The Yachts

Enchantress

Enchantress

 

John Willoughby is keeping his fingers crossed the race will go ahead this year.  As is usual, he and the crew sailed Enchantress all the way to Sydney from South Australia last year and arrived to discover the race had been cancelled two minutes before their arrival.  Not able to get the boat home in time due to Covid lockdowns, Enchantress has been in Queensland being raced by some of the crew.  The Muirhead 11 has contested six Sydney Hobarts and finishing the race 98th overall in 2019.  Placed 20th for fourth in Division 4 in 2016, 23rd in 2015 and 19th overall, third in the Veterans 30 Year and fourth in the Veterans 20 Year in 2014.  In 2012, her first Hobart, she was 19th for third in Division 4.  This lovely red hulled home-designed and home-built boat has raced and cruised since launched in 1983, including approximately 30 Adelaide to Port Lincoln races.

 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Enchantress
Sail Number SA346
Owner John Willoughby
Skipper John Willoughby (7)
Crew Geoff Tomlins (3), David Miller, Paul Craig, Mark Maddison, Melanie Walden, Nick Kahl, Joseph Sutton
State SA
Club Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron
Type Muirhead 11
Designer John Muirhead
Builder John Muirhead
LOA 11.0
Beam 3.2
Draft 2.3