The Yachts

Local Hero

Local Hero

 

Local Hero’ continues to remain highly competitive both offshore and inshore. Owner Peter Mosely has been campaigning the boat strongly throughout this year and has notched up some good results including a fifth in division at the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, a PHS overall and divisional win in the Brisbane to Keppel Yacht Race, second in division at Airlie Race Week, followed up with a divisional win at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, placed fourth in the Audi IRC Australian Championships and was the lucky winner of the Audi A5 Sportback in the Drive Challenge. In previous years Local Hero has contested many Pittwater to Coffs races and Audi Sydney Gold Coasts and Gosford to Lord Howe Island yacht races with some good results including  a third in IRC Passage Division 2; 1st in PHS Division Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2008;1st in IRC Division 4 in Audi Sydney Gold Coast 2006, 3rd on handicap in the 2005 Lord Howe race and a 3rd in PHS Division of the 2008 Sydney Newcastle Race.

 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Local Hero
Sail Number 1236
Owner Peter Mosely
Skipper Peter Mosely
Crew A Sims, M Bassett (1), M Daniels, M Miller, T Wildman, S Firth, S Williams
State NSW
Club MHYC
Type BH 36
Designer Murray Burns Dovell
Builder Bashford Boat Builders
Construction GRP Composite
LOA 10.97
Beam 3.39
Draft 2.2