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YOUNG BEARS - BOAT HISTORY

Design

YOUNG 88

Sail No

Sm 441

Current Owner Name(s)

Graeme Matthews

Designer

Jim Young

Build Year

1985

Draft

1.76m

Construction

GRP

LOA

8.89m

Beam

3.30m

Builder

Roger Land Yachts (NZ) Hull #54

Displacement

3021kg

Current Club

SYC

Other Past Boat Names and/or Owners

FROM
MM/YYYY
TO
MM/YYYY
BOAT NAME CLUB OWNERS
11/2014 Present Young Bears SYC Graeme Matthews
2008 11/2014 Pretty Young Thing RBYC Daniel Jeffery
1997 2008 Final Fling SYC Gogs Manning
1991 1997 Rapid Transit SYC Peter Gourlay
1989 1991 Rapid Transit SYC Bruce Eddington

Notable Race Events

YEAR EVENT DIVISION RESULT
1997-98 SYC Club Champion Div 2 AMS 1st
2019-20 SYC Club Champion Div 3 AMS, PHS 1st
2022 Cock-of-the-Bay Div 3 ORC, PHS 1st

OTHER HISTORY

YEAR DESCRIPTION
1985 Was originally a swing-keel and rudder boat for the Gippsland Lakes. Converted to fixed keel and rudder and a matrix mast keel-stepped , including dual-foil forestay.

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