The Yachts

Wildflower 2

Wildflower 2

 

Wildflower 2 was raced by her previous owner at Hamilton Island Race Week in 2014. Glenn Burrell purchased her from Sydney in August 2015 and sailed her to her new port at Southport Yacht Club (SYC), which finishes the Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. He has been racing her in SYC twilight races and offshore events, all the time learning how to make her go faster. Wildflower 2 is predominantly a cruising yacht and one of three yachts representing SYC in the race, and one of eight representing Queensland. Aboard are the experienced Tony Horkings and his crew from Leeway, who represented SYC in the race last year and finished 22nd overall and 10th in Division 3 after receiving a 70 minute penalty. They won’t make that mistake again. 

 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Wildflower 2
Sail Number 4242
Owner Glenn Burrell
Skipper Glenn Burrell
Navigator Ryan Short
Crew C Mclennan, P Young, S McKean, T Horkings, T Trigg
State QLD
Club SYC
Type Jeanneau 42DS
Designer Marc Lombard
Builder Jeanneau
Construction Fibreglass
LOA 12.9
Beam 4.1
Draft 2.1