- The Yachts
- 2004
- Ichi Ban
Ichi Ban
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Matt Allen’s Farr 52 OD Ichi Ban, which translates from Japanese to ‘Number 1’, will go into the 60th Race one of the favourites for an Overall win following an outstanding past season that saw her win IRC Division A of last year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart, quickly followed by an IRC Overall win at Hobart’s Sailing South Week and Geelong’s Skandia Week.
She went on to win the IRC Australian Offshore Championship sailed out of Pittwater in March and the IMS Division of the Brisbane to Gladstone Race in April.
Competitor Details
| Yacht Name | Ichi Ban |
| Sail Number | 8880 |
| Owner | Matt Allen |
| Skipper | Matt Allen |
| Crew | R Hickman, P Inchbold, S Gordan, A Thompson, C Garnett, E Cameron, P Cox, D Sudano, S Hunt, P Heffernan, S Koreman, S Jackson, R Godfrey |
| State | NSW |
| Club | CYCA |
| Type | Farr 52 |
| Designer | Farr International |
| Builder | DK Yachts |
| Construction | Carbon |
| LOA | 15.789 |
| Beam | 4.44 |
| Draft | 3.25 |
