Dekadence

 

This well-travelled yacht raced two Rolex Sydney Hobarts under original owner and past Sandringham Yacht Club commodore, Phil Coombs, who has given up the ocean slog for cruising. He raced her to Hobart for the first time in 2004 and finished 10th overall in what transpired to be a rough race. The following year he finished 19th overall and then took her in the Melbourne-Osaka double-handed yacht race and finished fifth over the line. The boat also had many local successes before being sold to Tasmanian, David Creese, who contested the 2009 race and finished 21st overall before sending the yacht back to Melbourne and new owner, Ken Simpson. In May, he took the line and overall double in the Apollo Bay Race and the team have been brushing up on their crew work in the Nautilus Marine Winter Series.

Competitor Details

Yacht Name	Dekadence
Sail Number	S20
Owner	Ken Simpson
Skipper	Ken Simpson (3)
Crew	A Hibbert, A Robinson, A Doolan (1), I Law (1), I Lindsay (1), J Wright, J Adams, P Walsh, R Hibbert
State	VIC
Club	RMYS
Type	DK46
Designer	Mark Mills
Builder	D.K. Yachts
Construction	GRP
LOA	14.1
Beam	4.13
Draft	2.99