The Yachts

Quest

Quest

 

Bob Steel’s new TP52 Quest from the US (where it raced as Bright Star) made its Australian offshore race debut in the 2007 Audi Sydney Gold Coast.  A former overall winner of the Rolex Sydney Hobart with his previous Nelson/Marek design, Bob has a heavy program of racing ahead including Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, the Rolex Trophy and Rolex Sydney Hobart and Skandia Geelong Week in January next year.

In 2007, Quest’s results a 1st in IRC Division B Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, 3rd equal at Airlie Beach, 6th at Hamilton Island Race Week  (IRC Racing Division), 1st at the 30th Annual Savills SORC (IRC Division 1), 2nd at Docklands. Skippered by Jamie McPhail, Quest finished 1st in Division 1 at Skandia Geelong Week 2008.

 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Quest
Sail Number 52002
Owner Bob Steel
Skipper Bob Steel
Crew J McPhail, D Senogles, N Newton, P Bennett, M Fountain, J Plante, R Jones, D Morris, A Brown, S Newton, P Sherwood, G White, A Coates, D Woods
State NSW
Club CYCA
Type TP 52
Designer Bruce Farr (NZ)
Builder Goetz
Construction Composite
LOA 15.84
Beam 4.34
Draft 3.18