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StateNSW
CountryAustralia
ClubMiddle Harbour Yacht Club
Year Held From/To1964 -1973

Sydney to Brisbane Yacht Race

From MHYC: The First 60 Years

Article by: Geoff Foster

Published: 1999

In March 1964, the first Sydney to Brisbane race was held, but it was not until 1972 that the fleet reached double figures. Commodore Horrie Godden was the driving force behind the Brisbane race, actively encouraged by Brisbane Lord Mayor Clem Jones and the Queensland Cruising Yacht Club, the race being then regarded primarily as a feeder for the Brisbane to Gladstone Race. All of the first nine races started at the club, Clem Jones coming down from Brisbane to fire the gun on more than one occasion.

The races finished off Sandgate in Moreton Bay, a sail of at least six hours from the Caloundra Fairway buoy, with tidal conditions a major influence.

Competitors were feted after the finish with Lord Mayoral receptions and press and television appearances. Eventually the finishing line was transferred from Sandgate to Mooloolaba where the local yacht club profited from after-finish celebrations and fleet numbers increased dramatically following the change. For some years the title Sydney to Brisbane Race was retained, with QCYC continuing to present trophies.

Many Brisbane competitors went on to compete in the Brisbane to Gladstone race starting on Good Friday.

In 1972 a joint approach was made to Ampol to sponsor a yachting trophy. As a result the Ampol Tasman Sea Trophy came into being, probably the first yachting sponsorship in Australia. The sponsorship was worth $1500 and was for a series of three races:

1. Montague at the October holiday weekend;

2. Solitary after Christmas;

3. Sydney to Brisbane Yacht Race, soon to be re-named the Sydney to Mooloolaba Yacht Race.

1963

Middle Habour Yacht Club have announced a new scheme that will simplify position fixing. Power Boat and Yachting Dec 1963

1964

1964 Sydney to Brisbane race - Powerboat and Yachting April 1964

Inaugural Sydney to Brisbane Yacht Race run by Middle Harbour Yacht Club

1st Cadence

2nd Carmen

3rd Kaluna

1964 Notice of Race

Program supplied by John Stanley

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Article from Seacraft Magazine on Brisbane to Gladstone as well as Sydney to Brisbane Yacht Races. Features Ilena, Sequana, Valhalia, Kaleena, RivalCadence, Calliope and more.

1966

Modern Boating May 1966

SOUTHERLY gales during the first 36 hours made for fast times in the third annual Sydney to Brisbane ocean race. Indeed, the 36ft.

Camille class yacht Camelot (John Borrow) seemed certain to break the race record time 69hr. 25min. 45sec. until the wind faded less than three miles from the finish-quite an effort when it is remembered that the record was set by the 62ft. giant Enid (John

Cockle).

And four crew-men in the fleet were momentarily tossed from their boats on the wild downwind ride.

This year's event attracted a disappointing fleet of only four yachts, although quality certainly made up for the lack of quantity. Early indications were that as many as 20 yachts would be competing. However, the forthcoming Sydney to Noumea race, the recent record entry in the Sydney to Hobart and heavy-weather damage sustained by Sydney yachts since Christmas, all contributed to the fall-off.

An unfortunate last minute withdrawal through family illness was Charlie Middleton's Carmen-class Calliope, which had been only 19 minutes short of winning the 1965 event in her first major ocean race.

The four yachts which left Sydney on Saturday, March 26, in 50-knot rain squalls were top ocean racers and all built by Sydney boat-builder Ron Swanson.

Camelot, second to Freya in the Hobart race, was first to clear the heads from her sister ship Mister Christian (Peter Kurts), the lone Queensland entrant. The other starters were Horrie Godden's modified Seabird, Kaleena, and Jim Mason's Cadence, skippered on this occasion by Fred McClure.

Camelot led from start to finish, a l though Mister Christian always remained within striking distance. For the first 24 hours, the yachts ran before the southerly gale and in this time the leaders covered 210 miles. The gale gradually moderated with a switch to the south-west and mainsail reefs were shaken out after 36 hours.

MEN OVERBOARD

Skippers John Borrow and Peter Kurts tell of the hairy downwind ride which is a frightening characteristic of the Camille design in heavy weather-Down a sea, ploughing into the swell, breaching, rounding up, sails flapping, pull away, and the cycle starts again. Quite a new and unnerving experience.

During this wild downwind section, more than one drowning tragedy might well have occurred - four crew members went over the side.

Bill Burnes on Camelot was particularly lucky. Burnes was at the tiller off Norah Head on the first night out when Camelot broached violently. The tiller extension plucked Burnes bodily out of the cockpit.

But for a collision with Frank Likely, who at that very moment was emptying galley slops over the side, Burnes would have been catapulted well clear of the yacht and been almost impossible to find in the very rough seas.

As it was, both men went over the side, but managed to cling to the rail until the alarm was given by Colin Cain, the other crew-member on watch.

Two crew members of Mister Christian went over the side within an hour of each other on the second afternoon. Peter Kaill, from Sydney, went forward to adjust a topping lift. A halyard block left the mast and Kaill went into the water with a headsail.

Well-known Brisbane 18ft. skiff skipper Kev Martin was dragged over when a spinnaker sheet fouled his legs. Both men were dragged back on board unhurt but shaken.

The breeze gradually lightened to 20 knots along the northern N.S.W. coast, and Mister Christian, sailing very close inshore, was well within reach of Camelot some four miles to seaward.

After sailing inside Cook Island, Mister Christian was hugging the shore along Queensland's Gold Coast beaches, hoping for a southerly breeze to take her to the lead. However, the wind came in from the east, forcing Mister Christian to tighten sheets to clear Cape Moreton while Camelot had a freer run.

RECORD-CHANCE LOST

Camelot rounded Cape Moreton early Tuesday morning. The breeze had switched back to the south-west at about ten knots. At 7.45 a.m. she was off Scarborough only one and a half miles from the finish. The wind faded to a zephyr and chances of a record time faded, also. Camelot took two and a half hours to finish the remainder of the course, crossing at 9.45 a.m., 1 hour 18 minutes ahead of Mister Christian.

Kaleena and Cadence fared badly with the fade in breeze. Kaleena finished about 8 p.m. Tuesday, and Cadence shortly after 2 a.m. Wednesday.

Peter Kurts, skippering Mister Christian in only her second ocean race, sailed extremely well, but feels he lost the race at midnight on the first night out. The breeze switched to south-west and Mister Christian sailed virtually due east for 20 minutes before again heading north. He regards the event as difficult and exacting.

"The shoreline is treacherous, but if a yacht is to win she must hug the coastline to beat the strong southerly set," he said.

Horrie Godden sailed Kaleena about twelve miles to seaward assuming that the gale-force winds would nullify the tidal influence. However, the southerly set was as strong as ever and Kaleena

fell back.

Corrected times did not alter the placings, enabling Camelot to record a fine double from Mister Christian, Kaleena and Cadence.

Results:

1, Camelot (John Borrow, N.S.W.), 7Chr. 24min. 10sec, elapsed time; 55hr. 55min. 17sec., corrected time (TCF C.7943).

2, Mister Christian (Peter Kurts, Qld.), 71.42.52, elapsed; 57.02.57, corrected (TCF 0.7955).

3, Kaleena (Horrie Godden, N.S.W.), 80.25.55, elapsed; 62.14.46, corrected; (TCF C.7739).

4, Cadence (Fred McLure), 86.46.30 elapssd; 63.58.14 corrected (TCF 0.7372).

The race was a prelude to the 18th Brisbane to Gladstone race. This classic started on April 8, with 15 entries.

Camelot, on her Sydney-Brisbane win, and second placing in the Sydney-Hobart, was pre-race favourite.

1967

ln winning the 1967 Sydney to Brisbane Race. Mister Christian topped off; most successful initial season of racing with the Sydney Ocean Racing Fleet. After his win in the 1966 Brisbane to Gladstone Race, Peter Kurts had brought Mister Christian to Sydney to race in C.Y.C. events with marked success, the highlight being first in Division l of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.

This year's 500 mile classic was also a triumph for designer/ builder Ron Swanson. Syonara took line honours while Mister Christian, Carinya and Syonara were placed first, second and third respectively on corrected time.

The race was sailed all the way in a gale force south-easter caused by a cyclone in the north and high seas. Syonara led all the way up the coast, pressed by Mister Christian and in the early Kurura. All crews reported exciting rides with hair-raising experience when the more venturesome attempted to carry spinnakers.

At the Caloundra Fairway buoy, with 42 miles to go, Mister Christian passed Syonara who had edged a little too far to the north in poor visibility. Ln a 35 knot sou-easter these two yachts staged a tacking duel to the East Knoll buoy, and after a neck and neck run to the finish only 54 seconds separated them as Syonara crossed the line at Sandgate in the exceptionally fast time of 3 days 4 1/2 hours.

ln the meantime the remainder of the fleet, with the exception of Kurura, were battling up the North East Channel and across the Bay, led by Frank Likely's ketch Hoi Phoon, who had made remarkable time in the run up the coast.

Hoi Phoon crossed the line third only 4 1/2hours behind the leaders. All yachts finished in a little over 8 hours, a tribute to the skill and seamanship of the crews in such strenuous conditions.

Kurura undoubtedly provided the hard luck story of the race. Off Evans Head she lost the bottom half of her rudder. As both the Evans Head and Ballina bars were closed, Kurura carried on under reduced sail and jury steering to rendezvous at Cape Moreton with the motor cruiser Sea Mist organised by the Q.C.Y.C. and was then towed to Sandgate. Although the Clubs were alerted to the possibility of rescue, Kurura, Middle Harbour Yacht Club, Queensland Cruising Yacht Club and the Department of Shipping and Transport were in constant communication through the O.T.C. Stations and Peter Prentice's yacht Safari. This co-operation prevented a normal exercise of seamanship in an emergency from becoming a dramatic incident in the public eye.

A review of the past four races shows that the average elapsed times were 1964 - 3 1/2 days in light S.E. winds, 1965 - 4 1/2 days in light N.E. and S.E. breezes, 1966 -2 3/4 days in a strong southerly and 1967 - 3 1/2 days in strong S.E. winds. This experience together with reports from yachts on return passages show that modern ocean racers should complete the course in five days or less unless long periods of calm, which are most unlikely, prevail. It has therefore been decided to start the 1968 race on the Friday before Good Friday, some six days later than in the past. This will give seven full days to complete the race and prepare for the Brisbane -- Gladstone Race which starts on Good Friday, or alternatively enable those yachts not competing in the Northern event to race to Brisbane and return with a loss of only one working week. The time required to compete in the two races will be considerably shortened, the problem of crew movements should be eased, and those cruising home from Gladstone will be able to do so in a little more leisurely fashion.

lt is anticipated that the finishing line will be near the mouth of the Brisbane River and berthing facilities and amenities are being provided near the Storey Bridge. These arrangements should make it easier for crews so far as travelling to the city, entertaining visitors and embarking stores is concerned. Also, in view of the record fleet expected, it will ease the pressure on Clem Masters yard. All past competitors have been grateful to Clem Masters for his hospitality and for his efforts in providing, amenities and shipyard facilities. At the same time all agree that while the assistance is given gladly and received gratefully, the time must come when the fleet is too large for Cabbage Tree Creek and must prove an embarrassment to our friends at Deagon and Sandgate.

Neck and Neck to Brisbane

Article in Seacraft Magazine May 1967

1967 Results

Placing Yacht Owner T.C.F. Elapsed Time HH MM  SS Corrected Time HH SS MM
1 Mister Christian Peter Kurts 0.7892 76 15 45 60 11 11
2 Carinya V. J. Burnes 0.7422 83 44 41 62 09 19
3 Syonara P. B. Docker 0.8168 76 14 51 62 16 43
4 Hoi Phoon Frank Likely 0.7751 80 44 35 62 35 03
5 Malveena R. C. Masters 0.7542 84 05 38 63 25 25
6 Joy Too J. J. McLaren 0.7575 84 34 47 64 04 09
Line Honours Syonara P. B. Docker
Retired Kurura

W. H. Burke

1972

Sydney to Brisbane Tasman Sea 1973.
Sydney to Brisbane Tasman Sea 1973.

Below is a list of the boats racing in the Sydney to Brisbane Yacht Race 1973

Boat Class Crew Other
Bettina 32ft Sloop Ed Nicholls, Nav. Rib Derrin, Jim Gleesen
Senyah 32ft 10 in. Sloop Geoff Foster, Nav. Frank Likely, H. Tillinghast, A. R. Campbell, C Baines
Barbarian 38ft Sloop Adrian Alle, Nav. Bob jemisen, Max Smith, John Dewd, Roger Quiddington, Paul Bevis
Hamony 32ft Sloop Husband and wife team Peter Hopwood and Carol Hopwood, Charles Herbert, N. Casey, D. Henry
Aeolus 36 ft Sloop Ray Canniffe, Nav, Rod Florence, John Kopelke, Jim, Sue, Tony Goodwin and one other Designed and built by Ray Canniffe
Zilver Meeuw 31ft Sloop Andy Gallagher, Nav. A. Gallager, L. Hunter, I. McCartney, N. Gough and one other
Sarlena 33 ft. Sloop Cliff McGarry, Nav. Self, W. Wall, D. Hocking and two others
Zilvergeest I 30ft Sloop Eric Williams, Nav. A Raine, H. Rose, R. Raine, R. Guy
Pilgrim 38ft 10 in. Sloop Graham Evans, Nav, self, Jim Bourke, A. Carson, I. Hughes, Col Wildman, John Munsen and one other 2nd in World One Ton Cup Series
Saracen II 36 ft 6 in. Sloop John Morris, Nav. David Robinson and others
Bacardi 43 ft 6 in. Sloop Peter and David Hankin, Skipper Peter Hankin Cole 43
Marina 43 ft Yawl Skipper/Nav Bob Quin, D. Tovey, R. Tucker, A Neren, J. Huie, R. Ellis, P. Sebourne and 2 others Bockerman has loaned his boat to crew. Not regulars
Matika 36 ft Sloop Alan Pearson, J. Dustan, C. Graham, G. Wray, R. Weaver and D. McDonald
Veninde II 36 ft Sloop Bob Crosfied, J. Nobbs and 4 others
Makaretu 45 ft. Ketch Norm Gosson, Nav R Bearman and others
Tui Manu 37 ft Yawl Mick York, Nav Self, Tony Pfeiffer, Bev James, Nevel Bowman, Neil Bennets and one other
Boomaroo III 33 ft. 7 in. Sloop Hugh Findlay, Nav Self, I Findla, J. Jackson, R. Jackson, C Colleridge, D. Peebles
Diamond Cutter I 33 ft. Sloop Alan Sweeney, Nav Barry Cliffe, A. White, John Walsh and others
Onya of Gosford 42 ft. Sloop Peter Rysdyk, Nav Self, B. Robinson, A. Brown, Scottie Barrett (from Brisbane for local knowledge), Sl Travillen, P. Samdoma, B. Livesey
Huster 57 ft. 6 in. Sloop John Spencer, Nav B. Climo, R Andriesse, P. Mourant, N. Cooper and one other
Apollo 45 ft. Sloop Jack Rookyn, Nav Stan Darling, T. Sharples, B. Holmes, B. Holmes, D. Tracy, J. McCloud, J. Boulton
Wistari 35 ft. Sloop Noel Patrick, Nav. Self, K. Watson, R. Ogden, R. Patrick, K. Pashley
Tequila 34 ft. Sloop Tom Fermastad (new owner, first race. Previous owners sailing as crew.
Rival 36 ft Sloop Alby Bergin, complete with "white hunter" hat

Pictures

1973

Sydney to Brisbane Tasman Sea 1973.
Sydney to Brisbane Tasman Sea 1973.
Apollo and Bettina (MH58 Eddie Nicols): 1973. Start of the Sydney To Brisbane Race
Apollo and Bettina (MH58 Eddie Nicols): 1973. Start of the Sydney To Brisbane Race

MHYC Log April 1973 Reports:

A record 23 confirmed entries have been received for the annual Sydney to Brisbane Yacht Race which starts off the Club at 1.30 pm on Wednesday, April 11. This race will also be the deciding event for this year's Ampol Tasman Sea Trophy now on display in the bar area.

This is the most exciting and certainly most important event on our calendar. So mark yours for an extended lunch hour on April 11. Special facilities are being made available for lunches, snacks, spectators and commentary.

Progress reports will be posted twice daily in the Club with the finish 'phoned direct from Brisbane.

This year, the race will be started by The Right Honourable, the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Alderman Clem Jones.

Below is a list of the boats racing in the Sydney to Brisbane Yacht Race 1973 (24)

Boat Class Crew Notes
Bettina 32 ft. Sloop Ed. Nicholls, Nav. Ron Derrin, Jim Gleesen
Senyah 32 ft 10 in. Sloop Geoff Foster, Nav. Frank Likely, H. Tillinghast, A. R.
Barbarian 38 ft. Sloop Adrian Alle, Nav. Bob Jemisen, Max Smith, John
Harmony 32 ft. Sloop Husband and wife team Peter Hopwood and Carol Hopwood and Charlie Herbert, N. Casey, D. Henry
Aeolus 36 ft. Sloop Ray Canniffe, Nav. Rod Florence, John Kopelke, Designed and built by Ray Canniffe
Zilver Meeuw 31 ft. Sloop Andy Gallagher, Nav. A. Gallagher, L. Hunter, l.
Sarlena 33ft. Sloop Cliff McGarry, Nav. Self, W. Wall, D. Hocking and
Zilvergeest I 30 ft. Sloop Eric Williams, Nav. A. Raine, H. Rose, R. Raine,
Pilgrim 38 ft. 10 in Sloop Grahame Evans Nav.  Self, Jim Bourke, A. Carson, i. Hughes, Col Wildman, John Munston and one other 2nd in World 1 Ton Cup
Saracem II 36 ft. 6 in. Sloop John Morris, Nav. David Robinson and others.
Bacardi 43 ft. 6 in. Sloop Peter and David Hankin, Skipper Peter Hankin. Cole 43
Marina 43 ft. Yawl Skipper Nav. Bob Quin, D. Tovey, R. Tucker, A. Neren, J. Huie, R. Ellis, P. Sebourne and two others. Backman has loaned boat to crew. Not his regulars
Matika 36 ft. Sloop Alan Pearson, J. Dunstan, C. Graham, G Wray, R. Weaver and D. McDonald
Veninde II 36 ft. Sloop Bob Crosfield, J. Nobbs and four others.
Makaretu 45 ft. Ketch Norm Gosson, Nav. R. Bearman and others.
Tui Manu 37 ft. Yawl  Mick York Nav. Self, Tony Pfeifer, Bev James, Neil Bowman, Neil Bennets and one other.
Boomaro III 33 ft.7in. Sloop Hugh Findlay, Nav. Self, l. Findlay, J. Jackson, P R. Jackson, C. Colleridge, D. Peebles.
Diamond Cutter I 33 ft. Sloop Alan Sweeney, Nav. Barry Cliffe, A. White, John Walsh and others.
Onya of Gosford 42 ft. Sloop Peter Rysdyk, Nav. Self, B. Robison, A. Brown,
Hustler 45 ft. Sloop  John Spencer, Nav. B. Climo, R. Andriesse, P.
Apollo 57 ft.6in.Sloop Jack Rooklyn, Nav. Stan Darling, T. Sharples, B.. Holmes, D. Tracy, J. McCloud, J. Boulton.
Wistari 35 ft. Sloop Noel Patrick, Nav. Self, K. Watson, R. Ogden,
Tequila 34 ft. Sloop  Tom Fermostad. New owner, first race. Previous owners sailed as crew.
Rival 36 ft. Sloop Alby Bergin. Complete with "white hunter" hat.

Pictures

Sydney to Brisbane Tasman Sea 1973
Sydney to Brisbane Tasman Sea 1973
Sydney to Brisbane Tasman Sea 1973.
Sydney to Brisbane Tasman Sea 1973.
Sydney to Brisbane Yacht Race
Sydney to Brisbane Yacht Race

1974

Pictures and Articles

Odyssey at Middle Harbour Yacht Club. Start of the Sydney to Brisbane Yacht Race 1974. John Gleeson, Bob Quinn John Duggan
Odyssey at Middle Harbour Yacht Club. Start of the Sydney to Brisbane Yacht Race 1974. John Gleeson, Bob Quinn John Duggan
Odyssey at Middle Harbour Yacht Club. Start of the Sydney to Brisbane Yacht Race 1974. John Gleeson, John Duggan, Charlie Herbert
Odyssey at Middle Harbour Yacht Club. Start of the Sydney to Brisbane Yacht Race 1974. John Gleeson, John Duggan, Charlie Herbert
Odyssey - Start of the Sydney to Brisbane Yacht Race 1974
Odyssey - Start of the Sydney to Brisbane Yacht Race 1974

1977

CYCA Offshore Magazine 1977 Apr/May 

After last year's exciting, romping-downhill slide in which Helsal chopped so many hours off the race record, the 1977 M.H.Y.C. race to Mooloolaba became for many a long boring haul in almost windless conditions. It produced an incredibly high eleven non finishers who yawned themselves cigaretteless and hungry into half a dozen harbours on the coast of New South Wales.

For many of the competitors, however, it was an opportunity to prove that good planning and foresight for all conditions sometimes pays off - adequate reserves of food and drink and a crew with reserves of available time. It can only be considered presumptuous to make business or domestic appointments for the fourth day after the start of a race which usually takes. "about three days", and it is unfair to an owner, his investment and to the five or six crew who have to abandon due to one man's thoughtlessness.

In this race, among the many amendments to the racing rules was one tucked away amongst the fifteen pages of information which said, "a crewman may be put ashore in order to take no further part in the race". A crewman on the boat upon which I sailed availed himself of this amendment, but at least six other yachts retired without being aware that such a move was possible.

The race which started at 1330 hours on Wednesday, March 30th in brilliant sunshine off Balmoral Beach saw the record 36 starters break open their colourful spinnakers as the starting gun fired. Apollo quickly took a healthy lead from Hi Jaques and the remainder of the fleet - a lead which widened inexorably as the days passed by.

Everyone in the fleet knew that a strong southerly set was running off Sydney, and most of the fleet tacked in from North Head to visit every beach from Sydney to Moreton Lighthouse. Only four boats, ignoring the fishermen's stories of lobster pots which could not be found due to the strong current, remained on a port tack and went out to sea, where they found a strengthening wind with so much west in it that they were able to free sheets and reach for Sugarloaf Point.

John Brooks (Mr Facing-both-ways, of Biggles Column), navigator of Apollo, reported later that "set" was hardly noticeable and proceeded to set almost a rhumb line course. On the second day a light sou'easter gave a lift to the fled for two or three hours, except for Apollo, Cav, Current Issue and Hi Jaques - the four who went to sea and enjoyed many more hours of these conditions, Apollo carrying a spinnaker for over 24 hours. For the remainder it became a matter of utilising any breeze which was available and rock hopping. Several boats reported touching sand or rock at some time, usually travelling so slowly that no damage was done with the exception of Wild Turkey, whose crew were wildly catapulted forward when they hit a submerged rock just north of Forster.

About midnight Saturday, after 82 hours of racing, Apollo crossed the finishing line 20 hours ahead of Meltemi and two and a half days before the last boat to finish and the news that she had won the race on corrected time. Jack Violet's Petersen one tonner, Hi Jaques, was four hours behind Meltemi to take first place in Div. I1 and 3rd overall. Seven hours later John Partridge's Cav crossed the line to win Div. Ill and be placed second overall to Apollo on corrected time.

Meanwhile, retirements were being announced on every sched (eleven in all). Two had valid reasons, Kintama, who lost a rudder, and The Rajah, which sank after an explosion. The Rajah, owned by Joel Mace, was the only petrol-engined yacht in the race. Because it was taking part in a proper&-organised event and carried all I.O.R. safety gear, the crew had a liferaft and rockets which they used intelligently and were picked up by a trawler and taken to Coffs Harbour in the minimum of time.

An upcoming issue of Offshore which will carry articles on Distress and Safety will endeavour to report fully on the incident and several others which have occurred in recent offshore racing.

The official results are as follows:

1977 SYDNEY - BRISBANE (MOOLOOLABA) - RACE OFFICIAL RESULTS

OVERALL NAME OF  CORRECTED DIV.  PLAC ING ARB
PLACE YACHT TIME 1 2 3 PLACE
1 APOLLO  77-48-32 1 1
2 CAV 81-39-10  1 2
3 HI-JACOUE 82- 0-57 1 3
4 MELTEMI 83-44-17 2 4
5 WILD TURKEY 87-03-09 3 5
6 CURRENT ISSUE 89-57-01 2 6
7 TROUBADOR 92-05-1 9 3 7
8 FANTASY 93-26-24 4 10
9 HARMONY 93-45-21 5 8
10 BUSHWACKER  94-08-30 2 9
11 FAIR DINKUM 94-27-56 3 12
12 AQUAVIT 95-45-14 6 14
13 GYPSY 96-05-22 7 13
14 DANCING MOUSE 97-10-03 4 15
15 TIMANA II 97-17-33 8 18
16 HOIHO 97-24-07 9 19
17 WARRI 97-29-51 5 17
18 HOBO 97-54-09 4 11
19 SHENANDOAH 98-07-20 6 16
20 FOLLOW MEE 99-06-22 7 20
21 CAPRICE OF HUON 99-12-34 8 22
22 VOLOS 100-29-16 10 21
23 ODYSSEY 100-33-46 9 23
24 PANOORA II 100-36-24 5 25
ARB. ONLY  SATIN SHEETS 24

The following yachts did not finish: GIDGEE. RUFFIAN. ROGUE, MERCEDES III, TOOLKA, PATSY, KINTAMA. CATRIONA M, AEROLUS, LOLLIPOP, THE Rajah.

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