In a remarkable effort, this 35 footer battled the fierce conditions of the 1998 Telstra Sydney Hobart race to take out the Overall IMS trophy. They followed this with overall wins in the Gosford Lord Howe Island race and Cabbage Tree Island race the next year. For this Hobart race, co-owners Ed and Bob aim to give the bigger boats in the fleet another good shakeup for an IMS overall placing.