The Yachts

Samarkand

Samarkand

 

Walter Carpenter’s Murray Burns Dovell custom cruiser racer contested the 2005 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Race and later in the same year, Hamilton Island Race Week.  The boat has competed in the past three Savills SORC and was a participant in the 2007 Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta and Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. The boat is occasionally raced in the CYCA’s Bluewater Pointscore Series, Audi Winter Series and MHYC twilight series.
 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Samarkand
Sail Number 195
Owner Walter Carpenter
Skipper Walter Carpenter
Crew D Armstrong, C Grant, O Coovre, C Seares, B Stewart, A Law, C Cook, J Needham, G Brunsdon, A Katona
State NSW
Club MHYC/RSYS
Type MBD Custom CR
Designer Murray Burns Dovell
Builder Dave Griffin
Construction Fibreglass
LOA 15.2
Beam 4.0
Draft 2.9