The Yachts

Fruit

Fruit

 

Fruit has performed well under IRC in Hobart and has a good ocean racing pedigree coming from the Victorian team of Don Jones & Mal Hart including winning this year’s King of the Derwent on PHS and 2nd IRC in last year’s Maria Island Race. Fruit is better suited to stronger conditions and revels in reaching and running. An experienced crew will campaign Fruit south for the first time since she retired from the 1994 Sydney Hobart.
 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Fruit
Sail Number 370
Owner Mark Ballard
Skipper Mark Ballard (2)
Crew P Pangas (6), M Denholm (1), R Cohen (14), J Cohen, B Haywood, S Geeves (12), D Watkins
State TAS
Club RYCT
Type Don Jones 39 MOD
Designer Don Jones
Builder Mal Hart
Construction Balsa Core/ E Glass
LOA 11.96
Beam 3.83
Draft 2.50