Breakaway competed in its first Hobart in '79. In '81 while sailling through Bass Strait in storm conditions, she was beached in Gippsland, dragged up the beach and trucked to Melbourne, repaired and sailed to Sydney, turned around for the Hobart race and finished. In '91 she was 1st in IMS in division in the Fremantle - Exmouth Race, went on to compete in the Darwin Ambon Race where she was 3rd in Division, and then cruised home through the Kimberleys.