Namadgi

Namadgi, is an Elan Impression 444 launched in June 2011, and is the latest edition to the Canberra Ocean Racing Club fleet. She finished third in non –spinnaker Cruising Division 1 in this year’s Audi Hamilton Island Race Week and competed in the CYCA’s Flinders Islet race in September finishing PHS ninth. Skipper Paul Jones’ last journey south was in 2009 on the previous Namadgi, a Bavaria 44, that placed third in PHS Division 2. 

The CORC was founded in 1979 to allow Canberra people to compete in ocean races, which the Club did successfully for four years with the yachts Mercedes IV and Nadia IV. In 1988, the Club’s focus was changed to allow members to spend more time cruising.

Most years, Namadgi, the CORC’s yacht, remains in New South Wales during the summer months, before undertaking a major winter cruise between May and November. Typically, this takes the yacht as far afield as New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and North Queensland. When not cruising, the Club opts to compete in major ocean races on the eastern seaboard.

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