The Yachts

Chieftain

Chieftain

 

Irish property developer Gerard O'Rourke used this year’s Hamilton Island Race Week as a pre-Hobart shakedown for his brand new boat and finished an impressive 5th overall in IRC.  Like its sistership Living Doll, O'Rourke has taken a Farr designed hull and added a canting keel to optimise the boat for IRC racing.  Could do well in this race if conditions suit the mid-fleet boats.

 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Chieftain
Sail Number IRL5005
Owner Gerard O'Rourke
Skipper Gerard O'Rourke
Crew M Tighe, A Deakin, E O'Connor, C Corbert, B Griffin, D O'Sullivan, G Spain, R Herraghty, T Ligrad, S Young, J Visser
State Ireland
Club Western Yacht Club
Type Cookson 50
Designer Farr
Builder Cookson
Construction Carbon
LOA 15
Beam 4.31
Draft 3.25