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You just never know who'll you'll meet at Sandown!

by John Curnow on 7 Nov 2009
As much sun as I could get in frame Bob. - Sydney to Hobart John Curnow
This is Bob Fraser, today at Melbourne's Sandown Motor Raceway for the Victorian Historic Race Register meeting. Bob used to have Fraser Sails, up until a few years ago.

He was very happy to get out of wet Sydney, calling a lot of friends as he drove down and said to me, 'Make sure you get all the sunny skies out the back of pit lane there.' So OK Bob, here are the images for you.

Bob went on to add that, 'Motor racing is quite addictive and I'm really enjoying the car (a Porsche Carrera 3.0). Its completely different to owning a sail loft however, because now I write the cheques at the end of race meeting, as opposed to sending out invoices!' Quite so Bob, as any serious petrol head will tell you...

At any rate, Bob will lining up for his 27th Sydney to Hobart on Boxing Day this year. He'll be aboard the Maxi 'Lahana' and no doubt be making his own personal dedication somewhere on the voyage to his late friend, Andrew Short, with whom he had sailed a lot.


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