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- The Yachts
- 2016
- Giacomo
Giacomo
Jim Delegat is giving his New Zealand V70, Giacomo, a spell in Sydney, and will commence racing with their first Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, following on from the 2013 and 2014 two Rolex Sydney Hobarts, the last of which the Kiwi V70 was dismasted off the Tasmanian coast, so owner and crew are back for redemption. Locally, Giacomo has been ruling the waves, taking monohull line honours and overall IRC win in the 2015 Coastal Classic, line honours in the five-race Gold Cup Passage Series and line honours in the Night Race to Kawau. Still in red-hot form, took the trifecta of line, IRC and PHS honours in the Sail Fiji Race from Auckland to Fiji race early in June. Delegat’s sons, Nikolas (19) and James (17) are joining a sold crew including Steve Cotton and Australians, Tom Addis navigating, Tom Braidwood, David Blanchfield and Mitch White. In 2013, Delegat, a Kiwi winemaker of distinction, purchased the 2011-2012 VOR winner Groupama 4, renaming her Giacomo for his grandfather.
Competitor Details
Yacht Name | Giacomo |
Sail Number | NZL70000 |
Owner | Jim Delegat |
Skipper | Jim Delegat |
Navigator | Tom Addis |
Crew | B Jackson, M White, C Smith, D Blanchfield, D Miller, J Delegat, N Delegat, R Bearda, S Cotton, T Braidwood |
State | New Zealand |
Club | RAYC |
Type | Volvo 70 |
Designer | Juan Kouyoumdjian |
Builder | Multiplasr |
Construction | Carbon / Nomex |
LOA | 21.5 |
Beam | 5.7 |
Draft | 4.5 |