The Yachts

Black Sheep

Black Sheep

 

Black Sheep, reflecting her owners’ surname, scored fifth overall to win Division 2 of the 2015 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Race, well up on her 28th overall/third in Division 3 in 2014. She followed up with third in the Newcastle Bass Island Race and 15th overall for a Division 3 third and ninth overall under ORCi in the 2015 Sydney Hobart to finish the 2015 BWPS fifth overall in both IRC and ORCi. In April, the Sheppard brothers finished eighth in Division 2 at the NSW IRC Championship. In 2014, they were named Ocean Racing Rookies of the Year, following a great BWPS season in 2013, when they finished seventh overall and second in ORCi as new boat owners of the boat previously named Honeysuckle, then were fifth overall in 2014 BWPS. This year the Sheppards have added some of the Late Roger Hickman’s crew to the team, including Jackie White, Antonia Fong, Andrew Scott and David Morris. Seems Hickman’s proven winning formula of a blended male/female crew has rubbed off on his friends, who have five women in the crew. 

 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Black Sheep
Sail Number 33345
Owner Derek & Martin Sheppard
Skipper Derek Sheppard
Crew A Scott, A Fong, A Balogh, D Morris, J White, K Bennett, M Sheppard, M Ivaneza, M Jones, R Jay, R Tikoft, S Garrie, Y Heritage
State NSW
Club WYC
Type Beneteau 45
Designer Phillippe Briand
Builder Beneteau
LOA 13.7
Beam 4.2
Draft 2.7