WINNERS ALL ‘ROUND AT FESTIVAL OF SAILS
Festival of Sails 2024 concluded its 181st edition with a day of shifty, lighter winds that saw some big jumps in standings across all nine divisions. Corio Bay was awash with colour as the courses spread the fleet across the inner and outer Harbours.
Out on the water it was a tight tussle between the three high-profile TP52 class boats, ‘Hooligan’, ‘Secret Men’s Business’ and ‘Smuggler’ which won its division in the 2023 Sydney to Hobart.
Ultimately, it was Seb Bohm’s ‘Smuggler’ that was the winner on TPR, the rule that the TP’s will be using for their season.
Marcus Blackmore’s new ‘Hooligan’ won on IRC.
“I built the Blackmore’s vitamins business on culture and this boat and team are also built on culture. With this new boat, I thought we had built the world’s lightest and fastest TP52, but you don’t know that until you get to race it, now I know that we have!” said Marcus.
“A fast boat is nothing without a fast crew, so my thanks to them and I dedicate this win to my good friend Lang Walker who passed away last night and gave so much to our sport.”
