The 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart IRC fleet

by www.Sail-World.com on 19 Nov 2008

Here is the raw list of the IRC applications for entry in the IRC division/s of the 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart

Name	Owner	State	Div	Design	LOA (m)
Wild Oats XI	Robert I Oatley	NSW	IRC	Reichel Pugh 98	30.00
Skandia	Grant Wharington	VIC	IRC	Jones 98	30.00
ASM - Shockwave 5	Andrew Short	NSW	IRC	Reichel Pugh 80	24.40
ASM - Brindabella	Andrew Short	NSW	IRC	Jutson 79	24.07
Ichi Ban	Matt Allen	NSW	IRC	Jones 70	21.50
Black Jack	Peter Harburg	QLD	IRC	Reichel Pugh 66	20.24
Ragtime	Chris Welsh/Ragtime LLC	USA	IRC	Spencer 65	19.73
Limit	Alan Brierty	WA	IRC	Reichel Pugh 63	19.50
Loki	Stephen Ainsworth	NSW	IRC	Reichel Pugh 63	19.20
Noonmark VI	Sir Geoffrey Mulcahy	UK	IRC	Swan 56	17.19
Doctel Rager	Gary Shanks	SA	IRC	Elliott 56	17.10
Walross 4	Akademischer Segler-Veneine V	GER	IRC	Nissen 56	16.95
Yendys	Geoff Ross	NSW	IRC	Reichel Pugh 55	16.80
Living Doll	Michael Hiatt	VIC	IRC	Farr 55	16.76
Georgia	John Williams/Graeme Ainley	VIC	IRC	Farr 53	16.05
Cougar II	Alan Whiteley	VIC	IRC	TP52	15.85
Ragamuffin	Syd Fischer	NSW	IRC	TP52	15.85
Wot Yot	Graeme Wood	NSW	IRC	TP 52	15.85
Quest	Robert Steel	NSW	IRC	TP 52	15.84
Goldfinger	P Blake/K Mitchell	VIC	IRC	Farr 52	15.79
Wot Now	Graeme Wood	NSW	IRC	Judel Vroljik 52	15.85
Finistere	Robert Thomas	WA	IRC	Davidson 50	15.40
Knee Deep	Phil Childs/ Frank Van Ruth	WA	IRC	Farr 49	15.28
Shogun	R G Hanna	VIC	IRC	Cookson 50	15.24
Quantum Racing	Ray Roberts	NSW	IRC	Cookson 50	15.23
Optimus Prime	Trevor Taylor	WA	IRC	Marten 49	15.05
Audi Centre Melbourne	Chris Dare	VIC	IRC	Corby 49	15.00
Strewth	Geoff Hill	NSW	IRC	MKL49	14.95
Limit	Alan Brierty	WA	IRC	Corby 49	14.93
Ray White Spirit of Koomooloo	Mike & Don Freebairn	QLD	IRC	S & S 48	14.78
Jus' do it 3	Ian Darby	QLD	IRC	Beneteau 47.7	14.60
Secret Men Business 3	Geoff Boettcher	SA	IRC	Reichel Pugh 47	14.53
Terra Firma	Nicholas Bartels	VIC	IRC	Sydney 47	14.30
Balance	Paul Clitheroe	NSW	IRC	Sydney 47	14.20
St Jude	Noel Cornish	NSW	IRC	Sydney 47	14.20
Mustang Sally	Warren Batt	NZ	IRC	Farr 46	14.10
Rush	Ian & John Paterson	VIC	IRC	Corel 45	13.80
Lady Courrier	Gery Trentesau	FRA	IRC	Beneteau First 45	13.68
Mr Beaks Ribs	David Beak	NSW	IRC	First 44.7	13.35
Bacardi	Martin Power	VIC	IRC	Peterson 44	13.34
Polaris of Belmont	Chris Dawe	NSW	IRC	Cole 43	13.20
Valheru	Anthony Lyall	TAS	IRC	Elliott 43	13.00
Wedgetail	Bill Wild	QLD	IRC	Welbourn 42	12.80
Secret Men Business #1	Curtis/Trembath/Sneeden	NSW	IRC	Murray 42	12.75
Spirit of Lexus	Michael Keough	SA	IRC	Farr 42	12.75
Winsome	Harry J Heijst	NED	IRC	S & S 41	12.74
AFR Midnight Rambler	Sue Psaltis/ Bob Thomas	NSW	IRC	Farr 40 Mod	12.41
Pinta - M	Atse Blei	NED	IRC	S & S 41	12.39
Patrice Six	Tony Kirby	NSW	IRC	X41	12.35
Chutzpah	Bruce Taylor	VIC	IRC	IRC 40	12.30
Inner Circle	Ken Robinson & Darren Cooney	NSW	IRC	Farr 40 IOR	12.24
Aurora	Jim & Mary Holley	NSW	IRC	Farr 40 - One Off	12.21
Bombora	Greg Tobin	VIC	IRC	Lyons 40	12.17
41SUD	Jean-Luc Esplaas	NC	IRC	Archambault 40	12.00
Broadsword	Simon Wood	NSW	IRC	Archambault 40	11.99
Copernicus	Greg Zyner	NSW	IRC	Radford 12m	11.99
Papillon	Phil Molony	NSW	IRC	Archambault 40	11.99
Typhoon	Barry Kelly	NSW	IRC	Farr 395	11.98
She's The Culprit	Todd Leary	TAS	IRC	Inglis 39	11.96
Chancellor	Ted Tooher	NSW	IRC	First 40.7	11.92
Jazz Player	Andrew Lawrence	VIC	IRC	Bakewell-White 39	11.92
The Squirrel	Phil Chisholm	NSW	IRC	Beneteau First 40.7	11.92
True North	Andrew Saies	SA	IRC	Beneteau First 40.7	11.92
Audacious	Greg Clinnick & Paul Holden	VIC	IRC/OD	Sydney 38	11.78
Eleni	Tony Levett	NSW	IRC/OD	Sydney 38	11.78
Getaway-Sailing.com	Peter Goldsworthy	NSW	IRC/OD	Sydney 37	11.78
Leukaemia Foundation	R Holstein/S Kellie	NSW	IRC/OD	Sydney 38	11.78
Morris Finance Cinquante	Ian Murray	VIC	IRC/OD	Sydney 38	11.78
The Goat	Clayton/Foye/Peckman/Gordon	NSW	IRC/OD	Sydney 38	11.78
Yeah Baby	Louis Ryckmans	NSW	IRC/OD	Sydney 38	11.78
Seahold Perie Banou II	John Sanders	WA	IRC	S & S 39	11.77
INSX	Robert Sill	VIC	IRC	NSX 38	11.63
Tow Truck	Anthony Paterson	NSW	IRC	Ker 11.3	11.30
One For The Road	Kym Butler	NSW	IRC	Northshore 37	11.22
Sanyo Maris	Tomaszewski/Green/Kiernan/Hawke	NSW	IRC	Tasman Seabird	11.15
Young Ones	Ian Miller	VIC	IRC	Young 11 (Mod)	11.00
Pisces	David Taylor	TAS	IRC	Sydney 36	10.97
Wild Side	Martin Vaughan	VIC	IRC	Sydney 36 CR	10.97
Even Finer	Adrian Dunphy	NSW	IRC	Dufour Regatta 34	10.60
Impeccable	John Walker	NSW	IRC	Peterson 33	10.23
Nest Property	Murray Wilkes	TAS	IRC	Traditional 30	9.14
Maluka of Kermandie	Sean Langman	NSW	IRC	Gaff	9.10

Of course this will be split into divisions but looking at the top say 30 boats, can you think of a better fleet, foot for foot, metre for metre anywhere in the world?

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