61. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2005/2006 www.rolexsydneyhobart.com - Übersicht Hobart Race 25 December, 2005 3:30:00 PM AEDT Lou Abrahams sailing to Hobart for 43rd time Challenge skipper Lou Abrahams with crewmember Carl Schmidt Peter Campbell Veteran Victorian yachtsman Lou Abrahams will be sailing in his 43rd Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race when his Sydney 38 Challenge lines up with the fleet on Sydney Harbour tomorrow, 26 December. Just as remarkable is that this will be the 41st time he has skippered his own yacht in the 628 nautical mile ocean race - and he is certainly in with a chance of notching up his third overall victory. Hobart-Veteran Abrahams The Sandringham Yacht Club member and past Commodore’s sea-log as an owner/skipper is a record for Australia’s famous ocean race and is probably unmatched in any similar long ocean race in the world. Lou’s only two races as a crewmember were his first races aboard Winston Churchill in 1962 and 1963. From 1965 onwards he skippered his own boats variously named Odin, Vittoria, Challenge II, Challenge II, Ultimate Challenge, Challenge Again and, last year and again this year, his second Sydney 38 OD, Challenge. He won the Illingworth Cup for overall handicap winner with Challenge II in 1983 and with Ultimate Challenge in 1989 and has also twice finished second and once third overall. Apart from local races, the 78-year-old has also represented Australia internationally in the Admiral’s Cup in England and the Kenwood Cup in Hawaii. Gesamtbericht Copyright © 1996-2005 - SEGEL.DE