Matt Allen’s Farr 52 OD Ichi Ban, which translates from Japanese to ‘Number 1’, boasts a top crew including Craig Prescott and Peter Inchbold, both lining up for their 18th Hobart, and six-time Bluewater Champion and two-times Sydney Hobart winner Roger Hickman.  This year Ichi Ban has won the Sailing South Race Week, taken line honours in the Southport to Mackay Race, 3rd in the Brisbane – Gladstone Race, and placed 3rd in the Gosford to Lord Howe Island Race.