Polaris has a new owner in John Quinn, the man who was plucked from Bass Strait during the '93 Sydney Hobart. He purchased the yacht for her sturdiness and seaworthiness. Polaris finished 13th in the Veteran Division last year with the previous owner and Quinn said, " I am sure we will arrive in Hobart, safe and sound, with big smiles – no worries". as the old saying goes, you are a braver man than me Gungadin.