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Balance
Purchased by Paul Clitheroe in 2014, this TP52 has won the Sydney Hobart race twice. The first was in 2008 as Quest when owned by Bob Steel, the second as Balance (she also scored second under ORCi) last year, culminating in Clitheroe winning the Blue Water Pointscore on countback to Chinese Whisper. Balance finished second to Ichi Ban in the 2016 Sydney Harbour Regatta and was fourth in Division 1 at the NSW IRC Championship. In the 2016 Sydney Gold Coast race, with Mike Green in charge (Clitheroe was away celebrating his birthday), finished fifth overall and fourth in Division 1.
Competitor Details
Yacht Name | Balance |
Sail Number | 7771 |
Owner | Paul Clitheroe |
Skipper | Paul Clitheroe & Mike Green |
Sailing Master | Adam Brown |
Navigator | Nick Scott-Perry |
Crew | A Cribb, M Bassett, R Cox, D Keddie, D McPhee (8), M de Montgolfier, C Evans, T Brewer, J Dock |
State | NSW |
Club | CYCA |
Type | Farr Tp 52 |
Designer | Farr Yacht Design |
Builder | Geotz |
Construction | Carbon |
LOA | 15.9 |
Beam | 4.3 |
Draft | 3.2 |