George Gregan Foundation

Former 18 foot skiff world champion David Witt has chartered Getaway- Sailing.com and will head south with a crew of novice rugby players, including former Wallaby test prop Bill Young and Queensland Reds captain John Rowe, and experienced offshore sailors such as Peter Davies, Craig Malouf and the boat’s owner, Peter Goldsworthy.

Built for the 2001 Volvo Round the World Race, this VO60 has been campaigned extensively in Australia by previous owner Andrew Short and now its current owner who took line and PHS honours and set a new course record during the 2006 Gosford to Lord Howe Race, and took line honours again in the 2007 race. Sixty Minutes reporter Peter Overton has joined the crew for his first Rolex Sydney Hobart.

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