Willow

Having sold Comanche after a stellar run, including the standing race record, Jim Cooney and Samantha Grant return with the former Ericsson3/Maserati, renamed Willow for the Australian Technology Company Cooney is a board member of. Skippered by Cooney, this Volvo Open 70 finished sixth on line and seventh overall in the 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart – the last big boat to finish before the breeze shut down. In 2019, he chartered the yacht to Polish sailors, who finished 12^th over line. Cooney and Samantha Grant bought the boat in 2016, after legendary Italian Giovani Soldini raced her as Maserati to fourth on line and 22^nd overall in the 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart. If it is a traditional hard race, Willow could do well over the line and overall. A star cast covers America’s Cup winners, Olympic campaigners, Volvo Ocean Race competitors and World Champions.

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