YuuZoo BBRT (Big Boat Racing Team)

The BBRT YuuZoo in training shakedown on Sydney HarbourFollow the fortunes of one of the most famous entrants in this year's blue water classic.

Multi event winner and owner Ludde Ingvall and co-skipper Dave Witt will again attempt to win the race on board the former 'Nicorette'.

This sophisticated 80-foot water-ballasted maxi blew her line honours opposition away in the 2000 Sydney Hobart race and finished second across the line after running into a massive twister off the coast of Eden in 2001.

Big Boat Google ChannelLudde Ingvall, a former world maxi champion and two-time Fastnet winner, has spent this year competing overseas and after a five year absence from one of his own favourite ocean challenges has again assembled a winning local and international crew for this year's race.

Tourism Tasmania has partnered with the Big Boat Race Team and is excited to offer a competition*
Be Spellbound not Shorebound.

The 2009 Rolex Sydney to Hobart will have the seven fastest supermaxis in the world competing ... you can follow YuuZoo on Facebook, through their own dedicated Google YouTube channel, on their website and at their team Blog.

*Conditions apply.

Competition Entry Form Link
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