- The Yachts
- 2024
- Xanthus
Xanthus
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Matthew Fifield is a regular in club and local races on Sydney Harbour with a former X yacht, Makara. He did the 2014 Rolex Sydney Hobart on Flying Fish Arctos - his only Hobart. Fifield has enlisted Benjamin Roulant to skipper the X-55 in this year’s race. Roulant did the 2019 and 2021 Sydney Hobarts on Eve, skippering her in the latter race. The X-55, a luxury performance cruiser, is a lovely beamy yacht, described as elegant, fast and comfortable. It won European Yacht of the Year for 2006/07. If nothing else, her crew will have a comfortable ride.
Competitor Details
| Yacht Name | Xanthus |
| Sail Number | 2527 |
| Owner | Matthew Fifield |
| Skipper | Benjamin Roulant (2) |
| Crew | Jeffrey Brown, Oscar Brownbill, Enrique Daz, Samuel Ezra, Frerk-Malte Feller, Matthew Fifield (1), Oliver Gayner, Noah Hastings, Rory Hunter, Bert Norman (2), Andrew Slocombe (3), Kate Troup (2), Elizabeth Tucker, Peter Winter (2) |
| State | NSW |
| Club | RSYS |
| Type | X-55 |
| LOA | 16.76 |
| Beam | 4.6 |
| Draft | 3.2 |
