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GOLDFINGER - BOAT HISTORY

Design

Farr 52

Sail No

SM8880

Current Owner Name(s)

Designer

Bruce Farr

Build Year

2002

Draft

3.25m

Construction

Carbon

LOA

15.85m

Beam

4.44m

Builder

DK Yachts

Displacement

10549kg

Current Club

Mediterranean

Other Past Boat Names and/or Owners

FROM
MM/YYYY
TO
MM/YYYY
BOAT NAME CLUB OWNERS
2002 2005 Ichi Ban CYCA Matt Allen
2005 2015 Goldfinger SYC Peter Blake / Kate Mitchell
2015 Current Furtif 2 Toulon, France Unknown

Notable Race Events

YEAR EVENT DIVISION RESULT
2010 Melbourne-Hobart (East) Overall Line Honours (Race Record), 2nd IRC, 3rd PHS
2011 Melbourne-Hobart (East) Overall Line Honours, 2nd IRC
2012 Melbourne-Hobart (East) Overall Line Honours (Race Record) (2 days 8mins 7sec), 1st IRC
2005-2015 Melbourne-Stanley IRC Multiple podium places
2003,2004 Rolex Sydney-Hobart (Ichi Ban) IRC Overall 2003(21st IMS,16th IRC), 2004(3rd)
2005,2006,2007,2008,2009 Rolex Sydney-Hobart (Goldfinger) IRC Overall 2005(20th), 2006(49th), 2007(16th), 2008(20th), 2009(40th)

OTHER HISTORY

YEAR DESCRIPTION
2015 Bought from P.Blake and K. Mitchell by European owner and renamed to Furtif 2. Goldfinger was shipped to New Zealand and underwent a re-fit and further optimisation for IRC racing.

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