The Yachts

Koa

Koa

 

Koa (Hawaiian for ‘strong warrior’) retired with a broken starter motor last year – her second retirement in a row, not living up to her original name of ‘Lucky’. She was 21st overall and fifth in Division 1 in the 2017 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race and lifted to remarkably to take the treble in the Flinders Islet Race, breaking Loki’s seven year-old record. In October she finished seventh in the Newcastle Bass Island Race and then 13th in the Cabbage Tree Island Race, best of the TP52s. Peter Wrigley and Andy Kearnan bought the boat in 2015. She had won the 2010 Rolex Middle Sea Race and was second in the 2014 Rolex China Sea Race. They finished second to Ichi Ban in the 2016 Sydney Gold Coast race. Drew Wrigley joins his dad Peter for their second Hobart together.

 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Koa
Sail Number 52152
Owner Peter Wrigley & Andrew Kearnan
Skipper Andrew Kearnan & Peter Wrigley
Sailing Master Richard Howard
Navigator Andrea Green & Richard Grimes
Crew D McPhee (10), D Wrigley, G Van Dijk, G Telford (14), M Hewitt-Park (8), P Williams, R Bridge, T May, W Miller, A Sayers (1)
State NSW
Club CYCA
Type TP52
Designer Farr
Builder Goetz
Construction Carbon
LOA 15.85
Beam 4.353
Draft 3.143