Avalanche (TH)

This will be the yachts fourth Hobart and third with this boat for owner James Murchison.  The Hick 40 was launched in 2015 and first competed that year with the designer, Robert Hick onboard.  This will be James Murchinson’s 15th Sydney Hobart.  Since the introduction of two-handed racing into the Rolex Sydney Hobart, James has competed with co-skipper James Francis in many of the CYCA Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water races.  James will race under IRC for the first time in 2023. 

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