The Yachts

Fruit Salid 3

Fruit Salid 3

 

Mark Drobitko placed 22nd in the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart and contested events up north this year. He bought Fruit Salid in the UK in 2016 and sailed it to Australia, arriving in late 2017. Passage highlights included first place in the 2016 ARC+ Atlantic Crossing, Caribbean Sea cruising, Grenada Race Week, Panama Canal transit, Pacific Ocean, and time enjoying life at sea. The Beneteau 40’s crew are working towards the boat’s second Sydney Hobart campaign. The boat’s intended name was ‘Fruit Salad’, but a few drinks later and with the paint brush out, the spelling changed…

 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Fruit Salid 3
Sail Number RQ334
Owner Mark Drobitko
Skipper Mark Drobitko (2)
Navigator Neil Everson (1)
Crew Rebekah Blake (1), Chris Dymalovski (1), Miles Ellery (1), Sam Johnson (1), Daniel Scanlan (1), Geoff Tomlins (4)
State QLD
Club Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron
Type Beneteau First 40
Designer Bruce Farr (NZ)
Builder Beneteau Yachts
Construction GRP
LOA 12.6
Beam 3.9
Draft 2.5