Copernicus

This Radford 12 scooped third in IRC Division 3 in the 2010 Rolex Sydney Hobart, her best result to-date, and has competed in every race since. In last year’s edition, Copernicus finished 12^th overall under ORCi and fourth in ORCi Division 3. In this year’s light air Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, Copernicus had the honour of being last over the finish line, but at least she hung in and finished. She had previously won ORCi Division 2, and was second under IRC in the 2009 Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race.

In 2011, with long time crew Jim Nixon helming in the absence of owner Greg Zyner, Copernicus finished second overall in the Audi Sydney Offshore Newcastle Yacht Race. The yacht went on to finish second in the 2011 Hempel Gosford Lord Howe Island Race, in which it formerly scored divisional third places in both 2009 and 2010. 

Nixon, coming up for Hobart number 20, joins the crew again, as does Felicity Nelson, who will sail her 19^th Hobart, the second most Hobart races by any woman – an accolade she shares with Gail Harland, who will race aboard the new Patrice this year.

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