The Yachts

Helsal IV

Helsal IV

 

Dr Tony Fisher, one of Australia’s most successful yacht owners of the 1970s and 1980s, made his ocean racing comeback last year with his latest French-designed Helsal which finished the race despite flooding her sail locker.  The crew, including son Rob who will skipper the boat south, is looking forward to a quicker and more comfortable passage back to Hobart where the boat is based.  Tony’s original Helsal, a ferro-cement boat that was dubbed the ‘Flying Footpath’, took line honours and set a race record in the 1973 Sydney Hobart.

 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Helsal IV
Sail Number 262
Owner Tony Fisher
Skipper Ron Fisher (14)
Crew G Poper (8), J Dwyer (6), J Davis (1), G Skennar (1), D Browning, D Johnson, K Lewis (1), I Campbell (8), A Mears, K Lawrence, T Fletcher, M Dixon
State TAS
Club RYCT
Type Dynamique 62
Designer Philippe Briand
Builder Dynamique
Construction GRP
LOA 18.65
Beam 5.0
Draft 2.45