Bacardi - famous Sydney to Hobart participant and winner!
32 Sydney Hobarts with only 2 retirements.
Built in 1978 to a Doug Peterson design by Owner John Gould in Brighton Victoria, to compete in the 1979 Admirals Cup trials, secure a place in the Australian Team and compete in the Admirals Cup in England
1985 – Bacardi was bought by John Williams and Graeme Ainley and returned to Sandringham. Under this partnership, she completed 20 Sydney to Hobarts with notable results:
1990 – 2nd in Division
1993 – 1st in Division
1994 – 3rd in Division
1998 – 2nd overall – this was the famous storm-ravaged Sydney to Hobart race (the worst in history)
2000 – 3rd in Division
2001 – 3rd Overall + 2nd in Division
2004 – 3rd in Division
2006 – 2nd Overall – by mere minutes
2007 – she was sold to Martin Power who raced her in 6 Sydney to Hobarts.
2023 – she was bought by Brett Averay (Skipper), Darren Hunter and Cosmos Papatsaras who have been sailing her since 2017 and competed in the 2023 Sydney to Hobart.
2025- 1st in Division
This tally of 32 races so far gives her the record for the most Sydney to Hobart races sailed by any boat
Boat Specs
| Length | 13.40 m |
| Draft | 2.40 m |
| Beam | 4.20 m |
| Year | 1978 |
| Location | Sandringham, VIC |
| Price | $ 135,000 |
Boat Inventory
- Reference Number
- Bacardi
- Model
- Peterson 44
- Hull Material
- Fibreglass
- Length
- 42
- Price
- $ 135,000
- Region
- Sandringham, VIC
- Vessel Name
- Bacardi
- Launch Year
- 1978
- Beam
- 4.20 m
- Draft
- 2.40 m
- Displacement
- 11,361 kg
- Deck Material
- Fibreglass
- Keel / balast
- Fin keel
- Designer
- Peterson
- Builder
- John Gould
- Engine Make
- Volvo Penta
- No of Engines
- -1
- Engine Hours
- 5642
- Horsepower
- 42
- Fuel Capacity
- 200 L with racor style filter and electric lift pump
- Fuel Type
- Diesel
- Deck
- 2 x Lewmar 48 halyard winches
2 x Lewmar 40 Checkstay winches
2 x Arco Mainsheet winches (1 x electric)
2 x Lewmar 65 3 Speed Genoa winches - Electric
2 x Lewmar 55 3 speed secondary winches
5 x Spinlock XX halyard clutches
5 x Spinlock XTS clutches
2 x Spinlock XAS clutches
Harken Black Magic blocks for the mainsheet
Fredricksen/Ronstan Genoa Car
- Ground Tackle
- Anchor
- Covers
- Deck shade cover
- Accommodation
- Forward V berth
Rope hanging area
16 storage lockers
Main cabin has 4 x pilot berths plus 2 x settee berths
Large dining table with wine storage
Full size nav station
2 x aft cabins
- Showers
- N/A
- Entertainment
- 12 TV with Chromecast, Stereo
- Galley
- Large Galley with double sink, pressurised water
Smev 3 burner stove with fan forced oven
- Refrigeration
- 1x deep chest fridge 12/240v plus engine run eutectic 1 x extra large front opening fridge run from the engine compressor
- Water Capacity
- 140 L in 2 S/S tank
- Safety Gear
- To be audited during the time of survey. (Cat 1 compliant Dec 2025)
- Bilge Pumps
- Electric and manual
- Electrics
- Battries: 2 x 212AH LifePo4 batteries with Daly BMS. Optima blue top for start battery.
Victron Orion XS 12-50 for engine charging.
Victron Pheonix 240v charger for house and start.
- Navigation
- B&G H5000 Hercules
B&G 900mm VHMU
Thrane LT-5000 9 axis heading sensor
NAC-3 Autopilot with remote
ZG100 GPS
2 x Garmin GNX 120 mast displays
2 x Garmin GMI-20 Displays
2 x B&G Triton2 displays
Antisense NGT-1
4G dual Sim router with networking for B&G to computer and Wi-Fi
Power and networking setup for Starlink
Iridium Go
15" touch screen display in nav station for nav computer
VHF with DSC
Garmin AIS800
- Sail Inventory
- Mainsail, Hydranet 3 reef
#1 genoa Doyle Stratis
#2 Genoa
#3 Doyle Stratis
#4,#5
Storm Jib and Trysail
Furling #3
North S1.5 Spinnaker
Quantum S4 Spinnaker
Storm Spinnaker
Hood A2 Spinnaker
Doyle S2 Spinnaker
- Mast Rigging
- 3 Spreader Whalespar mast Serviced December '23 Standing Rigging replaced December '23 Running rigging constantly updated and stored of the boat/moused out. Harken Mk IV furler Boom with cutouts, 2 x reefs with inbuilt jammers Hydraulic Backstay, Vang and Babystay all regularly serviced Electric hydraulic pump feeding hydraulic panel with Lewmar 4 position switch valve for rams
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