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Phil Eadie
Victoire's navigator Phil Eadie waves to the spectators. Credit ROLOX-Kurt Arrigo. From Sailworld.com

GenderMale
NationalityAustralian
HometownSydney
ClubCruising Yacht Club of Australia

Phil Eadie

Phil we need a bit about your sailing history here. How you got into sailing, dinghies racing, ocean racing etc., laser sailing, skipper/owner of 30ft Farr and young (needs expanding). I started writing something.

Phil has a vast offshore sailing experience. He has competed in many ocean races over the past 40 years as navigator/tactician in Australia, UK, USA and well as the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. For 4 years he was a full-time delivery skipper/navigator of Trans-Atlantic 20m racing yachts.

His achievements have been many including being the navigator on 3 winning Hobart Races - Victoire (Darryl Hodgkinson) 2013, Ragamuffin (Syd Fisher) 1992 and Love and War (Peter Kurts) in 1978. In 1979 he was on the winning Admirals Cup team.

He has sailed on many boat including being:

* Navigator on Syd Fishers various Ragamuffins for 17 years

* Navigator of Darryl Hodgkinson's Victoire for the past few years.

* Skipper/owner of a 30ft Farr and Young yacht on local Sydney races.

* Laser Radials at Vaucluse Yacht club and has competed in 3 Laser Master World championships.

* Navigate Kon Tiki (What is this?)

Major Achievements

Race No. Role/Place Year
Admirals Cup & Fastnet Races 6 1st place Admirals Cup 1979
5 as navigator, 1 as bowman 1973 > 1985
3 representing Australia  1979, 1981, 1985
1 representing Finland 1 for PNG, 1 independent. 1973, 1977, 1983
Sydney Hobart Races 34 1st overall on handicap 1978,1992, 2013
2nd overall on handicap 1997 and 2007
5th & 8th overall on handicap 2009 and 2010
1st place in Class 1996 and 2010
Line Honours 1988 and 1990
Sydney Gold Coast Races 6 1st overall on handicap 1978 and 1992
8 1st overall on handicap 1999, 2003
Bermuda Race 1 Navigator/helm/crew "Firebrand 3" Dennis Miller 1972
1 Navigator/helm/crew 2014
Middle Sea Race
Trans-Atlantic deliveries "Safari" Paul Adams
Hawaii Clipper Cup  2 Skipper/navigator 1971 and 1973
Florida/Bahamas SORC  1 Navigator "Orlando", Italy 1984
2 Navigator/bowman 1972 and 1983

Stories and Pictures

Admirals Cup Team 1979

Back L to Right: Tony Hearder, Ric McGrath, Tony de Young, Peter Cowman

Middle: Peter Long, John Noakes, Phil Eadie

Front: Jim Robson-Scott, Lou Abrahams, Richard Hammond, Bob Holmes, Syd Fisher

Australian Admirals Cup 1979
1979 Admirals Cup winning team members Phil Eadie John Crisp Hugh Treharne Peter Long Ken Down Tony De Youn
Ragamuffin crews over the seven Admirals Cup Syd Fischer contested the cup
Phil Eadie

Predict Wind Testimonial - Phil Eadie

Phil Eadie
"We used the Satellite Communicator (now replaced by the Iridium GO! which adds voice & Internet access and an Unlimited Data Plan!). Installation was completed a day before the race, with little testing time. Although I was initially sceptical about a new system and the late installation, the system was easy and clear to operate, well presented, and the results were excellent. Our decision to install at the last minute was due to the fact we had just discovered this new system. We were impressed with reliable global coverage, low power usage, and low running cost compared to other satellite systems. Particularly useful for us in this race were the weather routed tables of forecast wind, enabling efficient sail and boat management, and solid crew confidence in the forecast changes of wind strength, timing, extent of and direction of wind changes - really makes the navigator look good ! I would have no hesitation recommending the system to anyone racing (or cruising I expect), who does not wish to pay the notably higher installation and running costs of other satellite systems."
Achievements
Navigator 'Victoire'
Recent  2013, 2014 achievements
  • "Shamrock V" Cannes Classics
  • Sydney-Hobart win overall "Victoire"
  • Middle Sea Race
  • Laser Master Worlds
  • 34 Sydney Hobart Races (3 wins, 2 line hons)
  • 6 Admirals Cups (win 1979)
  • Trans- Altantics Races, Bermuda Race

1972 Newport to Bermuda Yacht race

Firebrand III - Graham Newland First Mate, Phil Eadie

1972 Newport to Bermuda Yacht Race
Firebrand III - Graham Newland First Mate, Phil Eadie

Other articles and Pictures

Sonic Skipper Kwangmin Rho said his team has spent eight years getting ready for the race, and they've enlisted the help of Sydney To Hobart veteran Phil Eadie as navigator.

"I go to Korea every year, I do martial arts training over there so I know a little bit of Korean but I don't know in, out or up, down yet," Eadie said last week. "They're good guys. A couple of them speak English, some don't and they're pretty quiet. "They don't talk a lot it's a bit of a pride thing, whereas Australians abuse each other the whole time."

Sea Time (as of March 2015)

Approximate totals, not all inclusive, not including 20 years Laser sailing

Tidal Waters Sea Time

As Navigator As Skipper
Days 120
110
6
Miles 14,000
13,500
500
Night Hours 450
450
20

Non - Tidal Waters Sea Time

As Navigator As Skipper
Days 600
600
50
Miles 65,000
64,000
7,500
Night Hours 3000
2,800
300

  

 Details of Sea Time

Tidal Waters Sea Time as Skipper/Navigator Days Miles  Night Hours
6 Admirals Cup Series and Fastnets "Ragamuffin", 50 ft, etc  42 6,200 300
1 Bermuda Race, 1 SORC series "Firebrand 3" 54 ft 3 600 30
1 Skaw Race and Balltic Series "Bumblebee" 65 ft 5 500 20
4 years Juan de Fuca Straights "Glory" 45 ft 8 1,200 80
4 years many Puget Sound races "Glory" 45 ft 40 1,000 -
3 Victoria - Seattle deliveries back   2 as delivery skipper 6 500 20
Totals 104 10,000 450

 

Non Tidal Waters Sea Time as Skipper/Navigator Days Miles  Night Hours
33 Sydney-Hobart Races & Rolex Series, yachts 35 ft to 82 ft 100 21,000 1,000
1 Hobart - Sydney deliveries back   4 650 40
1 as delivery skipper 4 650 40
2 Trans Atlantic Races "Firebrands 2 & 50 7,000 250
2 of the above back as delivery skipper 50 7,000 250
1 Clipper Cup Hawaii "Orlando" 55 ft 5 500 20
CYCA Offshore races all seasons,, 35 years, yachts 35 ft to 82 ft 400 28,000 1,300
Pacific delivery Tahiti/Tonga/NZ/Sydney 30 3,800 180
TOTALS 613 64,600 2,900

       

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