‘Lord Jiminy’ a Class 40, hull number 119 owned and skippered Kevin Curtis will sail with co skipper Dylan Ooosterweghel.
Lord Jiminy was designed by Verdier and built in 2012, in France, for French skipper Bruno Jourdren where she participated in the Class 40 Championship and went on to finish 3rd in the 2014 Route du Rhum before being shipped to Australia in 2015.
Lord Jiminy went on to take line honours in 2019 and 2021 and 1st on PHS handicap in the ORCV Melbourne to Hobart. Lord Jiminy was a contestant with prior boat owner Chris Barlow in the 2018 Melbourne Osaka Cup.