his crew’s enthusiasm, Leary decided just months ago to give it another shot and entered.. 'I want to do this for the crew, so we can finish what we started, it’s not about the result, it’s about getting to the finish in Hobart together.’’ ’’ he added.

Boat Name : Shogun

Sail Number : 6952

LOA : 15.85M

Division : IRC,IRC Overall,IRC Overall,IRC Overall

Designer : Judel Vroljik

Launch Year :2007

Type : JV 52

No of Sydney to Hobart: 2

Hull Construction : Carbon Fibre

Owner/Skipper : Rob Hanna (6)

Club: RGYC/RYCV

Crew : P Seary (13), J Freeman (21), P Doriean (19), S Cunnington (8), C Garnett (6), M Dunstan (5), N Partridge (10)

Notes : Geelong yachtsman Rob Hanna bought and renamed this Judel Vrolijk designed TP52, the former Wot Now, to Shogun in early November 2009 and is already having good success winning the 2010 Lipton Trophy on Port Phillip Bay and in August clinched 3rd place in IRC 1 in the 2010 Audi Sydney Gold Coast Race .

As Wot Yot she finished ninth across the line and fourth in division in the 2007 Hobart. Then in the 2008 she placed third overall on IRC.

Boat Name : Shogun.. .

Sail Number : 6952

LOA : 15.24M

Division : IRC,Line Honours,Line Honours

Designer : Farr, Bruce & Associates

Launch Year :2005

Type : Cookson 50

No of Sydney to Hobart: 4

Hull Colour : Grey

Hull Construction : Carbon, foam

Owner/Skipper : Rob Hanna (5)

Club : Royal Yacht Club Of Victoria

Crew : TBA

Notes : Geelong yachtsman Rob Hanna bought this conventional keel Cookson 50 (she started with a canting keel), the former Living Doll, from his friend Michael Hiatt following this year's Meridien Airlie Beach Race Week and Audi Hamilton Island Race Week in which the boat sailed most impressively.

She finished equal first with the canting keel Cookson 50 Quantum Racing at Airlie Beach, losing out on countback, and third in the IRC Grand Prix division at Hamilton Island to Cougar II and Quest. His crew includes sailmaker Tony Bull and yacht designer Robert Hick.

As Living Doll she placed 11th overall on IRC results in her debut Rolex Sydney Hobart in 2005 and retired from racing in the 2006 race due to the Green Cape rule. In the 2007 Polex Sydney to Hobart she placed 5th in IRC Division B.

The 2008 race was a disaster for her with a disqualification.

2009 racing saw her fifth over the line in the Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race, second in the NSW IRC state championship and completed the Brisbane to Gladstone race with a fourth in IRC overall & IRC Division 1 and fifth over the line.

Boat Name : Somoya

Sail Number : G5905

LOA : 14.02M

Division :

Designer : Kaufmann, Hank

Launch Year :1999

Type : Northshore 46

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP/Balsa Core

Owner/Skipper : Garry Rose

Club : Royal Geelong Yacht Club

Crew : L Henderson, R O'Keefe, F O'Keefe, R Williams, A Williams, M Davies, S Dickson, A Dickson

Notes : Somoya is an African name that means 'he who goes where the wild wind takes him'. It stemmed from a Wilbur Smith novel about his famous Courtney family.

It was built for and commissioned by Jack Christoffersen, a well known Sydney sailor who planned a solo
round-the-world voyage. Northshore built the hull more ruggedly than the standard 46 as it was destined to sail the Southern Ocean.

It was affectionately known around Sydney as 'Jack's brick shithouse'. The rigging and other equipment was all solidly built and installed for offshore sailing. Jack set out but unfortunately never achieved his goal.

Garry Rose purchased the boat in 2002 and sailed it to Geelong. It was returned to the Northshore factory in 2003 for an extensive fit-out, as it was originally quite spartan as befitting a vessel to be sailed solo around the world. In July 2004 it left Geelong for Queensland. It has been further improved and is an extremely capable boat fitted for offshore cruising.

Most of the racing by Garry Rose has been around Geelong's Corio Bay but he has cruised extensively, including circumnavigating Tasmania. Other members of the crew have had extensive racing and cruising experience.

Boat Name : Southern Excellence

Sail Number : NOR2

LOA : 19.80M

Division : PHS,Line Honours

Designer : Davidson, Laurie

Launch Year :2001

Type : Volvo 60

No of Sydney to Hobart: 4

Hull Colour : Black

Hull Construction : Foam/Kevlar/Epoxy

Skipper :
Owner/Skipper : Andrew Wenham (5)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : M Bastick, R Davies (1), P Fitzgibbon, G Lorimer-Turner, A Major (2), G McRae, J Natherson, M Nesbitt, D Nicholas, R Peters, S Price (4), P Tarimo (2), D Wood

Notes : Built for the 2001 Volvo Round the World Race, this VO60 has been campaigned extensively in Australia. Formerly djuice dragons from Norway. In the 2001-2002 Volvo Ocean Race, her best results were a second in Leg 4 into Rio and and she won Leg 9, the last leg of the race.

Andrew Short bought her in 2003 and sailed her in the 2003 Sydney to Hobart race and was fifth on line honours.

She retired from the 2004 Rolex Sydney Hobart race, when fifth on line honours after breaking a mainsail car, at the top of Flinders Island.

The boat came 10th over the line in the 2005 Rolex Sydney to Hobart sailing under the name of ABN Amro.

As Getaway Sailing Adventures it took line & PHS honours and set a new course record during the 2006 Gosford to Lord Howe Race, and took line honours again in the 2007 race. She also took line honours in the 2006 Melbourne to Vanuatu race.

In the 2007 Rolex Sydney to Hobart sailing as George Gregan Foundation, she came in 5th in PHS Div A and 15th over the line.

2011 Notes:
Andrew Wenham purchased this extensively campaigned Volvo 60 early last year and has had this extreme ocean racer undergo an extensive refurbishment. Southern Excellence has undertaken a solid program of offshore races this season that has included the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race and the CYCA’s Blue Water Pointscore Series races in order to prepare the boat and crew for the the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

Originally known as Djuice 2, the boat took line and PHS honours and set a new course record during the 2006 Gosford to Lord Howe Race, and returned in 2007 to claim line honours again. The boat scored a line honours win in the 2007 Melbourne to Vanuatu race for which it also holds the record, set by a previous owner.

Boat Name : St Jude

Sail Number : 6686

LOA : 14.20M

Division : IRC 2,Line Honours

Designer : Murray, Burns & Dovell

Launch Year :2007

Type : Sydney 47CR

No of Sydney to Hobart: 1

Hull Construction : Foam E Glass

Owner/Skipper : Noel Cornish (4)

Club: CYCA

Crew : D Sheppard (1), M Sheppard (1), T Robertson (1), J Halloran

“St Jude”
CYCA Staff - copyright

Notes : Launched in December 2007, St Jude was the sixth Sydney 47 out of the mould at Azzura Yachts. She sailed her first offshore race in the 2008 Australia Day Ocean Pointscore Race to Botany Bay and return, and won on IRC.

She finished fourth in IRC Division 2 of the 2009 Rolex Sydney to Hobart and won the PHS Division in the 2009/2010 CYCA Ocean Pointscore

Cornish's personal record includes winning the 1999 Adelaide - Port Lincoln Race overall in his then Beneteau FC10, Subjude. Jude is a common theme name for his boats as his wife's name is Judith

Boat Name : Strewth .

Sail Number : 6188

LOA : 14.97M

Division : IRC

Designer : Lyons, David

Launch Year :2002

Type : MKL49

No of Sydney to Hobart: 3

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP

Skipper :
Owner/Skipper : Geoff Hill (9)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : B Gould (38), R Carlier (28), B Collis (5), S Wall (6), E Adriaanse (19), R Grimes (22), N Craddock (1), G Belcher (2), J O'Loughlin, D Leonard, G Bauchop (12), R Stubbs

Notes : After racing this comfortable cruiser/racer in a couple of Rolex Sydney Hobarts, Geoff Hill took the boat to England to contest the 2005 Cowes Week and the Fastnet Race. Returning via Hong Kong, he sailed Strewth to victory in the Premier Cruising division of the King’s Cup at Phuket in 2006.

Strewth has a good racing record in Asia having won the 2005 Hong Kong – Hainan. 2006 was an outstanding year for Strewth in Performance Cruising. She won the Koh Samui Regatta ,the China Coast Regatta, the Hong Kong - Vietnam Race and the prestigious Kings Cup Premier Cruising division in 2008.

Geoff has gathered a crew of good mates who are full of experience and boast over 100 Hobarts between them including Bruce Gould who is competing in his 40th Sydney Hobart, Ralph Carlier (29) and Richard Grimes and Erik Adriaanse (20).

Boat Name : Terra Firma

Sail Number : SM47

LOA : 14.27M

Division : IRC,Line Honours

Designer : Murray, Burns & Dovell

Launch Year :2004

Type : Sydney 47

No of Sydney to Hobart: 9

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : Foam E Glass

Owner :
Owner/Skipper : Nicholas Bartels (7)

Club : Sandringham Yacht Club

Crew : TBA

Notes : Terra Firma is an optimized Sydney 47. A very determined and experienced crew lead by Nicholas Bartels has been sailing hard and smart and competing in the 2008 Audi Hamilton Island Race Week and MHYC's SORC and will compete in the 2008 Rolex Series leading up to the 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

The new boat outpaced rival Sydney 47s in a CYCA regatta held in October 2008.

The original Terra Firma, a Murray 41, was a top performing racer from 1995 to 2006 . In 2007, the name was transferred to a Sydney 47

Boat Name : The Goat

Sail Number : 7027

LOA : 11.78M

Division : IRC,One Design,Line Honours,Line Honours,Line Honours

Designer : Murray, Burns, Dovell

Launch Year :2003

Type : Sydney 38 One Design

No of Sydney to Hobart: 5

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner : Mitchell Gordon (12)
Owner : Bruce Foye (9)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : M Gordon (11), B Foye (9), M Davis (1), S Leslie (5), M Blaxall (1),

“The Subzero Goat turns around the top mark - Rolex Tophy One Designs 2008”
Crosbie Lorimer

Notes : Formerly Estate Master, The Goat is a Sydney 38 with good credentials including a first and second at the Sydney 38 Nationals. The boat is being campaigned under new owners, including 1993 Sydney Hobart overall winning co-skipper Bruce Foye.

The Goat's name is derived from Foye's Hobart winner Wild Oats (which has for many years been affectionately been referred to as 'the Goat' The Goat's debut ocean race ended prematurely when it retired from the Audi Sydney Mooloolaba Yacht Race. Foye and his crew went on to place seventh in the Sydney 38 division of the Audi Sydney Gold Coast in July 2007.

The Goat won the 2007 Rolex Sydney Hobart One Ton Cup and One Class Division. In 2008 The Goat won the Sydney 38 and IRC Division 3 and third overall IRC in the Sydney Southport Race.

The Goat came second in division in the 2008 Rolex Sydney to Hobart.

Boat Name : Time Lord

Sail Number : K8913

LOA : 14.99M

Division : PHS

Designer : J & J Design

Launch Year :2005

Type : Bavaria 50

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner/Skipper : Donald Munro

Club: Clearwater Cove Yacht Club

Crew : R Carr, G Looker, K Ebbit, E Duggin, K Lidgard

“Time Lord - 2006 NZ Bavaria Regatta”
International Marine Brokers New Zealand

Notes : Time Lord was launched in 2005. She was equipped to Category One and some systems were modified to suit short handed sailing. These modifications were made in preparation for the 2007 New Plymouth to Mooloolaba Short Handed Yacht Race, where she was placed second.

Time Lord has cruised extensively and had great success at the 2008 Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week where she won her class - Cruising Non Spinnaker.

She will now make her way to Sydney where she will be joined by a crew of Kiwis for the 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart, which will be the first for this boat

Boat Name : Tow Truck

Sail Number : M6

LOA : 11.44M

Division : IRC

Designer : Jason Ker

Launch Year :2001

Type : Ker 11.3

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Hull Colour : Green

Hull Construction : Foam/Kevlar/Epoxy

Brett Filby
Owner/Skipper : Anthony Paterson (8)

Club : Lake Macquarie Yacht Club

Crew : B Filby (6), P Williams (10), R Howard (5), W Howard (6), G V Dijk (5), T Poulsen (3), A May (3), A Hampo (2), N Barnes

Notes : An extensive international search to find a replacement for Anthony Paterson's famous Mumm 30 Tow Truck has been completed with the discovery of this Jason Ker designed 11.3m racing yacht on the island of Jersey.

The Ker 11.3 is a semi popular one-design class from the design board of successful Spanish-based British designer Jason Ker.

The new Tow Truck was shipped in a car transport ship from Southampton and the crew have spent many hours racing together on Lake Macquarie.

An excellent result in her first Hobart race and there should be more to come.

Boat Name : True North

Sail Number : YC5974

LOA : 11.78M

Division : IRC,Line Honours

Designer : Bruce Farr

Launch Year :2000

Type : Beneteau 40.7

No of Sydney to Hobart: 1

Owner/Skipper : Andrew Saies (3)

Club : CYCSA

Crew : R Human (12), M Hutton (1), L Dewitt (1), K Kellow (1), R Last (2)

Notes : True North has competed successfully in South Australian waters under owner Andrew Saies since 2004, including placing 2nd in division in this year's Adelaide to Port Lincoln Race.

In 2007/08 True North performed strongly at CYCSA events including 1st IRC CYCSA Inshore Club Championship; 1st IRC Offshore Championship; CYCSA Yacht of the Year; and SA IRC State Champion.

True North finished with a fourth place in IRC Division D in the 2007 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

Boat Name : Typhoon

Sail Number : 8395

LOA : 12.01M

Division : IRC,Line Honours

Designer : Farr Yachts

Launch Year :2006

Type : Farr 395

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Owner/Skipper : Barry Kelly

Club: Lake Macquarie

Crew : M Hinchey (2), P Mountford (1), K Jensen (2), M Jensen (1), D Hume (1), P Poschugg, R Poschugg, D Tanner, I Smythe

Notes : Typhoon is an IRC version of the Farr 395 One Design and is the first boat of its type in Australia. Designed by Farr Yacht Design she was built in South Africa and launched in 2006.

Typhoon is one of two yachts representing the Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club (the other is One for the Road) and will be crewed by sailors from Newcastle and Lake Macquarie.

In the 2008 Audi Sydney Gold Coast Race she placed 9th overall on IRC and 4th in division

Boat Name : Valheru

Sail Number : 1195

LOA : 13.05M

Division : IRC

Designer : Elliott, Greg

Launch Year :1994

Type : Elliot 43

No of Sydney to Hobart: 10

Hull Construction : Aluminium

Owner/Skipper : Anthony Lyall (8)

Club : Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania

Crew : P Hopkins (23) , I Ross (16), P Brasington(15), R Cohen(15), T Grafton (9), T Roberts (8), B Gadd (7),

Notes : Tony Lyall has competed in many ocean races, with a best result being line honours in all races of the 1994 Rudder Cup, which is the oldest sailing trophy in Australia, and is from Queenscliffe (Victoria) to Tasmania, across Bass Strait. He has also completed numerous Melbourne-Burnie and Melbourne-Devonport races.

This highly experienced crew will be looking for another top result after taking out second in division in the 1999 Telstra Sydney to Hobart Race and third in division the year before.

Valheru was damaged and forced to retire following a collision soon after the start of the 2002 Sydney Hobart Race. During a protracted settlement case, it was confirmed she as the right of way boat. She has been repaired by builder Ian Milner and given a new rig configuration by Fred Barrett.

Boat Name : Walross 4

Sail Number : GER 6000

LOA : 16.95M

Division : IRC

Designer : Georg Nissen

Launch Year :2007

Type : Nissen 56

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : Timber Cold Moulded

Owner : Akademischer Segler Verein
Skipper : Chrisitian Masilge

Club: ASV

Crew : B Zipfel, C Schaefer, F Schmidt, M Ebert, A Zipfel, H Fehrmann, C Schmitt, T Muller, M Geitner, L Speetzen

Notes : Walross 4 is one of the thirteen international entries for this years race and the only German entry.

Walross 4 is a George Nissen designed boat, with a cold moulded mahogany hull that was built in 2007. She has been specifically designed for long distance sailing both cruising and racing.

Boat Name : Wave Sweeper

Sail Number : 7407

LOA : 11.92M

Division : IRC,Line Honours,Line Honours

Designer : Farr, Bruce & Associates

Launch Year :2000

Type : Beneteau 40.7

No of Sydney to Hobart: 7

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP

G Stromov

Skipper : Andrey Arbuzov (1)
Owner/Skipper : Morgan Rogers (2)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : Ted Tooher(3), A Laurence(3), A Mather (4), C Walker (2), P Tucker (3), M Rogers, M Ward(2), G Scarlett, Mark Tobin (2), Harry Ward.

Notes : Morgan Rogers liked Chancellor so much as crew he bought her off Ted Tooher, (but not the name), so he renamed her Wave Sweeper. She is an extensively tuned Beneteau 40.7, has a distinguished racing pedigree.

As Chancellor in the 2004 race she was running second in division before running out of crew, due to sea sickness, and retired just north of Flinders Island. She retired from the 2005 Gosford to Lord Howe race with electrical problems but finished 5th in division in the 2005 Hobart race.

This will be the seventh Rolex Sydney Hobart for this hard working yacht. She was also known as Le Billet

Boat Name : Wedgetail

Sail Number : HW42

LOA : 12.80M

Division : IRC,Line Honours,Line Honours

Designer : Hugh Welbourn

Launch Year :2005

Type : Wellbourne 12.9

No of Sydney to Hobart: 2

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : Carbon, foam

Owner/Skipper : Bill Wild (4)
Owner/Skipper : Peter Elkington (5) Sailing Master

Club : Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron

Crew : P Elkington (5), K Costin (8), S Kidd (6), V Dudley (12)

“Wedgetail ”
Crosbie Lorimer

Notes : Wedgetail made its Rolex Sydney Hobart debut in the 2005 race and finished an impressive 6th overall on corrected time followed up with a 1st in IRC division 2 of the 2007 Audi Sydney Southport race in March.

In the 2007 Rolex Sydney Hobart she placed 10th overall on IRC, second in IRC Div C, and was the 21st boat to Hobart

In the 2008 Audi Sydney Gold Coast race she placed 12th overall on IRC and 2nd in Division

Skipper Bill Wild always puts together an excellent crew for the trip south with Kevin Costin joining the highly
experienced Vanessa Dudley, Auckland sailmaker Simon Kidd and navigator Peter Elkington.

Boat Name : Wild Oats XI

Sail Number : AUS 10001

LOA : 30.48M

Division : IRC,Line Honours,Line Honours,Line Honours

Designer : Reichel - Pugh

Launch Year :2005

Type : Maxi 30m

No of Sydney to Hobart: 5

Hull Colour : Silver

Hull Construction : Carbon, Nomex sandwich

T Tindill (6)
Skipper : M Richards (7)

Club : Hamilton Island Yacht Club Inc

Crew : T Wiseman (3), S Runow (19), R Goodrich (3), J Wilson (2), M Shillington (13), J Hildebrand (4), I Smith (10) A Henderson (11), J Whittaker (6), R Naismith (13), S Jarvin (20), P Westlake (10), I Murray (14), I Burns (12), A Cahalan (16), M Richards (4), T Tindill (3), C Harmsen (14), M Mason (5), R Daniel (7), T Bellingham (6), M Coxon (27), J Flannery

Notes : Returning for the sixth year in a row, with skipper Mark Richards at the helm, Wild Oats XI is hungry for her fifth line honours win, after finishing second to Neville Crichton’s Alfa Romeo in the 2009 race after making extensive modifications to increase her overall length to 100ft, in accordance with the rule changes to extend the maximum length overall of yachts from 98ft to 100ft.

After the 2009 Hobart she made a rapid turn-around from Hobart to hammer back to Pittwater to make the start line for the 2010 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour race and took line honours.

Wild Oats XI currently holds the record for the most consecutive line honours wins – four - she surpassed Morna’s record of three in a row achieved in the 1946-1948 races when she won in 2008.

In 2010, aside from the Pittwater to Coffs Harbour line win, she took line honours in a tough 2010 Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race and the 2010 Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race – missing the race record by only a couple of hours.

In her Rolex Sydney Hobart debut in 2005 this maxi with canting ballast twin foil (CBTF) took line honours in record time and won the Tattersall’s Cup – the only boat to take the trifecta since Rani in the first race in 1945.

The outstanding crew line up boasts 180 Hobarts collectively

Boat Name : Wild Side

Sail Number : SM360

LOA : 10.97M

Division : IRC

Designer : Murray, Burns & Dovell

Launch Year :2008

Type : Sydney 36

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : GRP

Owner : Eddie Ragauskas (1)
Owner/Skipper : Martin Vaughan (2)

Club : Sandringham Yacht Club

Crew : M Vaughan (2), E Ragauskas (1), P Chalkley, M McManus, C Pope (2), S Moseley, G Arthur (1)

Notes : Newly Built, Wild Side is the latest step for the partnership of Martin Vaughan and Eddie Ragauskas after their success in winning the 2006 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race.

Eddie and Martin have been racing together for a number of years with numerous Bass Strait crossings. Among the smaller boats they hope to be competitive with their Sydney 36CR.

In the 2008 Melbourne to Stanley race, she placed second in IRC to Chutzpah in IRC, first in PHD and third under AMS.

The crew also comprises Peter Chalkley, Marissa McManus, Stuart Moseley, Craig Pope and Graeme Arthur.

Boat Name : Wild Thing

Sail Number : M10

LOA : 30.00M

Division : IRC,Line Honours

Designer : Jones, Don

Launch Year :2003

Type : Super Maxi

No of Sydney to Hobart: 5

Hull Colour : White

Hull Construction : Carbon Fibre

Owner/Skipper : Grant Wharington (22)

Club : Mornington Yacht Club

Crew : TBA

Notes : Grant Wharington’s Wild Thing is back!

Wild Thing as Etihad Stadium retired on the start line due to rigging failure of the new mast due after a mammoth 15 day effort to replace the mast using Alfa Romeo's spare mast sitting in Europe after Etihad Stadium was dismasted on route to Sydney to participate in the 2009 Rolex Sydney to Hobart.

‘As soon as we loaded up the mast we were losing jack pressure, as we loaded up the sail the mast was bending sideways, that is we were ‘unable to keep column. However the really stopper was an equipment one. We discovered our set up with our runner blocks was not right with the new four spreader mast; with the existing blocks we were unable to hold runner tension...we need to use blocks of a different design. ' - Grant Wharington

Grant Wharington’s Etihad Stadium / Wild thing previously won line honours as Skandia in the 2003 Rolex Sydney Hobart but the following year, leading the fleet to Hobart, she lost her canting keel, capsized and the crew abandoned ship.

Skandia was rebuilt and went on to take line honours in the 2005 Sydney Gold Coast, Sydney Mooloolaba and Sydney Mackay races. In the 2008 Rolex Sydney to Hobart, Skandia finished second to Wild Oats XI after mounting a challenge for line honours.

In 2007 she broke the top of her mast off the Tasmanian coast, and after some hairy hours aloft strapping it so it would not plummet to the deck, finished the race jury rigged.

Grant Wharington stated after that race that 'we had some crew who never made it to Hobart before ....... , so a matter of a missing bit of the mast was not going to stop us'.

Boat Name : Winsome

Sail Number : NED 118

LOA : 12.74M

Division : IRC

Designer : Sparkman & Stephens

Launch Year :1972

Type : S & S 41

No of Sydney to Hobart: 0

Owner/Skipper : Harry J Heijst

Club: KNZ8RV, RORC

Crew : B Mirck, F van Beuningen , R Klabbers, M de Ru, P Kohne, J Dantuma, F. van Vliet

Notes : TBA

Boat Name : Wot Eva

Sail Number : 6953

LOA : 15.85M

Division : IRC,Line Honours

Designer : Nelson Marek

Launch Year :2001

Type : TP52

No of Sydney to Hobart: 3

Hull Colour : Blue Navy

Hull Construction : Carbon, foam

Owner/Skipper : David Pescud (19)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : S Marshall (3), N Dallen (3), J Eginton (1), D Smith (3) , Jono English (2), Amanda Scrivner (1), Andrew Hudson (1), Dean Curtis, Will Parker, Emma Dallen, Dave Thackery, Tiff Fulde (1), John Bush

Notes : Wot Eva, formally Wot Yot, and due to a generous donation by wotif.com co-founder Graeme Wood, is the new yacht for Sailors with disABILITIES, a not-for- profit organisation.

Wot Eva in the 2010 Rolex Sydney to Hobart race will compete under IRC rules, and thus, for the first time in 16 Bass Strait crossings, they will be in contention for the Tattersall’s Cup for the overall winner of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Sailors with disABILITIES previously raced in the PHS division.

Wot Eva, as Wot Yot, was the first of the TP52 class yachts in Australia. The TP52 is carbon built with a conventional fixed keel/bulb configuration and is extremely light for her length. She finished fourth on handicap in the 2007 Rolex Sydney Hobart. Wot Yot has rarely been out of a place in both offshore and regatta racing in Australia.

Boat Name : Yendys

Sail Number : 1836

LOA : 16.80M

Division : IRC,Line Honours,Line Honours

Designer : Reichel - Pugh

Launch Year :2006

Type : Custom Racer

No of Sydney to Hobart: 3

Hull Construction : Carbon Fibre

Owner/Skipper : Geoff Ross (14)

Club : Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia

Crew : G Johnston (20), S Cotton (10), M White (6), D Blanchfield (20), W Oxley (15), S Kirkjian (13), A Crowe (10), T Powell (12)

Notes : Geoff Ross' purpose built Reichel/Pugh 55 Yendys, the first grand prix yacht out of McConaghy International's boatyard in China, was launched just prior to the Rolex Trophy in 2006 to attempt a second overall win in the Rolex Sydney Hobart after claiming this honour with his former Yendys in 1999.

Ross has already recorded some notable results including 2nd in division 1 in 2006 Rolex Trophy and winner of the IRC Racing division at the 2007 Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.

Additionally Yendys, placed 2nd in the 2007 Rolex Trophy in Division 0/1 and 3rd in the 2007 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race (Division B). In the 2008 Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race Yendys finished third over the line and 2nd in IRC Division 1.

In the 2008 Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race she finished third over the line and 2nd in IRC Division 1.

Yendys carries a sail number of 1836 - the year Geoff's ancestors first arrived in Hobart via convict transportation..

Starting helmsman Chris Nicholson, Sailing Master Yendys, World 49er champion, Olympian
Watch captain Puma Volvo Ocean Race, Mainsheet, Rob Salthouse, Puma, JIB Billy Sykes, Pit David Blanchfield, Oracle Americas Cup, navigator Will Oxley Shore navigator Puma