2008 Hobart fleet head towards 110

by Bob Maxwell on 1 Nov 2008 95 Applications for entry for the 2008 Rolex Sydney to Hobart race, so far with more coming in. The absolute deadline is 5pm on Monday 3rd of November and as Cruising Yacht Club of Australia sailing manager Justine Kirkjian reminds sailors, the application deadline will NOT be extended.

With 95, 13 more than last year’s 82 starters, the CYCA is expecting the usual late rush of paperwork on Monday and the numbers could approach 110.

'Interest in this year’s race is strong and indications are it will be one of the largest fleets in a decade,' said CYCA Commodore Matt Allen.

Applications have been received from around the world, Germany, GBR, Netherlands, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Russia, Switzerland,

All six Australian states and the ACT are represented in the list of applications for entry.

Since the 1998 Sydney Hobart the average fleet size has been 78.8 with a peak of 116 starters in 2004 for the 60th anniversary Rolex Sydney Hobart.

Applications for entry for the 64th edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart close on Monday 3 November 2008 at 1700hrs at Rushcutters Bay.

Here is application for entry list up to mid afternoon on Friday October 31st, there were more later which have not yet been collated.

		Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2008 - Applications
	SailNo		Name	Owner	State	Div	Design	LOA (m)	LOA (ft)	Draft
1	FRA	8995	41SUD	Jean-Luc Esplaas	NC	IRC	Archambault 40	12.00	40	2.40
2		5612	Abracadabra	James Murchison	NSW	PHS	Tripp 47	14.30	47	2.75
3		8338	AFR Midnight Rambler	Sue Psaltis/ Bob Thomas	NSW	IRC	Farr 40 Mod	12.41	40	2.45
4		10000	ASM - Brindabella	Andrew Short	NSW	IRC	Jutson 79	24.07	79	4.27
5	USA	50062	ASM - Shockwave 5	Andrew Short	NSW	IRC	Reichel/Pugh 80	24.4	80	4.12
6	B	331	Audacious	Greg Clinnick & Paul Holden	VIC	IRC/OD	Sydney 38	11.78	38	2.69
7		4057	Aurora	Jim & Mary Holley	NSW	IRC	Farr 40 - One Off	12.21	40	2.25
8	SM	377	Bacardi	Martin Power	VIC	IRC	Peterson 44	13.34	44	2.40
9		7771	Balance	Paul Clitheroe	NSW	IRC	Sydney 47	14.2	47	3.10
10		52566	Black Jack	Peter Harburg	QLD	IRC	Reichel Pugh 66	20.24	66	4.51
11	R	22	Bombora	Greg Tobin	VIC	IRC	Lyons 40	12.17	40	2.61
12	Q	40	Broadsword	Simon Wood	NSW	IRC	Archambault 40	11.99	40	2.38
13		TBA	Cator Of Margaret River	Roger McMillan	WA	Cruis	Van De Stadt 37	11.15	37	1.95
14	SM	8	Chance of Shenval	Robert Green	VIC	PHS	Farr 39	12.00	39	1.83
15	RQ	1920	Charlie's Dream	Peter Lewis	QLD	PHS/cruis?	Bluewater 450	13.7	45	1.70
16	R	33	Chutzpah	Bruce Taylor	VIC	IRC	IRC 40	12.3	40	2.70
17		6689	Copernicus	Greg Zyner	NSW	IRC	Radford 12m	11.99	40	2.10
18	SM	5200	Cougar II	Alan Whiteley	VIC	IRC	TP52	15.85	52	3.3
19	YC	560	Doctel Rager	Gary Shanks	SA	IRC	Elliott 56	17.10	56	3.64
20		826	Dream Lover	Rick Morgan	QLD	PHS	MBD 40	12.47	40	2.66
21	MH	60	Eleni	Tony Levett	NSW	IRC/OD	Sydney 38	11.78	38	2.62
22	F	108	Finistere	Robert Thomas	WA	IRC	Davidson 50	15.4	50	3.75
23		7551	Flying Fish Arctos	Flying Fish Australia	NSW	PHS	Radford 16.4	16.36	54	2.74
24	SM	1000	Georgia	John Williams/Graeme Ainley	VIC	IRC	Farr 53	16.05	53	3.25
25		8880	Goldfinger	P Blake/K Mitchell	VIC	IRC	Farr 52	15.79	52	3.25
26		262	Helsal III	Tony Fisher/Rob Fisher	TAS	PHS	Adams 20	20.00	65	3.50
27	H	262	Helsal IV	Tony Fisher/Sally Smith	TAS	PHS	Dynamique 62	18.65	62	2.45
28	AUS	O3	Ichi Ban	Matt Allen	NSW	IRC	Jones 70	21.50	70	4.50
29	MH	106	Impeccable	John Walker	NSW	IRC	Peterson 33	10.23	33	1.99
30	F	111	Inca	Noel Sneedon	NSW	PHS	Vickers 41	12.50	41	1.75
31	M	762	Inner Circle	Ken Robinson & Darren Cooney	NSW	IRC	Farr 40 IOR	12.24	40	2.26
32	SM	5985	INSX	Robert Sill	VIC	IRC	NSX 38	11.63	38	2.28
33		6654	Isabella	John Nolan	NSW	PHS	Hanse 400 E	12.10	40	1.98
34	S	390	Jazz Player	Andrew Lawrence	VIC	IRC	Bakewell-White 39	11.92	39	2.68
35		5790GBR	Jus' do it 3	Ian Darby	Scotland, UK	IRC	Beneteau 47.7	14.60	48	2.74
36		6146	Kioni - Global Yacht Racing	Global Yacht Racing	UK		Beneteau First 47.7	14.5	47	2.90
37		55555	Krakatoa II	Rod Skellet	NSW	PHS	Pogo 40	12.18	40	3.00
38		6082	Leukaemia Foundation	R Holstein/S Kellie	NSW	IRC/OD	Sydney 38	11.78	38	2.65
39	AUS	98888	Limit	Alan Brierty	WA	IRC	Reichel Pugh 62	19.50	62	4.00
40		43218	Limit	Alan Brierty	WA	IRC	Corby 49	14.93	49	3.05
41		3663	Lloyds Brokers - Too Impetuous	Rudy Weber	QLD	PHS	Holland 43	12.88	42	2.34
42	BRU	1	Mahligai	Murray Owens & Jenny Kings	NSW	PHS	Sydney 46	14.27	46	2.74
43	A	19	Maluka of Kermandie	Sean Langman	NSW	IRC	Gaff	9.1	30	2
44	G	5038	Morris Finance Cinquante	Ian Murray	VIC	IRC/OD	Sydney 38	11.78	38	2.62
45		8447	Mr Beaks Ribs	David Beak	NSW	IRC	First 44.7	13.35	3.97	2.64
46	F	550	Mustang Sally	Warren Batt	NZ	IRC	Farr 46	14.1	46	2.80
47		325	Nest Property	Murray Wilkes	TAS	IRC	Traditional 30	9.14	30	1.65
48	GBR	5698R	Noonmark VI	Sir Geoffrey Mulcahy	UK	IRC	Swan 56	17.19	56	3.40
49		2999	Obsession	Obsession Syndicate	NSW	PHS	Sydney 38 Mod	11.78	38	2.69
50	N	9	One For The Road	Kym Butler	NSW	IRC	Northshore 37	11.22	37	2.50
51	CR	1	Optimus Prime	Trevor Taylor	WA	IRC	Marten 49	15.05	49	3.60
52	SUI	1	Pachamama: Swiss Top to Top Global Climate Expedition	Dario Schwoerer	SUI	Cruis	Nivelt 50	15.28	50	2.37
53	N	40	Papillon	Phil Molony	NSW	IRC	Archambault 40	11.99	40	2.37
54	NED	1261	Pinta - M	Atse Blei	NED	IRC	S & S 41	12.39	40	2.09
55		533	Pippin	Roger Sayers	QLD	Cruis	Farr 37	11.4	37	2.70
56		5474	Pirelli	Les Goodridge	NSW	PHS	Farr 65	19.70	65	3.60
57		6197	Pisces	David Taylor	TAS	IRC	Sydney 36	10.97	36	2.29
58	MH	7	Pla Loma	Rob Reynolds	NSW	PHS	DK43	13	43	2.80
59		5527	Polaris of Belmont	Chris Dawe	NSW	IRC	Cole 43	13.20	43	2.1
60		8899	Quantum Racing	Ray Roberts	NSW	IRC	Cookson 50	15.23	50	3.52
61		52002	Quest	Robert Steel	NSW	IRC	TP 52	15.84	####	3.18
62		2001	Quetzalcoatl	Antony Sweetapple	NSW	PHS	Jones 40	12.33	40	2.71
63	AUS	70	Ragamuffin	Syd Fischer	NSW	IRC	TP52	15.85	52	3.19
64	B	45	Rush	Ian & John Paterson	VIC	IRC	Corel 45	13.80	45	2.92
65		3724	Salona	Phillip King	NSW	PHS	Salona 37	11.29	37	2.28
66	G	5905	Samoya	Garry Rose	VIC	Cruis	Northshore 45	14	45	1.82
67		780	Sanyo Maris	Tomaszewski/Green/Kiernan/Hawke	NSW	IRC	Tasman Seabird	11.15	36	1.53
68	R	4	Seahold Perie Banou II	John Sanders	WA	IRC	S & S 39	11.77	39	1.99
69		8300	Secret Men Business #1	Curtis/Trembath/Sneeden	NSW	IRC	Murray 42	12.75	42	2.78
70	YC	3300	Secret Men Business 3	Geoff Boettcher	SA	IRC	Reichel Pugh 47	14.53	47	3.30
71		4924	She	Peter Rodgers	NSW	PHS	Olsen 40 Mod	12.52	40	2.3
72		370	She's The Culprit	Todd Leary	TAS	IRC	Inglis 39	11.96	39	2.50
73	R	50	Shogun	R G Hanna	VIC	IRC	Cookson 50	15.24	50	3.50
74	M	10	Skandia	Grant Wharington	VIC	IRC	Maxi 30m	30.00	98	5.60
75		6686	St Jude	Noel Cornish	NSW	IRC	Sydney 47	14.20	47	3.15
76		6188	Strewth	Geoff Hill	NSW	IRC	MKL49	14.95	49	3.25
77		8679	Telecoinabox Merit	Leo Rodriguez	QLD	PHS	Volvo 60	19.26	60	3.75
78	SM	47	Terra Firma	Nicholas Bartels	VIC	IRC	Sydney 47	14.30	47	3.00
79		7027	The Goat	Clayton/Foye/Peckman/Gordon	NSW	IRC/OD	Sydney 38	11.78	38	2.62
80		6155	The Squirrel	Phil Chisholm	NSW	IRC/OD	Sydney 38	11.78	38	2.62
81	K	8913	Time Lord	Donald Munro	NZ	PHS	Bavaria 50	14.99	50	2.10
82	M	6	Tow Truck	Anthony Paterson	NSW	IRC	Ker 11.3	11.3	37	2.37
83	RUS	8848	Trading Network Alye Parusa	Oscar Konyukhow	RUS	PHS	Open 85 Maxi	27.00	88	4.65
84	YC	5974	True North	Andrew Saies	SA	IRC	Beneteau First 40.7	11.92	40	2.40
85		8395	Typhoon	Barry Kelly	NSW	IRC	Farr 395	11.98	39	2.43
86		1195	Valheru	Anthony Lyall	TAS	IRC	Elliott 43	13	43	3.19
87	GER	6000	Walross 4	Akademischer Segler-Veneine V	GER	IRC	Nissen 56	16.95	56	2.85
88	HW	42	Wedgetail	Bill Wild	QLD	IRC	Welbourn 42	12.80	42	2.60
89	AUS	10001	Wild Oats XI	Robert I Oatley	NSW	IRC	Maxi 30m	30.00	98	5.44
90	SM	360	Wild Side	Martin Vaughan	VIC	IRC	Sydney 36 CR	10.97	36	2.36
91	NED	118	Winsome	Harry J Heijst	NED	IRC	S & S 41	12.74	41	2.15
92		6952	Wot Now	Graeme Wood	NSW	IRC	Judel Vroljik 52	15.85	52	3.24
93		6953	Wot Yot	Graeme Wood	NSW	IRC	TP 52	15.85	52	3.17
94		1836	Yendys	Geoff Ross	NSW	IRC	Reichel Pugh 55	16.8	55	3.50
95	SM	5558	Young Ones	Ian Miller	VIC	IRC	Young 11 (Mod)	11.00	36	2.45