Mayfair

James Irvine purchased this Rogers 46 in 2020 and this will be their fourth Hobart. Irvine took her to 17th overall in the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart for and then finished third in Division 1 of the 2022 Brisbane to Gladstone race before placing 36th in the 2022 Hobart and 41st in last year’s race. She then finished second over the line and fifth overall in the Brisbane to Keppel Island race in a fleet of seven. Mayfair was originally one of a long list of well-known British yachtsman, Robin Aisher’s, yachts by the name of Yeoman. She was then bought by Lake Macquarie’s Doug Coulter who named her Shakti before selling her to Irvine. Irvine previously owned a Beneteau First 40, also called Mayfair, with which he contested the 75th Sydney Hobart in 2019.

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