The Yachts

Sailors With disABILITIES

Sailors With disABILITIES

 

SWD scored a PHS win in last year’s Sydney Mooloolaba and a second in the inaugural Sydney Mackay Yacht Race in the same year.  This specially designed 54-footer has contested every east coast regatta and offshore race since being launched in 2000.

With their previous boat, Pescud and his largely disabled crew won PHS Division A of the storm battered 1998 Sydney Hobart.  Sailors with disABILITIES also holds the monohull circumnavigation of Australia record.

 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Sailors With disABILITIES
Sail Number 7878
Owner David Pescud
Skipper David Pescud (16) / John Hearne (3)
Crew A Lawrence (2), M Van Kretschmar (1), B Pelham (1), R Burns (23), R Speedy (8), C Simpson (13), Jo Thatcher, Josh Thatcher, G Johnstone (4), A Burt, J Cox
State NSW
Club CYCA
Type Lyons 54
Designer David Lyons
Builder David Pescud
Construction GRP
LOA 16.2
Beam 4.3
Draft 3.4