The Yachts

Funnel-Web

Funnel-Web

 

Funnel-Web  is a Hick 50 design  built in 2003.  With her bright yellow and spider’s web on her hull, she is unmistakable in the water.  Skippered by Sibby MacFadyen, who has over 20,000 nm sailing experience, is a very keen competitor and would rather be on the ocean than in the office.  Sibby hopes, that eventually experience and knowledge will bring with it the rewards of a win in some of the bigger races. 

A competitor in the 2005 Audi Sydney Gold Race, Funnel-Web is back to try her luck in this long ocean race.  More suited to long distance races, where she can really stretch her legs; the crew hopes she will perform well and repeat some of the successes from recent smaller crewed and short-handed races.  Between the two skippers, they feel they have never sailed the boat to its full potential.  They hope, now, with changes in crew and combined with more experience and knowledge gained from racing on other people’s boats over the last season, to improve on past results.

Having sailed in a variety of ocean races including Brisbane to Gladstone, Cabbage Tree Island,  Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and the Melbourne to Osaka Yacht Race, her best results have occurred whilst sailing north.

 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Funnel-Web
Sail Number N11
Owner SSS Holdings Pty Ltd
Skipper Sibby MacFadyen
Crew I MacFadyen, R Arnall, B Hardy, A McJannett, T Wright, M Davies
State NSW
Club Newcastle Yacht Club
Type Hick 50
Designer Hick
Builder Robert Hick
Construction Balsa Composite
LOA 15.25
Beam 3.90
Draft 3.44