Richard and Megan Grant, a father-daughter duo from Hobart, are making history as the first-ever father-daughter team to compete in the Melbourne to Osaka Race. The Grant’s will be competing in the 2025 event aboard Magellan, a Knoop 39 yacht […]
Owner & Skipper Alan Paris is no stranger to ocean racing. Alan’s family moved from NZ to Bermuda when he was 8 years old and he has spent a lifetime being in or around water. Alan’s time fluctuates between Queenstown […]
Fika, a Najad 1490 built in Sweden in 2001, is part of owner and co-skipper Annette Hesselman’s mission of providing sail training, charters, and sailing adventures through her company Paper Sailors Rock. Aptly named after the Swedish term for slowing […]
For Cyrus Allen, owner of the Beneteau First 50 ‘White Spirit’, there’s a personal connection to Japan having lived and worked there. For co – skipper Lillian Stewart the race offered an equally compelling draw. Deep into her PhD research […]
Joker X2, a J133 imported from the UK three years ago, is the latest campaign yacht for co-skippers Grant Chipperfield and Peter Dowdney. Choosing Joker X2 was a strategic decision. After finding Chipperfield’s previous yacht, a Elliot Tourer, Joker on […]
For Hajime Nitta (Nitta-san), owner and co-skipper of the Japanese yacht 1122 Trekkee, the 2025 Melbourne to Osaka Cup is the culmination of a dream 30 years in the making. Inspired by supporting a fellow Japanese entrant in the race […]
Co Skippers Paul Schulz and Dave Kenny are sailing for the second time in this great race, having completed the 2018 M2O race on Dave’s boat, The Edge, a Sunfast 3200, one of the smallest boats in the fleet. […]