This will be the first Sydney-Hobart for Ocean Road but skipper Charles Booth, who sails out of the Tamar Yacht Club at Launceston in Northern Tasmania, has a long background of ocean racing, as has crew member Charles Youl. Youl has sailed on such well known maxi yachts as Condor and Eagle. With several Adams 13s in the fleet, there could be a good race within a race.