TURNER’S DREAM COMES ALIVE ...AGAIN!! Reichel/Pugh Design No. 162 66' Canting Ballast Alive, owned by Philip Turner and skippered by Duncan Hine, was awarded the coveted Tattersall Cup, as the overall WINNER of the 2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race with the best corrected time under IRC. The result also seals a terrific performance for Reichel/Pugh in the race with the Reichel/Pugh 72' URM Group finishing third over the line for second overall, Reichel/Pugh 69’ Moneypenny taking third place overall, and Reichel/Pugh 40’ Chutzpah 3rd in IRC Div. 2.
1st Overall - 2023 Sydney Hobart - Reichel/Pugh Design No. 162 66' Alive
2nd Overall - 2023 Sydney Hobart - Reichel/Pugh 72' URM Group
3rd Overall - 2023 Sydney Hobart - Reichel/Pugh 69’ Moneypenny
3rd IRC Div. 2 - 2023 Sydney Hobart - Reichel/Pugh 40’ Chutzpah
The result also seals a terrific performance for Reichel/Pugh in the race, as the top three overall came from their design board with Reichel/Pugh 72' URM Group finishing third over the line for second overall and Reichel/Pugh 69’ Moneypenny taking third place overall. Reichel/Pugh 40’ Chutzpah was 3rd in IRC Div. 2. “Reichel/Pugh designs are proving to be pretty lucky for many of these races,” Hine said.
TURNER’S DREAM COMES ALIVE ...AGAIN!! Reichel/Pugh Design No. 162 66' Canting Ballast Alive was the fourth yacht to cross the finish line — ending with a time of 2 days, 2 hours, 19 minutes and 4 seconds. She becomes the second Tasmanian yacht to win dual Tattersalls Cups, joining Westward, which won back-to-back Sydney to Hobart races in 1947 and 1948. The Tattersall Cup is a symbol of supremacy in one of the toughest races in the world.
Hine wrote to say, “The Reichel/Pughs dominated the fleet yet again! Congrats on an incredibly long-lived design. The Studio should be proud.” This is the Tasmanian boat’s second victory in five years; Hine skippered Phillip Turner’s Reichel/Pugh 66 to her first victory in 2018.
In the Overall 2023/24 Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore Standings, URM Group entered the Hobart Race 1st Overall IRC following a win at the Solas Big Boat Challenge. Speaking before it was confirmed that Alive beat URM Group overall, Alive Navigator Adrienne Cahalan added: “URM Group navigator Alice Parker has really done a great job. We don’t know who’s the best of the two boats, but even if they’ve lost, it’s by a whisker.” Cahalan agreed that Parker’s progression as a leading navigator delivers a strong message to women who may be interested in ocean racing to consider doing so as a navigator.
On the most difficult part of the race, Alive’s crewmember Gavin Brady said, “The competition with URM was the hardest. To stay close enough to them was so important. We swapped places a few times. They got away from us last night and elongated the distance and then we caught them up at 6am this morning.” “What a team,” he said of URM Group, skippered by Marcus Ashley-Jones. “They pushed us hard, they are solid. We just knew we had to stay with them. It was relentless.”
Alive was commissioned by SDYC member Jim Madden, built by Westerly Marine and launched in 2006 as Stark Raving Mad III, later to be renamed Black Jack. Black Jack was third overall & 1st overall ORCi in the 2012 Sydney-Hobart.
After Philip Turner purchased the boat 2014 and rechristened her Alive, she continued this winning legacy. In 2019, Alive was Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race ORCi Overall winner, winning IRC Division 0 & ORCi Division 1.
In 2018, Alive won the George Adams Tattersall Cup for the Sydney-Hobart Overall Winner on IRC and the Charleston Trophy for Overall Winner on ORCi in the 2018 Sydney Hobart. Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design was awarded the 2018 Alan Payne Memorial Trophy – for the designer of the overall winner on handicap.
Alive swept 2019 California Offshore races with back-to-back line honor wins in the SoCal 300 (Santa Barbara to San Diego), the Spinnaker Cup (San Francisco Bay to Monterey), the Coastal Cup (Monterey to Santa Barbara), and the Newport-Ensenada Race. She also set a new course record for the 200nm Coastal Cup of 13:48:28.
Turner finished second over the line and third overall in the 2017 Brisbane Gladstone Race and third over the line in the subsequent Brisbane to Keppel race. Alive won the 2016 Brisbane Keppel race, placing third over the line to Super-maxis Wild Oats XI and Black Jack 100. She broke the 2014 Melbourne Vanuatu record, took line honors and won IRC Division 0 in the 2015 Hong Kong Vietnam Race, and then broke the 16-year-old Rolex China Sea Race record in 2016.
Reichel/Pugh designs are possibly the most successful Sydney-Hobart contenders on the planet. Here is REICHEL/PUGH’S HISTORY IN THE 628 NM ROLEX SYDNEY TO HOBART BLUE WATER CLASSIC:
- Starting in 1996 with 80’ Morning Glory, R/P Maxis have taken Line Honors 13 times, with 100' Wild Oats XI taking Line Honors a record nine times in thirteen years (2005-2008; 2010; 2012-2014; and 2018), 90’ Alfa Romeo in 2002, 100' Alfa Romeo in 2009, and 100' Black Jack in 2021.
- R/P Yachts have won been awarded the coveted Tattersall Cup seven times as the overall winners of the Rolex Sydney-Hobart Race: 100’ Wild Oats XI (2005); 51’ Secret Men’s Business (2010); 63’ Loki (2011); 100’ Wild Oats XI (2012); 100’ Wild Oats XI (2014): and 66’ Alive in 2018 and again in 2023.
- R/P designs have reset the course record three times: 80’ Morning Glory (1996); 100’ Wild Oats XI (2005); and 100’ Wild Oats XI (2012).
- The 2018 Rolex Sydney-Hobart Race was historic - no other design studio swept the podium as Reichel/Pugh designs did this year, nor in the 73 previous editions of the race:
- R/P designs took 1st Overall (66’ Alive) and 2nd Overall (66’ Wild Oats X; all-female crew).
- R/P designs took 1st Line Honors (100’ WOX)I and 2nd Line Honors (100’ Black Jack). - 2012: R/P designs took 1st (100’ WOXI), 2nd (63’ Loki) and 3rd Overall (66’ Black Jack).
- 1996: R/P designs took Line Honors and 2nd place Class A (80’ Morning Glory) and 2nd to finish and 1st Class A (66’ Exile).
Complete Results:
2023 – 66’ Alive – overall IRC - Race WINNER 1st - winner of the Tattersall Cup. 1st overall IRC Div 0. – Phil Turner.
2023 – 72’ URM – 2nd overall IRC taking 3rd place Line Honours. 2nd overall IRC Div 0. – Anthony Johnston.
2023 – 69’ Moneypenny – 3rd overall IRC. 3rd overall IRC Div 0. – Sean Langman.
2023 – 40’ Chutzpah – 3rd overall IRC Div 2. – B. Taylor.
2018 – 100’ Wild Oats XI – 1st to Finish, 6th ORCi Overall, 4th ORCi Division 1 – Oatley Family
2018 – 66’ Alive – 1st Overall, 1st IRC Div 0, 1st ORCi Overall, 1st ORCi Division 1 – P. Turner
2018 – 100’ Black Jack – 2nd in Line Honors, 4th ORCi Overall, 3rd ORCi Division 1 – P. Harburg
2018 – 66’ Wild Oats X – 2nd Overall, 2nd IRC Div 0, 2nd ORCi Overall, 2nd ORCi Division 1 – 11th Hour Racing / Oatley Family
2018 – 63’ Voodoo – 3rd Overall, 1st IRC Div 1, 3rd ORCi Overall, 1st ORCi Division 2 – H. Ellis
2018 – 40’ Chutzpah – 2nd IRC Division 2, 3rd ORCi Division 2 – B. Taylor
2017 – 100’ Black Jack – 3rd in Line Honors – P. Harburg
2017 – 40’ Chutzpah – 3rd Division 2 (IRC) and 8th overall corrected time – B. Taylor
2017 – 66’ Wild Oats X – 4th Division 0 & 7th in Line Honors – The Oatley Family
2014 – 100’ Wild Oats XI – 1st to Finish and 1st Overall – B. Oatley – 8th Line Honors Win In 10 Years
2014 – 40’ Chutzpah – 1st Class 2 (IRC) and 2nd Overall corrected time – B. Taylor
2014 – 52’ Scarlet Runner – 1st Division 1 ORCi and 2nd Division 1 IRC – R. Date
2013 – 100’ Wild Oats XI – 1st to Finish – B. Oatley
2012 – 100’ Wild Oats XI – 1st to Finish & First Overall (Trifecta Win and Course Record Set: 1 day 18 hours, 23 minutes and 12 seconds) – B. Oatley
2012 – 63’ Mini Maxi LOKI – 2nd Overall & 1st IRC Division 1 – S. Ainsworth
2012 – 66’ Mini Maxi Black Jack – 3rd Overall IRC & 1st Overall ORCi – P. Harburg
2011 – 63’ Mini Maxi LOKI – 1st Overall – S. Ainsworth
2010 – 100’ Wild Oats XI – 1st to Finish – B. Oatley
2010 – 51’ Secret Men’s Business 3.5 – 1st Overall – G. Boettcher
2009 – 100’ Alfa Romeo – 1st to Finish – N. Crichton,
2009 – 100’ Wild Oats XI – 2nd to Finish – B. Oatley
2008 – 100’ Wild Oats XI – 1st to Finish (Record 4th Consecutive Line Honors Win) – B. Oatley
2007 – 100’ Wild Oats XI – 1st to Finish – B. Oatley
2006 – 100’ Wild Oats XI – 1st to Finish – B. Oatley
2005 – 100’ Wild Oats XI – 1st to Finish & Overall Winner Corrected Time (Trifecta Win and Course Record Set: 1 d, 18 h, 40 m and 10 s) – B. Oatley
2005 – 100’ Alfa Romeo – 2nd to Finish & 2nd on Corrected Time in Fleet – N. Crichton
2002 – 90’ Alfa Romeo – 1st to Finish – N. Crichton
1996 – 80’ Morning Glory – 1st to Finish (Course Record Set: 2 d, 14 h, 7 m, 10 s) – Dr. H. Plattner
1996 – 66’ Exile – 2nd Place Line Honors & 1st place Class A – Warwick Miller
Alive’s Winning History
2023 Rolex Sydney-Hobart – 1st Overall, 1st IRC Div 0
2023 Hamilton Island Race Week - IRC Overall
2023 Brisbane to Hamilton Island Race - IRC Overall
2023 Bruny Island Race - IRC Overall
2023 King of the Derwent Regatta – Line Honours
Currently holds the race record for the TasPorts Launcheston to Hobart Yacht Race
2019 Rolex Sydney-Hobart – 1st IRC Div 0, 1st Overall ORCi and 1st Division 1 ORCi.
2019 SoCal 300 – First to Finish
2019 Coastal Cup – First to Finish & New Course Record Set of 13h 48m 28s
2019 Spinnaker Cup – First to Finish
2019 Newport-Ensenada – 1st Overall
2018 Rolex Sydney-Hobart – 1st Overall, 1st IRC Div 0, 1st ORCi Overall, 1st ORCi Division 1
2017 Line Honors in the Veolia Bruny Island Race and missed setting a new course record by 12 minutes, but the performance earned the team both IRC and PHS corrected time victories.
2017 Second on line and third overall in the Brisbane to Gladstone Race
2017 Third on line in the Brisbane to Keppel Race
2016 Overall IRC winner and ORCi winner in the 10th Anniversary Edition of the Club Marine 348nm Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race
2016 Overall winner of the Royal Langkawi International Regatta
2016 Line Honours in the Rolex China Sea Race, setting a new record for the race of 47h 31m 08s, 11 minutes and 59 seconds inside Beau Geste’s record, set back in the millennium edition
2015 Took line honors and won IRC Division 0 in the Hong Kong Vietnam Race
2015 Back-to-back champion of the Sail Paradise Regatta for 2015 and 2014 inaugural regatta
2015 Line Honours in the Brisbane to Keppel Race
2014 First place ORCi and IRC overall in the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race
2014 Smashed the record for the 1885 nautical mile Melbourne to Vanuatu ocean race. Winning Line Honours and IRC as well as cementing a new race record of 5 days, 23 hours, 52 minutes and 45 seconds
2014 Second overall IRC Division 1 at Hamilton Island Race Week
2014 First IRC overall in Sail Paradise Regatta
2012 (As Black Jack) Rolex Sydney-Hobart Race – 3rd overall in IRC and 1st overall in ORCi.
2012 (As Black Jack) First overall in the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race
2012 (As Black Jack) Second fastest time in the Sydney Gold Coast race, behind Wild Oats XI
2010 (As Black Jack) Line Honours in the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race
2009 (As Black Jack) Line Honours in the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race
2007 (As Stark Raving Mad) Line Honours in the Newport to Cabo San Lucas Yacht Race
2006 (As Stark Raving Mad) Line Honours in the Ida Lewis Distance Race
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