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Flying Fish Arctos

Flying Fish Arctos

 

Flying Fish Arctos placed PHS sixth overall for fourth in Division 2 in the 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart, after placing PHS 10th in 2015. Her best results, all PHS, have been winning in 2010, second in 2009 and third in 2012. Led by Gregor McGowan in the 2014 Hobart, this McIntyre 55 finished PHS 18th overall after finishing 10th in 2013. Her other Hobart results, all under PHS, comprise: 16th in 2009, seventh in 2007 and 2008, and sixth in 2011. The crew typically comprises a mix of local experience and international trainees, all graduates of the Flying Fish sailing school. The yacht has raced to Hobart variously as Arctos and Flying Fish Arctos with a variety of skippers.

 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Flying Fish Arctos
Sail Number 7551
Owner Flying Fish Online
Skipper Alex Martin (4)
Navigator George Martin (2)
Crew R Miller, A Jones, E White, M Gerrard, A Sinclair, P Clark, T Mackinnon, D Myers, G Godwin, M Miyashita
State NSW
Club MHYC
Type McIntyre 55
Designer Graham Radford (Aus)
Builder McIntyre Marine
Construction GRP
LOA 16.36
Beam 3.66
Draft 2.7