Mille Sabords has been owned by Stephane Howarth since May last year and has successfully competed in the Sydney 38 class association championships by her previous owners.  Howarth was the first women skipper to cross the line in last year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart and was thus awarded the Jane Tate Memorial Trophy and finished fourth in the Sydney 38 Division.  Howarth has again assembled a multi-national crew that has been enthusiastically training and racing in the lead up to this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart race.  The yacht finished in sixth place in IRC division of the 2010 Melbourne to Stanley race and has participated in all the major races and One Design events in Port Phillip Bay.