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Star Dean-Willcocks Yeah Baby

Star Dean-Willcocks Yeah Baby

 

Previously owned by Lake Macquarie sailors Michael Hinchey and Dennis Hume, this Sydney 38 was the best placed of its class in the 2004 Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. Bought by identical twin brothers Louis and Marc Ryckmans in 2005, they finished second in division in last year’s Sydney Mooloolaba Yacht Race and second in the Sydney 38 division of the recent CYCA Audi Winter Series. One of nine Sydney 38s racing north in the 384 nautical mile Audi Sydney Gold Coast.

Pictured is SDW - Yeah Baby during the 2005 Rolex Sydney Hobart where they failed to hang on to the lead after losing a D2 in Bass Strait. SDW - Yeah Baby placed second in division in the 2006 Rolex Sydney Hobart.
 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Star Dean-Willcocks Yeah Baby
Sail Number 6068
Owner Marc & Louis Ryckmans
Skipper Cameron Neill
Crew Marc Ryckmans, Louis Ryckmans, Andrew Stuart, Edgardo Vieytes, Genevieve Hayden, Jamie Neill, Russel Miller, Chris Jardine, James Duck
State NSW
Club CYCA
Type Sydney 38
Designer Murray Burns Dovell
Builder Bashford
Construction Fibreglass
LOA 11.78
Beam 3.65
Draft 2.69