- The Yachts
- 2016
- Simplesail Mahligai
Simplesail Mahligai
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Owners Murray Owens and Jenny Kings boat is representing Russia this year, due to nearly full Russian crew. Mahligai finished fourth overall under PHS and second in Division 1 in the 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart. The previous Hobart, crewed mainly by Russians, as they will be again this year, and racing as Art Equity Mahligai, they finished PHS sixth and won Division 1. In the 2013 Hobart, they moved up from their ninth overall under PHS of 2011, to sixth and won Division 1. The Kiwi owners live in Sydney and race out of the CYCA and have finished each of their six Hobarts with this Sydney 46.
Competitor Details
| Yacht Name | Simplesail Mahligai |
| Sail Number | RUS1 |
| Owner | Owen/Kings |
| Skipper | Dimitri Bulatov |
| Sailing Master | Alexander Vodovatov-Abas |
| Navigator | Anton Titorenko & Murray Owen |
| Crew | V Kushnir, M Taranov, G Shatkov, E Podshivalov, T Mendybayev, S Mazur, V Kharabardin, V Chirkov |
| State | Russia |
| Club | Russian Offshore Racing Club Seaventus |
| Type | Sydney 46 |
| Designer | Murray Burns Dovell |
| Builder | Sydney Yachts |
| Construction | GRP |
| LOA | 14.3 |
| Beam | 4.0 |
| Draft | 2.7 |