The Yachts

Quest

Quest

 

Winning the 2002 Rolex Sydney Hobart with a former Quest, Bob Steel won the 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart with this TP52, also named Quest and returned to the race last year following a two year break from serious ocean racing. Since arriving in Australia, Steel’s third boat of the same name has won every major race on the eastern seaboard, including Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race and Geelong Race Week. 

Steel won the 2003 Ocean Racer of the Year against a hefty field including Neville Crichton, Bob Oatley and Colin O’Neil. The three could not match the ‘Man of Steel’s’ 2002 Hobart win and 2002-2003 Blue Water Pointscore victory among other accolades.

Upon his return to ocean racing last year, Steel put his TP52 through a minor refit and invested in some new sails. He has recruited his old friend, sailing master and 33 Hobart veteran Mike Green back to the cause and Andrew Pearson, both of whom were with him for his two Hobart victories. Steel made an impressionable return to major ocean racing last year with a second place overall in the Cabbage Tree Island Race in November and placed seventh overall and third in division in the Rolex Sydney Hobart. Quest also won the IRC Division of the 2012-2013 Grant Thornton Short Ocean Pointscore earlier this year.

 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Quest
Sail Number 52002
Owner Bob Steel
Skipper Bob Steel
Navigator Bruce Kelly
Crew C Evans, A Pearson, B Gardiner, N Newton, M Green, N Mrdjen, P Messenger, J Dock, J Dibble, C Percival, S Moran
State NSW
Club CYCA
Type TP 52
Designer Bruce Farr (NZ)
Builder Goetz
Construction Composite
LOA 15.84
Beam 4.34
Draft 3.18