The Yachts

Sanyo Maris

Sanyo Maris

 

Celebrating her 50th birthday, Maris come out of retirement in 2008 thanks to major sponsor Sanyo and secondary sponsor Veoila. Ian Kiernan will skipper the boat with a world-class crew including Hugh Treharne and one of his new partners in Maris, Tiare Tomaszewski. The other partners are John Green and Tiare’s brother Ben. Tiare and Ben are grandchildren of the yacht’s original owner, Jack Earl, and children of Jack’s daughter Maris, for whom the boat was named. Ian has also competed in the BOC round the world race, numerous Admiral’s Cups and many other regional and international races. Maris has a wealth of ocean racing experience including winning Division F in the 1997 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, winning Division F & Veterans in 1995 Sydney Gold Coast and, in October this year, a fine IRC overall win in the 2008 Gosford – Lord Howe Island Race.
 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Sanyo Maris
Sail Number 780
Owner Tomaszewski/Kiernan/Green/Hawke
Skipper Ian Kiernan
Crew Tiare Tomaszewski, Chris Oh, Matthew Tomaszewski, Brad Bishop, Melanie Godfrey
State NSW
Club CYCA
Type Tasman Seabird
Designer Alan Payne
Builder Jock Muir
Construction Huon Pine
LOA 11.15
Beam 2.89
Draft 1.53