Design
BH36
Sail No
Sm123
Current Owner Name(s)
Mark Ayto
Designer
Murray, Burns, Dovell
Build Year
1995
Draft
2.2m
Construction
GRP
LOA
11.0m
Beam
3.4m
Builder
Bashford Yachts, Nowra NSW
Displacement
4415kg
Current Club
CYCA
Other Past Boat Names and/or Owners
FROM
MM/YYYY |
TO
MM/YYYY |
BOAT NAME |
CLUB |
OWNERS |
| 1994 |
1995 |
Local Hero |
Sydney |
Geoff Howison |
| 1995 |
2000 |
Local Hero |
SYC |
Kevin Wood |
| 2000 |
2016 |
Local Hero |
MHYC / Manly YC |
Peter Mosley |
| 2016 |
2018 |
Local Hero |
MHYC |
Chris Matthews |
| 2018 |
2020 |
Local Hero |
CYCA |
Shane Connelly |
| 2020 |
Present |
Local Hero |
CYCA |
Mark Ayto |
Notable Race Events
| YEAR |
EVENT |
DIVISION |
RESULT |
| 1996-97 |
SYC Club Champion |
IMS-1 |
1st |
| 1996 |
Association Cup |
SYC Team |
1st |
| 1994/95/96/2010/12/14/15/16/19 |
Sydney - Hobart |
IMS, IRC |
38/14/35/20/4(PHS)/54/RET/29/83 |
| 2014 |
Hamilton Is Race Week |
Overall Yacht of the Regatta |
IRC-3 1st |
| 1997/2004/05/06/07/09/10/12/13/14/15/16RET |
Sydney - Gold Coast |
IMS/IRC |
14/51/38/14/21/RET/24/4(PHS)/RET/45/11/52 |
OTHER HISTORY
| YEAR |
DESCRIPTION |
| 1995-2000 |
Kevin Wood acquired Local Hero as a fast, lightweight design and despite feeling that they did not get the best performance out of it, they has numerous successes in local club events as well as Hamilton Is Race Week and Geelong Festival of Sails. However, the primary objective for Kevin was the 1996 Sydney-Hobart |
| 1996 |
Local Hero entered the Sydney-Hobart, and the following is a recollection of the event from Kevin Wood: After a good start we played the Eastern side of the harbour and were in a strong position going out the Heads. The forecast was for a strong front to hit the fleet on the first night which we could see building ahead of us. Sure enough it hit us hard with a number of boats around us retiring due to damage. Apart from being a wet boat, Local Hero weathered the blow well and we continued to push south down the NSW coast. From the position reports we were doing well, however some stripped tiller bolts made steering the boat very difficult. After working feverishly we managed to get the boats to hold. About half way down the Tasmanian coast we were leading on handicap, but had to decide whether to gybe out to sea or inshore - we elected to head out to avoid possible inshore wind shadows. Unfortunately the wind strengthened inshore first and we dropped a few places. We finished 9th in our division but with the satisfaction of beating a number of our rivals from Melbourne and interstate. |
