Allegro is a Joe Adams cold moulded wood design which hails from Port Dalrymple Yacht Club in Tasmania. Launched in November 1980, she has placed in minor offshore races in Bass Strait but her long-distance form is not yet tested. Her skipper knows Bass Strait well, and several of her crew are old hands in the waters between Melbourne and Tasmania. They will know where to look for the wind in the final stretches of this race.