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- The Yachts
- 2014
- Black Sheep
Black Sheep
In their first season as ocean racing owners with this Beneteau 45, formerly Honeysuckle, brothers Martin and Derek Sheppard competed in the CYCA’s 2013-2014 Blue Water Pointscore Series where Black Sheep finished seventh in IRC and second in the Cape Byron Pointscore (the ORCi category of the Blue Water Pointscore) behind Wild Rose, the Blue Water champion.
Last season’s BWPS results include: 16th overall and eighth in IRC Division 3 of the Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, third overall in the Flinders Islet Race in September, fifth in October’s Bird Island Race, 11th in the Cabbage Tree Island race, 11th in the Port Hacking Bird Island Race and ninth in division in the Rolex Sydney Hobart.
In March this year, Black Sheep competed in the CYCA’s Ocean Pointscore race from Sydney to Wollongong, where she finished fourth and won the return race from Wollongong to Sydney after match racing More Witchcraft all the way from Wattamolla to the finish line near Point Piper. The Sheppards secured ORCi and PHS divisional wins and recorded a line honours win.
Competitor Details
Yacht Name | Black Sheep |
Sail Number | 33345 |
Owner | Derek & Martin Sheppard |
Skipper | Derek Sheppard |
Crew | M Sheppard, A Salmon, K Bennett, M Ramsay, M Kennedy, M Jones, P Allen, W Taylor, A Veness, Y Heritage, T Curry |
State | NSW |
Club | CYCA |
Type | Beneteau 45 |
Designer | Phillippe Briand |
Builder | Beneteau |
LOA | 13.7 |
Beam | 4.2 |
Draft | 2.7 |