Mr Kite

 

Mr Kite, the smallest boat with a canting keel to compete in the CYCA’s long ocean races, was launched at last year’s Hamilton Island Race Week by owners Andrew Buckland and Andrew Hunn. After a disappointing offshore debut in the Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race when their canting keel component broke, Buckland, a highly experienced ocean racer and 18 foot skiff sailor, and Hunn believe their radical carbon fibre “mini Volvo 70”, which successfully completed the Sydney Mooloolaba in later July, is ready to tackle Bass Strait.

Competitor Details

Yacht Name	Mr Kite
Sail Number	6522
Owner	Buckland & Hunn
Skipper	Buckland & Hunn
Sailing Master	Andrew Buckland
Crew	A Hunn, L Abbott, A Jackson, P Bremner.
State	NSW
Club	CYCA
Type	Cape/Barrett 40
Designer	Cape/Barrett
Builder	Boatspeed
Construction	Composite
LOA	12.19
Beam	3.09
Draft	2.92