The Yachts

Black Sheep

Black Sheep

 

In their first season as ocean racing owners with this Beneteau 45, formerly Honeysuckle, brothers Martin and Derek Sheppard competed in the CYCA’s 2013-2014 Blue Water Pointscore Series where Black Sheep finished seventh in IRC and second in the Cape Byron Pointscore (the ORCi category of the Blue Water Pointscore) behind Wild Rose, the Blue Water champion.

Last season’s BWPS results include: 16th overall and eighth in IRC Division 3 of the Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, third overall in the Flinders Islet Race in September, fifth in October’s Bird Island Race, 11th in the Cabbage Tree Island race, 11th in the Port Hacking Bird Island Race and ninth in division in the Rolex Sydney Hobart. 

In March this year, Black Sheep competed in the CYCA’s Ocean Pointscore race from Sydney to Wollongong, where she finished fourth and won the return race from Wollongong to Sydney after match racing More Witchcraft all the way from Wattamolla to the finish line near Point Piper. The Sheppards secured ORCi and PHS divisional wins and recorded a line honours win.

 

 

Competitor Details

Yacht Name Black Sheep
Sail Number 33345
Owner Derek & Martin Sheppard
Skipper Derek Sheppard
Crew M Sheppard, A Salmon, K Bennett, M Ramsay, M Kennedy, M Jones, P Allen, W Taylor, A Veness, Y Heritage, T Curry
State NSW
Club CYCA
Type Beneteau 45
Designer Phillippe Briand
Builder Beneteau
LOA 13.7
Beam 4.2
Draft 2.7