The Yachts

Victoire

Victoire

 

Victoire finished 23rd overall and eighth in Division 0 of the 2015 Gold Coast race, but retired from the 2015  Sydney Hobart when Dr Darryl was amongst others in the fleet who took a painful tumble in big conditions, his resulting in a trip to hospital. Due to an otherwise good season, inclusive of winning the Flinders Islet Race and placing second in the Cabbage Tree Island Race, the canting Cookson 50 finished seventh overall and sixth under ORCi in the 2015 BWPS. In the 2014 Gold Coast race, Victoire was seventh overall and fifth in Division O, a year after winning IRC Division 0 in the race, shortly after Dr Darryl bought the yacht known as Quantum Racing and then Jazz. Even better things were to come. In 2013, Victoire won the Rolex Sydney Hobart overall, and in the process, he and team mates Patrice and Wild Rose won the reignited Southern Cross Cup.

Victoire also won the 2014 Gosford Lord Howe Island race after finishing second on line. In December 2011, Hodgkinson was named Ocean Racing Rookie of the Year and in a first, a year later was named Ocean Racer of the Year on winning the 2011/2012 BWPS and successfully defending his class victory at the 2012 IRC Australian Championship, courtesy of his previous Victoire, a Beneteau 45. The addition of Ed Psaltis, sailmaker Ian McDiarmod and Larry Jamieson for this race, will add some extra flair and rates her among the favourites. 

 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Victoire
Sail Number AUS5299
Owner Darryl Hodgkinson
Skipper Darryl Hodgkinson
Navigator Duncan Rutherford
Crew B Gregory, E Psaltis, I MacDiarmid, L Jamieson, M Ramaley, M Hayward, N Harrington, P Gardner, S Guanaria, T Lake, T Tubman
State NSW
Club CYCA
Type Cookson 50
Designer Farr Yacht Design
Builder Cookson Boats NZ
Construction Fibreglass
LOA 15.2
Beam 4.3
Draft 3.5