![]() This is great news for yachts going up and down the coast. GC Boatyards Coffs Harbour is pleased announce the company is up and running with a 75 tonne marine travel lift in Coffs Harbour and a full service boatyard. "If it's small boat race, I won't be surprised to see one of the double-handed boats up there in the overall results," Cross speculates. "We have the best double-handed sailors in Australia doing the race. They will be hard to beat," Martin Cross says of his rivals. "We've got Mistral and Disko Troooper, whose reputations proceed them. They were then seventh in the Two-Handed division of the 2022 Sydney Hobart. Father and son, Martin and John Cross sailed to double-handed victory last year and finished eighth overall. Transcendence Crento is the 'local' boat to watch in the Pittwater to Coffs race. They beat all fully crewed boats in a high calibre fleet - a first. In two-handed mode, Mistral, Disko-Trooper and Transcendence Crento enjoyed the distinction of placing top three overall respectively in December's Cabbage Tree Island Race. The boats are different, although Mistral and Transcendence are similar, so the weather will have a tremendous impact on the outcome." I don't know whose way it will go, but we'll be giving it a red hot go. "We're going to sail very hard the whole way. I think it's going to be a very important opportunity for us all to line-up together," Jules Hall asserts. ![]() "I reckon we've got a red-hot two-handed fleet this year. Rupert Henry and Greg O'Shea (Mistral) won last year, while Jules Hall and Jan Scholten (Disko Trooper-Contender Sailcloth) won in 2021 by a resounding eight hours. Some did the Sydney Hobart two-handed, including the last two years winners. Nine double-handed crews will start the 226 nautical mile race coastal classic. "Ourselves and Martin Cross are tied for points in the Alfred's Blue Water Pointscore Series, so I'd love to put a few places between us in this race," Griffith ended.ĭisko Trooper Contender Sailcloth will be sailed double-handed - Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race - photo © Bow Caddy Media You can't discount the two-handers: Mistral, Disko Trooper and Transcendence Crento could be up the front if we have reaching conditions. Comanche and Whisper (David Griffith's JV62) could be sailing in a completely different weather pattern like Black Jack (she clean swept the event) in 2022. They sail a hard race and downwind have an edge," he says of Richard Hudson's modified Farr 45 that placed fourth last year. ![]() We always have good racing with Pretty Woman. "It's hard to say who the front runners will be, because it's too early to look at the forecast," says Griffith, skipper of the DK46. The two, with the rest of the fleet, will line up for the start off Barrenjoey Headland at Pittwater and with 2022's top two overall missing from the fleet, the field is wide open and includes third placegetter, LCE Old School Racing (Mark Griffith). ![]() LCE Old School sailed consistently well to finish third last year - Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race - photo © Andrea Francolini
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