Sailors With Disabilities

 

Fresh from a PHS win in this year’s Sydney Mooloolaba and a 2nd in the inaugural Sydney Mackay Yacht Race, David Pescud has again elected to race south with a mostly disabled crew for his 16th Rolex Sydney Hobart. This specially designed 52-footer has contested every east coast regatta and offshore race since being launched in 2000. With their previous boat, Pescud and his crew won PHS Division A of the storm-battered 1998 Hobart Race. SWD also holds the monohull circumnavigation of Australia record.

Competitor Details

Yacht Name	Sailors With Disabilities
Sail Number	7878
Owner	David Pescud
Skipper	David Pescud (15)
Crew	J Natherson (6), J Hearne (2), L Stewart-Baker (1), A Jackson (1), M Thomson (3), N Short (2), A Lawrence (1), M van Kretschmar, K Jaggar, L Phelan, B Fleming, G Mckellar, K Watson
State	NSW
Club	CYCA
Type	Lyons 54
Designer	David Lyons
Builder	David Pescud
Construction	GRP
LOA	16.2
Beam	4.3
Draft	3.4