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Hi Anyone know who the photographer is. Like to have a copy for a birthday present as both old boys sailing Tack Hammer turn 70 soon.

Race preparations are ramping up with the closing date for entries just 6 weeks away. There are currently 8/9 boats lined up for the start from both sides of the Tasman; including a Swan 44, Young 11, Contessa 32, Challenger 39, Elliot 9, Rogers 36, North Sea 24, Verdier 40 and Dickson 45. https://www.solo-tasman.co.nz/

She was competing in the Hawaii to Hiroshima Race under Japanese ownership. I can't remember what year that was.

Yes for boats only, more like 83 or 84 actually

That’s a shame , was it in the pac cup or transpac at the time ? . I think it was built for a kiwi in San Fran ? I distinctly remember seeing some photos of the “sea trial” which was a cruising holiday . My school mate took some photos of Bruce on the helm coming back from BOI , big grin on his face with the Dinghy out the back just about airborne going down the face of a bloody decent swell . They had a good north east breeze and hooned down the coast back to Auckland

Bruce Hopwood built uptown girl which I think was the first one , I checked it out in the shed just before launching when I was all of 12 years old 😳 . I think he’s still in Auckland somewhere tinkering with marine stuff . He built most models of Ross boats and may know how to get hold of drawings

Cheers thanks for that was a quick boat for a 21 footer

I've looked at a few Ross 35s (not 1066) including Manxman (that is a nice example) but found that the 1/4 berths are like caves and awkward to get in there. Also, the front berth is a bit on the short side plus the cabin height a bit too low with some having strenghtening ribs at a dangerous height. I went and bought a Young 1034 which is similar in size but far better in all those areas I have just mentioned and has a better layout IMO.

Just found a small mention of it but couldn’t copy it . It was leading the race and was called Mimi , year was 1989 apparently they were using “satnav” when they went aground

Be careful of that Ross 35, its often used for sheep and cattle storage in rainy weather according to the meteorologists.