Celestial is a well-campaigned Rogers 46 owned by Sam Haynes and is sponsored by Sydney Animal Hospitals and Pirelli. This year, they will be sailing to raise funds for Assistance Dogs Australia.

Haynes is on a mission and moving upwards as the season progresses, having added the tactical skills of Steve McConaghy to the program. They performed well in the 2012 Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, with a second in IRC Division 2. Haynes followed up with a third in the Flinders Islet Race and scored a hat-trick of IRC, PHS and ORCi wins in the Bird Island Race in September, to move up to second place in the CYCA's Blue Water Pointscore Series with three races put to bed.    

Determined to make up for Celestial'st wo disappointing Hobart performances (she has been forced to retire due to gear failure both times), Haynes will once again be crewed by mostly regulars that have been with the boat since the CYCA sailor purchased it. Some will remember the yacht was previously owned by Victoria's Rob Hanna and raced as Shogun. She did not show her potential, and Hanna, impatient for good results, sold her after realising some mediocre results. However, Haynes saw the yachts potential, and after cleaning the hull and doing a bit of tweaking, has found the boat a good one.