MEDIA RELEASE - FARR 40 Class
February 12 2009
Farr 40’s set for “Stawell Gift” on water
Nine teams from
Racing is fast and furious as crews race on a shortened sprint style race track with the courses being set off Sydney Heads on Saturday and on Sunday will move inshore to
Racing for the first time with the Australian Farr 40 fleet will be Tasmanian’s Andrew Hunn and Lloyd Clark with VooDoo Chile. Named after the Jimi Hendrix song by the same name this team will make their debut appearance at a Farr 40 class event having travelled up from
In a former life VooDoo Chile was
“We're looking forward to our first time racing with the fleet in Sydney. We have five Farr 40's in Hobart and our fellow Tasmanians, Stephen Boyes and Hughie Lewis, have been up to Sydney to race with the class before but we are the "newbies". We've really enjoyed the class racing locally and it will be interesting to see how we go against the former owner of our boat Lang Walker”, said owner and tactician Andrew Hunn.
After five regattas in the 2008-09 Australian Farr 40 Circuit, current leader Lisa and Martin Hill’s Estate Master on 17 points, along with the eight other teams racing will be using this event as a warm up for the upcoming 2009 Hamilton Island Farr 40 Australian Championship which will be held February 20-22 and hosted by Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron.
Three of the teams racing this weekend, Lang Walker’s Kokomo, Lisa and Martin Hill’s Estate Master and Guido Belgiorno Nettis’ Transfusion, will take advantage of the second last Australian Farr 40 circuit event to work on crew work skills as they prepare to represent Australia in Porto Cervo, Sardinia in June at the 2009 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship.
2008 Farr 40 Sprint Series Entry List
Boat Name |
Skipper |
Yacht Club |
Easy Tiger II |
Chris Way/Ian Burns |
RPAYC |
Edake |
Jeff Carter |
MHYC |
Estate Master |
Lisa and Martin Hill |
MHYC |
|
Lang Walker |
CYCA |
Sputnik |
Ivan Wheen |
RSYS |
Transfusion |
Guido Belgiorno Nettis |
MHYC |
VooDoo
|
Andrew Hunn/Lloyd Clark |
RYCT |
White Cloud |
Brett Neill |
RNZYS |
Wot Now |
Graeme Wood |
CYCA |
Kokomo Farr 40 Sprint Series photo Sam Crichton
Farr 40 fleet on
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