The Yachts

Great Xpectations

Great Xpectations

 

This will be Great Xpectations’ (the name comes from a play on her design) first Hobart race. In the lead-up in July, she contested her first Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race since 2007 and finished 24th overall and 11th in Division 3, showing promise. A regular performer at events such as the Sydney Harbour Regatta and the CYCA’s 2014/2015 OPS, where she finished fourth overall in IRC, third overall in ORCi and won PHS, Great Xpectations also won the 2011 Australia Day Cup and was the first of a new breed of X-Yachts to come into Australia when Rod Wills took delivery of her in December 2003.

 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Great Xpectations
Sail Number 6343
Owner Rod Wills
Skipper Rod Wills
Crew J Horner, M Browne (1), P Telford (2), R Johnston (2), R Masters (1), S Ellis (3), O Stranack, M Riding (7), R Hudson,
State NSW
Club CYCA
Type X43
Designer Niels Jeppesen
Builder X Yachts
Construction GRP
LOA 12.94
Beam 3.97
Draft 2.20