Owned by CYCA 2024 Ocean Racing Veteran of the Year Geoff Hill, Antipodes scored her best Hobart result last year with 12^th overall for fourth in Division 1. The previous year the Santa Cruz 72 placed 62^nd overall. Co-skippering this year is Hill’s daughter, Natasha Parker, who was part of the crew to finish third over the line and third overall in the 2025 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. Based in Asia since 2012, Antipodes holds the race record for Darwin to Dili and Darwin to Ambon yacht races and has competed in the Groupama Race.