John Willoughby sailed the red hulled Enchantress from South Australia before heading to Hobart in 2014 and 2015. Last year she finished the Hobart 23^rd overall, in 2014 she was 19^th overall, fourth in Division 4, third in the Veterans 30 Year and fourth in the Veterans 20 Year. Crew have sailed the boat to Sydney again, advantageous for the race ahead. In her first Hobart in 2012, she was 19^th and third in Division 4. Enchantress has also done 20 Adelaide Port Lincoln races and won the 2010 Melbourne to Hobart under IRC, PHS and AMS. She was designed and built of wood by John Muirhead to be fast downwind.