Chutzpah

Bruce Taylor’s Chutzpah is undoubtedly one of the most experienced teams heading south each year, boasting no fewer than 240 Hobart races among its crew of 10. The Caprice 40, built for downwind conditions, will be hoping for more of that, even though she won the 2018 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race in upwind conditions! In the 2023 Hobart, Taylor achieved a solid result, finishing third in IRC Division 2. This performance followed a successful run in previous years, including a third in IRC Division 2 in 2022, 11th overall for a Division 2 win in 2021 and 16th overall for second in IRC Division in 2018.

Notably, in 2014, Chutzpah narrowly missed the win, finishing second to Wild Rose by just under 39 minutes while also claiming a divisional win. Other best results include fourth overall in 2007 and fifth in 2013. Taylor’s past Chutzpahs also enjoyed impressive performances, achieving second overall in 1990, ninth in 1994 for second in IMS Division (with a record 371 boats racing) and sixth in 2001. Since 1986, Taylor has owned six offshore Chutzpahs and has completed 35 consecutive Hobarts but has amassed 42 Hobarts in total.

Last year, some of Chutzpah’s staple crew celebrated milestones, with Kingsley Piesse marking his 40th consecutive Sydney Hobart and Andrew Taylor, Bruce’s son, celebrating his 30th ride south. Together, Taylor and his son Drew are the only father-son combination to have sailed 30 Hobarts together, a record unlikely to be surpassed.

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