Namadgi

Namadgi is an Elan Impression 444 launched in June 2011, that was added to the Canberra Ocean Racing Club fleet last year. Under skipper Paul Jones, Namadgi had the honour of being the last boat to arrive in Hobart, just over an hour shy of New Year’s Eve and finished ninth in PHS division of the CYCA’s 2013 Flinders Islet race. With Michael Martin at the helm this year, she finished sixth in non-spinnaker Division 1 at Audi Hamilton Island Race week after a third last year. 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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