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Boat Profiles*
* Subject to change, crew details as per information provided to the
CYCA by 30 July, 2016
For up to date crew lists, please refer to http://goldcoast.cyca.com.au/the-yachts/
Compiled by Di Pearson
ABRACADABRA
SAIL NO: 5612
LOA: 14.3m
CLASS: PHS
DESIGNER: Bill Tripp (USA)
YEAR BUILT: 1991
TYPE: Tripp 47
OWNER: James Murchison
CLUB: Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, NSW
CREW: J Murchison – Skipper/Navigator, A Martin, P Loxton, P Stratton, M Formosa, T Gango, P Craig
James Murchison sailed Abracadabra to PHS 10th overall in the 2015 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. He must have rustled up some magic later on, as Abracadabra, a PHS Division 2 yacht, won PHS overall in the Rolex Sydney Hobart, defeating all Division 1 entrants in the process, so she comes to the race in good form. The Tripp 47 has shown form before, winning PHS overall in the 2013 Gold Coast race after placing third in 2012. Other past events include the Melbourne Osaka double handed, Pittwater Coffs and Sydney Mooloolaba races. This yacht also competes in Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron races.
AFTER MIDNIGHT
SAIL NO: 8778
LOA: 12.4m
CLASS: IRC/ORCi
DESIGNER: Farr Yacht Design (USA)
YEAR BUILT: 2002
TYPE: Farr 40 Mod
OWNER: Mark and Greg Tobin
CLUB: Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, NSW
CREW: M Tobin – Skipper, G Tobin - Navigator, J Rae, M T Johnston, M Linhart, D Stewart, A Ravell, M Watson, N Carroll
In the 2015 race, brothers Mark and Greg Tobin finished 13th overall for third in Division 2, beating their 22nd overall/sixth in Division 2 of 2014. The same year, After Midnight was second overall in IRC and ORCi in the Brisbane Keppel race, sixth in Division 2 at the Australian IRC Championship, then fourth overall and second in Division 3 and winning ORCi Division 2 in the Hobart. They were not satisfied, because a 68 knot squall drove the boat backwards down the Derwent and arguably cost them the win. The Tobins purchased the modified Farr 40 in March 2014 from John Newbold, who owned her for two years after buying the boat from Ed Psaltis and Bob Thomas. The latter two modified her in 2004 and sailed her as ‘AFR Midnight Rambler’, winning the 2006/2007 BWPS and OPS and the 2009 Gold Coast race overall, a race in which were divisional winners three times. In fact they won every major race on the east coast with this yacht.
AMANTE
SAIL NO: 6609
LOA: 11.0m
CLASS: IRC/ORCi
DESIGNER: Murray Burns Dovell (AUS)
YEAR BUILT: 2006
TYPE: Sydney 36CR
OWNER: Dennis Cooper
CLUB: Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, NSW
CREW: D Cooper – Skipper/Navigator, J Neuhaus, M Hardiman, A Belford, S Giugni, N Greenhill, B McAdams
A competent performer in coastal races, Dennis Cooper sailed Amante to PHS sixth overall in the 2015 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. Sailing under IRC in 2014, was 37th overall and third in a tough Division 4, won by L’Altra Donna with 2014 Sydney Hobart winner Wild Rose second. The trio were top three the previous year too, only the top two were reversed, with Wild Rose winning. Cooper is a regular in CYCA events, sailing to seventh overall in the 2014/2015 OPS, with a fourth in ORCi. He also finished eighth overall and second in Division 2 of the 2015 Pittwater Coffs race after finishing divisional second in the 2013 race. On returning home after finishing PHS 15th overall in January’s Pittwater Coffs race, Amante suffered a fatality when Mal Lennon was tragically washed overboard in foul weather. Amante returned to racing in the 2016 Land Rover Winter Series, finishing third overall in Division D, inclusive of winning Race 7.
ANGER MANAGEMENT
SAIL NO: 11011
LOA: 13.1m
CLASS: IRC/ORCi
DESIGNER: Corby Yachts (UK)
YEAR BUILT: 2007
TYPE: Corby 43
OWNER: Phil Arnall
CLUB: Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club, NSW
CREW: P Arnall – Skipper, R Arnall – Navigator, S Buckingham, A Williams, R Ferguson, N Kibble, T Vooles, J Dummett
Anger Management, the third boat of this name for Phil Arnall, is based in Newcastle and competes in all NCYC offshore events, with some success. Arnall says he and the crew are looking forward to improving on last year’s result of 35th overall and fifth in Division 1, and 20th overall in 2014, when son Richard skippered. The two also contested their and the boat’s maiden Rolex Sydney Hobart in 2014, finishing 53rd overall. Richard joins his dad again in the role of sailing master/navigator. Arnall is a past commodore of the NCYC, which is usually well represented in major offshore races on the eastern seaboard. Arnall senior turned 70 on July 18 last year, and celebrated with a long lunch at Southport Yacht Club following the race. A win this year would be a nice way to celebrate his 71st.
AUSREO
SAIL NO: 6755
LOA: 14m
CLASS: IRC/ORCi
DESIGNER: Farr Yacht Design (USA)
YEAR BUILT: 2002
TYPE: Beneteau 47.7
OWNER: Ian Creak
CLUB: Greenwich Flying Squadron, NSW
CREW: I Creak – Skipper, G Sanford - Navigator, J Lelliott, A Lelliott, M Pelosi, D North, G Ford, L Roe, I Arnold, A Lock
Ausreo was 17th overall and seventh in Division 3 last year, after missing the previous year’s Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. Ian Creak and crew have contested a few in the past, with a best result of 22nd overall in 2013. Ausreo contested her first Hobart races in 2013 and 2014, claiming second place in ORCi Division 3 in 2013 and 41st overall in 2014. A regular at Beneteau regattas, Creak has again assembled a crew of mainly regulars, including Jim and Andrew Lelliott, who add strength to the crew on the yacht originally campaigned as Caliban II.
BALANCE
SAIL NO: 7771
LOA: 15.9m
CLASS: IRC/ORCi
DESIGNER: Farr Yacht Design (USA)
YEAR BUILT: 2005
TYPE: Farr TP52
OWNER: Paul Clitheroe
SKIPPER: Mike Green
CLUB: Cruising Yacht Club of Australia/Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, NSW
CREW: M Green – Skipper, N Scott-Perry – Navigator, A Brown, D McPhee, M Craig, D Keddie, C Evans, M de Montgolfier, T Brewer, J Dock, D Ashton, R Cox, A Cribb
Balance won the 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart, also winning Division 1 and was second in ORCi. The win ensured her victory in the Blue Water Pointscore, which she won on countback to Chinese Whisper. Finished second to Ichi Ban in the Sydney Harbour Regatta in March, with six second places, and was fourth in Division 1 at the NSW IRC Championship. Finished the 2015 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 19th overall and seventh in Division 0, while Clitheroe was in Ireland celebrating his 60th birthday, leaving the boat in the capable hands of Mike Green and crew. His is leaving the TP52 with them again, as he celebrates his 61st barging in Toulouse. Clitheroe will be following the race keenly and be ready with commentary on the crew’s performance.
Balance has recently undergone a major refit, including a respray, keel extension and a major upgrading of all gear on the boat, ahead of this year’s 384 nautical mile race. The former Quest was runner-up in the 2008 Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race and won the 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart among other victories, under original owner, Bob Steel.
BLACK JACK
SAIL NO: 52570
LOA: 21.5m
CLASS: IRC/ORCi
DESIGNER: Juan Kouyoumdjian (ARG)
YEAR BUILT: 2011
TYPE: V70
OWNER: Peter Harburg
SKIPPER: Mark Bradford
CLUB: Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, QLD
CREW: M Bradford – Skipper, P Elkington – Navigator, P Harburg B Clark, D Hutchison, B Hilliar, V Prentice, A Nolan, C Anderson, G Van Lunteren
Peter Harburg returns to the race track with Black Jack after breaking his leg in the 2015 Sydney Hobart, forcing him out of the race. In last year’s Gold Coast race, having undergone modifications to improve her light weather performance, Black Jack was declared overall winner after crossing the line in second place to Perpetual Loyal. However, her crew discovered a discrepancy and duly reported it. Harburg’s honesty meant a drop to third place overall, but showed the true mark of the man. The former Telefonica trailed Harburg’s former RP66 Black Jack (now called Alive) in the shifty and light Brisbane Keppel race by nearly five hours to finish second on line. The V70 recorded her third consecutive line honours victory in the Brisbane Gladstone Race this Easter and her second successive double line and overall win – one of only two boats to achieve this in the race’s 68 year history, but Skandia Wild Thing’s race record remains elusive. In the three years Peter Harburg has owned the yacht it has raced to other top three places.
BLACK SHEEP
SAIL NO: 33345
LOA: 13.7m
CLASS: IRC/ORCi
DESIGNER: Philippe Briand (FRA)
YEAR BUILT: 2008
TYPE: Beneteau 45
OWNER: Derek and Martin Sheppard
CLUB: Cruising Yacht Club of Australia/Wollongong Yacht Club, NSW
CREW: D Sheppard - Skipper, M Sheppard, A Scott, R Tikroft, A Balogh, S Garrie, K Bennett, D Morris, A Fong, J White, M Ivanesza, R Jay, S Sellers, Y Heritage
Black Sheep, reflecting her owners’ surname, scored fifth overall to win Division 2 of the 2015 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Race, well up on her 28th overall/third in Division 3 in 2014. She followed up with third in the Newcastle Bass Island Race and 15th overall for a Division 3 third and ninth overall under ORCi in the 2015 Sydney Hobart to finish the 2015 BWPS fifth overall in both IRC and ORCi. In April, the Sheppard brothers finished eighth in Division 2 at the NSW IRC Championship. In 2014, they were named Ocean Racing Rookies of the Year, following a great BWPS season in 2013, when they finished seventh overall and second in ORCi as new boat owners of the boat previously named Honeysuckle, then were fifth overall in 2014 BWPS. This year the Sheppards have added some of the Late Roger Hickman’s crew to the team, including Jackie White, Antonia Fong, Andrew Scott and David Morris. Seems Hickman’s proven winning formula of a blended male/female crew has rubbed off on his friends, who have five women in the crew.
BRAVO
SAIL NO: B40
LOA: 12.6m
CLASS: IRC/ORCi
DESIGNER: Farr Yacht Design (USA)
YEAR BUILT: 2012
TYPE: Beneteau First 40
OWNER: Robbo Robertson
CLUB: Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron/Mooloolaba Yacht Club, QLD
CREW: R Robertson – Skipper, L Davison, S Clarke, M White, A Wiklund, R Woods, R Sparry, A Geck, B Sinton
At 76, ‘Sir Robbo’ Robertson is making another offshore comeback, purchasing the former Concubine, which was raced by South Australians Jason Ward and Shevaun Bruland, who took the boat in the 2014 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast race and finished 30th overall then 43rd overall in the 2014 Hobart. ‘Sir Robbo’ a great ambassador for sailing in Queensland, has owned and raced many yachts of varying sizes; Hot Prospect 2, Hot August Night, Queensland Maid/Sanctuary Cove, Corroboree, Last Picasso, Monkey Magic, Eureka (charter), Flight of the Gull, Beautiful Noise and Lunchtime Legend over so many years with some great results.
Robbo’s last major race was the 2012 Rolex Sydney Hobart when his former Beneteau 40, Lunchtime Legend. Robbo finished 17th overall and won Division 3, after placing 12th overall in the 2011 race when he scored equal third in Division, as fellow Beneteau 40, Two True, finished with the identical corrected time. His best Hobart result was third overall with Queensland Maid in 1991. He has serious sailing cred with many Hobart, Sydney Mooloolaba, SSORC, Hamilton Island, Airlie Beach and other events under the belt, scoring many top three results, but has not raced to the Gold Coast since 1992, with Corroboree.
CALIBRE
SAIL NO: 7777
LOA: 11.78m
CLASS: IRC/ORCi
DESIGNER: Murray Burns Dovell (AUS)
YEAR BUILT: 2001
TYPE: Sydney 38
OWNER: Richard Williams
CLUB: Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, NSW
CREW: R Williams – Skipper, N Black – Navigator, A Carpenter, A Brady, B Robertson, B Buyink, G Richmond, I Lee, K Stroinovsky, P Rose
Calibre redeemed herself in last year’s Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race when she finished sixth overall and second in Division 2. Prior to that, she last pointed her nose north in this 384 nautical mile race in 2011, but retired. Beforehand, Richard Williams, with his former co- owner in the boat, Geoff Bonus, concentrated on competing at Sydney 38 One-Design events for seven seasons. They also sailed to the podium in events such as the CYCA Trophy – One Design division. Williams recently won the Sydney 38 Division in the Land Rover Winter Series and finished third on scratch. Joining the crew is CYCA Youth Academy match racer, Kathleen Stroinovsky According to the boat’s Face Book page, they have the ‘hottest crew on the water’. We’ll soon see.
CELESTIAL
SAIL NO: 6952
LOA: 15.85m
CLASS: IRC/ORCi
DESIGNER: Judel/Vrolijk (GER)
YEAR BUILT: 2007
TYPE: TP52
OWNER: Sam Haynes
CLUB: Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, NSW
CREW: S Haynes – Skipper, C Cunningham – Navigator, S Kirkjian, S Muldoon, C Geeves, C Janes, G Bauchop, B De Coster, W Howard, S Francis, D Palazzi, O Gill, K Groves
Celestial finished 24th overall and ninth in Division 0 in the 2015 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast race, Sam Haynes having just purchased the TP52 originally known as Glory, then Wot Now, Shogun, Vamos and finally Fomo. Later that year, the Sydney vet placed 29th overall and third in Division 1 in his first Hobart with this yacht, resulting in fourth overall in the Blue Water Pointscore and he finished third in IRC Division 1 at the 2016 NSW IRC Championship. Among others, Celestial will take on eight other TP52s in this race. A few new faces, including Sean Kirkjian, should add some weight to their result. With his previous Celestial, a Rogers 46 (now racing as The Goat II), Haynes won the 2014 Gold Coast race overall, his closest rivals were the much larger Black Jack and Wild Oats XI. Haynes went on to claim the BWPS under IRC and ORCi, of which the Gold Coast is the series opener. He also sailed to 11th overall and second in Division 2 in the 2014 Hobart and third overall in the 2013 race, with a second overall under ORCi.
CHANCELLOR
SAIL NO: 8824
LOA: 14.8m
CLASS: IRC/ORCi
DESIGNER: Farr Yacht Design (USA)
YEAR BUILT: 2004
TYPE: Beneteau 47.7
OWNER: Edward Tooher
CLUB: Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, NSW
CREW: E Tooher – Skipper/Navigator, B Holbach, M Ward, S Lipman, J Davis, B Eagle, R Henderson, S Dawson, G Smith, A Bones
Ted Tooher finished last year’s race in 43rd overall and 12th in Division 2 after being on the receiving end of a penalty. He contested the 2013 Gold Coast Race, but retired, joining nine others who did not have time to finish the excruciatingly slow and challenging race. A regular in CYCA offshore events with this fourth yacht of the same name, this one being the former Pretty Fly II, Tooher says Chancellor is now on the water crewed and ready for blue water race success, starting with the Gold Coast and finishing with the Hobart race. He is a Beneteau fanatic, first owning a Beneteau 33 then a 40.7 followed by a First 40 and his current 47.7.
CHINA EASYWAY
SAIL NO: 4527
LOA: 12.7m
CLASS: IRC/ORCi
DESIGNER: John King (AUS)
YEAR BUILT: 1988
TYPE: Jarkan 12.5
OWNER: Travis Read
CLUB: Port Hacking Open Sailing Club, NSW
CREW: T Read - Skipper, J Cameron, R Browne, R Styles, S Brown, J Linnegar, S Grellis, S Gleeson, R McKay, G Nosworthy
Travis Read and Tim Wilson purchased China Easyway in 2014, in time for the Sydney Hobart. On board was a combination of Australian/Chinese crew, including co-skipper, Wei Hua Pan, but retired with sail damage. This is Read’s first Sydney Gold Coast with the boat. He has conscripted James Cameron, the owner of the Hick 35, Luna Sea, who has solid small boat offshore experience, and one of Cameron’s crew, Greg Nosworthy. Read is a small boat sailor too, having previously owned the Davidson 34, Illusion, which he sailed in major races, such as the Hobart, which it won in 1988 for original owner, Gino Knezic. China Easyway still bears the sail number she was christened with as She’s Apples II for David Strong, who sailed her to an overall IMS win (in conjunction with IOR winner, Atara) in the 1991 Sydney Hobart. Strong also finished second under IMS (IMS and IOR ran in conjunction) in the 1989 Sydney Gold Coast Race. The Jarkan 12.5 was sold to Max Prentice before Read bought her.
CHINESE WHISPER
SAIL NO: AUS13
LOA: 18.9m
CLASS: IRC/ORCi
DESIGNER: Judel/Vrolijk (GER)
YEAR BUILT: 2009
TYPE: JV62
OWNER: Rupert Henry
CLUB: Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, NSW
CREW: R Henry – Skipper, J Scholten, B Kellett – Navigator, S Cunnington, G O’Shea, B Lamb, S Hunt, F O’Leary, W Parker, D Edwards, C Satterthwaite, J Ferris, O McMahon, D Brennan, O Scott-Mackie, D Wislang
On selling his TP52, Fomo, to Sam Haynes, Rupert Henry purchased Jethou, from Europe in time for the Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race last year, renaming her Chinese Whisper, and finished second on line and second overall, living up to her promise. Took line honours in the Flinders islet Race last September, missing Loki’s race record by 15 minutes - and finished third overall, then won line honours in October’s Newcastle Bass Island Race and finished second on line to Ichi Ban in the Cabbage Tree Island Race. Placed fifth on line, fifth overall and first in Division 0 of the 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart. Chinese Whisper lost the BWPS (which it had led marginally) to Balance, which won the Hobart overall, so took the trophy, but Henry toppled Balance for the ORCi trophy in the series. As Jethou, the JV62 won the Maxi division at Palma Vela in 2012, adding victories at Copa del Rey, Les Voiles de St. Tropez, the Maxi Rolex World Championship and Giraglia Rolex Cup. She is highly rated to win the race overall.
CHUTZPAH
SAIL NO: R33
LOA: 12.35m
CLASS: IRC/ORCi
DESIGNER: Reichel/Pugh (USA)
YEAR BUILT: 2007
TYPE: Caprice 40
OWNER: Bruce Taylor
CLUB: Royal Yacht Club of Victoria, VIC
CREW: B Taylor – Skipper, K Piesse - Navigator, B Anderson, G Gourley, J Permezel, P Sandles, P Fletcher, L Attersall, I Taylor, M Schmitt
Chutzpah missed last year’s race, but in 2014 was 12th overall and second in Division 2, after retiring from the 2013 race with electrical problems. Bruce Taylor and his Chutzpah yachts have had success in the Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, including a division win in 2008, along with divisional third and 12th overall in 2012. This Caprice 40 is the Victorian dentist’s sixth boat of the same name. It is a top of the line Reichel/Pugh 40 footer configured for the Hobart race and won its division in 2007, with second in 2009, third in 2010 and 2013 and first in 2014.The close-knit Chutzpah team has won division in the RSHYR 12 times in over 29 years of competing and the evergreen Taylor is one of the most experienced inshore and offshore yachtsmen around, with 35 Hobarts to his credit. He also regularly races his Sydney 38 of the same name with good results.
CONCUBINE
SAIL NO: YC45
LOA: 13.7m
CLASS: IRC/ORCi
DESIGNER: Mark Mills (IRE)
YEAR BUILT: 2015
TYPE: Mills 45
OWNER: Jason Ward
CLUB: Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia, SA
CREW: Jason Ward - Skipper, J Clark – Navigator, M Slinn, N Partridge, S Mitton, J Paterson, D Woods, M Pernini, A Mitton, A Hawkins, S Bruland, L Stephens, A Henshall
A new Concubine arrived by ship last November for Jason Ward, who in 2014, following many years of one-design racing, contested the 2014 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race with his former Concubine, a Beneteau 40 (which will contest this race as Bravo), and finished 30th overall and fifth in Division 3. Contested his first Sydney Hobart in 2014 with wife, Shevaun Bruland, and finished 43rd overall and 18th in Division 3. Last year, Ward repeated the experience with this brand new Mills 45, finishing 39th overall, the South Australian’s first major outing with the yacht. In February, he finished second to Geoff Boettcher’s Secret Men’s Business in the Adelaide Port Lincoln race and mirrored that result at Port Lincoln Race Week. Now broken in, will be interesting to see what Concubine brings to the table in this year’s race with a crew bolstered by the likes of Micky Slinn, Nick Partridge and Adam Hawkins.
DEKADENCE
SAIL NO: RQ432
LOA: 14.1m
CLASS: IRC/ORCi
DESIGNER: Mark Mills (IRE)
YEAR BUILT: 2004
TYPE: DK46
OWNER: Stephanie Kerin
SKIPPER: Stephen Kerin
CLUB: Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, QLD
CREW: Stephen Kerin – Skipper, G Paulsen – Navigator, Stephanie Kerin, P Walsh, R Bakker, C Salter, B Martin, C Johnson, A Salter, C Evans, S Griffiths,
Queenslander Stephanie Kerin is the lone female owner in the fleet, and this will be her first Sydney Gold Coast race, and amazingly it will also be Dekadence’s first. This boat has bounced around from initial owner, Victorian Phil Coombs (who raced her in most the major events, including the Melbourne Osaka Double Handed race) to Tasmanian David Creese, back to Melbourne to Ken Simpson. Queenslander Kerin purchased her and raced at local majors and took on her first Sydney Hobart last year, but retired, citing electronics issues. Stephanie is tag-teaming with husband Stephen, who is skipper for this race.
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