The Yachts

More Witchcraft

More Witchcraft

 

John Cameron finished his term as CYCA commodore this month and can’t wait to hit the offshore race track again. He has had some hits and misses in this race – the hits were a PHS win in 2004 and PHS third overall in 2005. He missed in More Witchcraft’s last Gold Coast Race in 2010, when under-prepared, the boat finished last in PHS. Cameron was madly preparing his yacht as he grappled with his final days as commodore and business commitments. He is aware that his boat and crew will need to be at their best to challenge last year’s PHS winner, Wax Lyrical (Les Goodridge’s X-50) and She’s the Culprit (an Inglis/Jones 39) which surprisingly finished outside the top placings last year, but won everything before her in the 2014 Rolex Sydney Hobart. Having said that, Cameron has co-opted fellow yacht owner, Carl Sriber, and champion 12ft skiff skipper Murray Press to his crew, and they will add some polish.   

 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name More Witchcraft
Sail Number 8402
Owner John Cameron
Skipper John Cameron
Navigator Terry Peek
Crew C Sriber, M Paton, M Brown, M Est, M Press, P Merli, S Enoch, S Jackson, Z Est
State NSW
Club CYCA
Type Dibley 46
Designer K. Dibley
Builder Vickers
Construction GRP
LOA 13.945
Beam 4.196
Draft 2.612