As Sunburst, this 10 year old IOR racer will be sailing under IMS on her seventh Sydney Hobart and under the name of its sponsor, a country based firm marketing woollen goods and the 'mini jumbuck' – merino sheep models. Skipper Jim Howell has been sailing to Hobart since 1958 this will be his 15th race. As well he sailed in the 1979 Great Circle Race and in eight Melbourne Hobart races.