Rob Francis - Franko (2)

Mast, steer

Rob has been been sailing for about 8 years and was recently nominated as the most "obnoxious" crew member for offshore racing. He is hoping to win this prestigious award for the 2009 Sydney Hobart after loosing it 3 times previously. 

He is sailing with his wife for the first time this year and will be relying on her heavily during the rough times as he is prone to bouts of sea sickness. They both recently competed in the Gosford to Lord Howe Island race with a 4th place result.

Corinne Feldmann

Bow and Pit

Corinne has been sailing for 10 years and enjoys the longs offshore races. She takes immense comfort in knowing that never will the sides of the boat be graced with todays or yesterdays lunch from her inner pit. A keen helsmwoman who never takes a step backward in massive seas, one hand on her heart and one on the tiller to steer the boat across the waves. Many ocean going vessels have sought to utilise her expert nautical knowledge and offered huge sums of money to get her on board, but she tends to prefer sailing with her club mates from Cronulla and on her yacht Stampede.

Brandon Galwey - Digger

Electronics and trim,and Rouseabout

‘’Over the past 30 years Brandon has had extensive offshore sailing experience under his father’s wing within the RMYC Port Hacking .  After near death at the beginning of this year Brandon is not wasting any time and is taking all opportunities in life, sailing motor car racing and soon to be announced engagement to his partner Aukje Vermaat. With a passion for sailing and electronics sales and web design Brandon is looking forward to this life experience. ‘’

Dean Maddock (3)

Main trim ,Steer",Motor maint "due to stong Guts

Born and raised near the water has been sailing for 40 years and loves all water sports and snow sports.

Tim MacGillivray (2)

Main Trim and Steer

 

Barry Ryan - Bazza (9)

Trim ,Vocal,and Cook,due to srong guts ,,, Baz   ", loves  steering in the tough weather".

Barry was born and bred in housing commissioning, lives in Darwin is a boots and all character, has done 9 Hobarts and in BAZ's words "has sailed with some of the best arseholes in the world". He has the same characteristic and brings that to the boat, as a person to stand next to in 40 knots of breeze.

Scott Toolin

Navigate / Electronics,trim

Recently Raced in the Gosford to Lord Howe island Yacht race

Roger Varley

Trim and Mast / Assist Bow and Cook due to stong guts

Roger is 56 years of age and as such is probably the old man of the crew. He has sailed for many years and is the ex owner of The Syndicate and has also sailed successfully on Yebisu,Stampede and now Colortile. This will be his first Hobart and he is hoping to perfom up to the standard of the rest of the crew and do his best for Bucko, Kristy & Colortile. Roger has six wonderful children, Amanda, Claire, Rebecca, Melissa, Rhys and Renee and he is extremely proud of all of them. He has a close friendship with Kristy & Bucko and has claimed them as his ma & pa "because they look after me". Roger is an ex mechanic, coalminer and now runs a sub contract with Sita Environmental Solutions. Yes he's a garbo. When Roger gets to Hobart he wants to have 1 or 2 or 20 beers in memory of our old mate Johnny Gettens.

Simon Williams (7)

Steer and Mast/Assist bow