| Phil Eadie | |
|---|---|
 Victoire's navigator Phil Eadie waves to the spectators. Credit ROLOX-Kurt Arrigo. From Sailworld.com | |
| Gender | Male |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Hometown | Sydney |
| Club | Cruising 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
Predict Wind Testimonial - Phil Eadie
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
Other articles and Pictures
- AUSTRALIAN OCEAN RACER OF THE YEAR AWARDS (cyca.com.au
- Sydney To Hobart shapes as fastest of all time - Sydney To Hobart shapes as fastest of all time (smh.com.au)
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 |