Shining Sea is a Sydney 38 and is heading south for the first time. Sailing under the Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia burgee, Shining Sea will be skippered and crewed by an experienced and successful crew which includes Sydney to Hobart race veterans and multiple Premier’s Cup and Lincoln Race week winners.  Shining Sea is showing early racing form for her new owner winning PHS Division in the  Lincoln Race Week, second in this year's CYCSA Winter Series and third in 2009 Plympton Cup.