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Terra Firma

Terra Firma

 

The name Terra Firma lives on with this optimised Sydney 47.  A very determined and experienced crew lead by Nicholas Bartels will be sailing hard and smart with a 2008 racing program comprising  Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, MHYC’s Short Ocean Racing Championship, the Rolex IRC Rating Series and Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race where she finished 7th in IRC Division 2.  The original Terra Firma, an Iain Murray design, won the 1995 Sydney Hobart and continued to race well and in 2007, the name was transferred to a Sydney 47. 
 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Terra Firma
Sail Number SM47
Owner Nicholas Bartels
Skipper Nicholas Bartels
Crew Andrew Telford, Dean Van Teylingen, Jeff Casley, Chris Webster, Brad Acaster, Robert Bath, Gary Doggett, Ben Switzer, Connor Jeffreys, Stuart Don, David Wilson
State VIC
Club CYCA
Type Sydney 47
Designer Murray Burns Dovell
Builder Sydney Yachts
Construction Bolsa/Epoxy
LOA 14.27
Beam 4.04
Draft 2.94