The Yachts

Triton

Triton

 

Sydneysider Michael Cranitch and Melburnian David Gotze purchased the former Vanguard in August two years ago, renaming her Triton, and opened their campaign with the Sydney Hobart, but were among the first casualties, retiring on the first night with forestay problems. Triton contested the 2015 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race and finished 46th overall. Raced the 2015 Hobart, but retired with sail damage, culminating in 14th overall in the 2015 Blue Water Pointscore. This boat and her experienced owners and crew are capable of much more. As Vanguard, and owned by Dick Cawse, she scored the trifecta of line honours and first under IRC and PHS in the CYCA Ocean Point Score almost immediately after its launch. In the final race of the 2004/2005 OPS, from Sydney to Newcastle, she repeated the experience of line, overall IRC and PHS wins to claim the series trophy in both classes. In 2010, wrapped up the 2009/2010 OPS, mirroring its 2004/2005 result.

Crew of interest for this race includes 48 Hobarts veteran Tony Ellis, Laser sailor Richard Bott and Trent Paola returns after a long absence. His farming father, Tony, famously purchased Condor, renaming her Condor of of Currabubula (near Tamworth) during the early 1990’s, with which he took line honours in the 1994 Sydney Gold Coast Race.

 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Triton
Sail Number 6377
Owner Michael Cranitch & David Gotze
Skipper Michael Cranitch
Navigator Adam Manders & Matthew Wenke
Crew A Simpson, D Macpherson, D Gotze, J Goluzd, K Swiney, L Balteau, N Chambers, P Morrish, R Bott, T Colclough, T Ellis, T Lobb, T Paola
State NSW
Club CYCA
Type LC60
Designer Lyons/Cawse
Builder Sydney Yachts
Construction GRP/Carbon
LOA 18.3
Beam 4.8
Draft 3.6