Rupert is a life-long sailor who’s first boat was an Optimist Dinghy. As a youngster he raced Optimist, Flying Ant, 420 and 470 with some Australian and International wins. He has competed in 3 Etchells world championships and sails Etchells […]
Bartolome skipper Dr Keiichirou Morimura started sailing when he was about 20 years old during his university years, and with a lot of time on his hands he estimates he sailed about half the week. After graduating in medicine however, […]
Lining up for the second time in the Osaka Cup 2018, skipper Bill Gray and co-skipper Aaron Haigh are both seasoned campaigners on the ocean. Competitors in the 2003 race on Matrix, Bill and Aaron decided to enter the Osaka […]
Allegro means ‘quick and lively’ (or ‘upbeat’ in the musical sense). Skipper Adrian Lewis from Red Hill South (Victoria) notes that ‘quick’ is a relative statement when it comes to Allegro the yacht. She is quick for a cruising boat […]
Chris Wilson and Geoff Graham, both members of the Newhaven Yacht Squadron on Phillip Island, Victoria, are looking forward to sailing Elektra to Osaka in 2018. A Bruce Farr Beneteau First 47.7, Elektra’s home port is the Yarringa Marina at […]
Chris Barlow will be taking on the 2018 Melbourne to Osaka race aboard his Class 40 Lord Jiminy with experienced co-skipper Paul Roberts. This race should suit the Class 40 Verdier designed boat, which loves reaching conditions and hopefully these […]
Runaway was constructed by Jon Sayer particularly for the 2003 Melbourne to Osaka Double-Handed Yacht Race in which she competed as Team FGI. The yacht won its division easily that year was and placed third in line honours. Upon returning to […]
John has been interested in the Osaka Cup since its inception. Tony Vick owner & skipper of the Adams 13 ‘Scarpa’ asked John to team up with him for the first race, although business commitments prevented him from joining. John […]
Laurie Ford will compete again in the Melbourne Osaka Cup 2018 with his son Tim on his Cameron de Lange 12m yacht. This will be Laurie’s third race to Osaka, the first one was back in 1999 with Peter DeLange […]
Long time sailing buddies David Kenny and Paul Schulz, have sailed with or against one another over many year and developed an interest in the Melbourne to Osaka race early on. After hesitating for a short time when David (from […]