The Yachts

RKO

RKO

 

A newcomer to yachting, Aaron Rowe has purchased the TP52 originally known as Bribon. She is from the same design board and same year build as Celestial and Rowe picked her up in Rhode Island, put her on a ship in March and she arrived in Australia in late May. Since then, she has received ‘the treatment’, to make the freshly named RKO ready for her Australian debut. Rowe and crew have spent some time on Sydney Harbour only, so this will be his and RKO’s baptism of fire. Built for the King of Spain, this TP52 was very successful on the Med circuit in 2007/08/09 before heading to the USA where she raced as Flying Jenny 7 and was successful at all the NYYC annual regattas and Block Island Race Week. Since 2012, she has been raced as Ice Fire, finishing second overall and second in fleet at Montego Bay and also won the 2012 and 2014 IRC Championship in Annapolis.

Rowe can’t wait to taste his first race in the lead up to the race that has fired his imagination, the Rolex Sydney Hobart. A good crew mix includes Morgan White, skiffie Lachie Paramor navigating, along with fellow skiffie/ yachtie Paul Montague, and Ty Oxley. Rowe’s dentist friend David Dunn, a 12 foot skiff sailor from the seventies, will down the tools of the trade to relive his heyday.  

 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name RKO
Sail Number 52000
Owner Aaron Rowe
Skipper Aaron Rowe
Navigator Lachy Paramor
Crew B Costello, D Dunn, G Morcom, J Dawson, J Hubbard, M Bennett, M White, P Montague, R Dulieu, S McKnight, T Oxley
State NSW
Club CYCA
Type TP52
Designer J/V
Builder King Marine
Construction Carbon
LOA 15.85