S&S34's Perform Well in Western Australian Offshore Season 2010-11
28 May 2011 | Western Australia - Offshore
Simon Torvaldsen
The WA 2010-11 Offshore Presentation night was held at Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club on 28th May. Proving that the S&S34 is still a very competitive racing boat as well as an outstanding cruiser, Blondie was awarded 1st place Div 2 YAH handicap in the Offshore Championship and 2nd on IRC. She was also a close runner up to the Whiting 32 Bad Habits for the overall Offshore trophy, out of a fleet of 58. The S&S34 beat all of Division 1, including some multi-million dollar custom built carbon fibre racers crewed by professionals. On top of the performance of Constellation earlier in the season, this again proves that the classic S&S34 design is a fantastic sea boat capable of mixing it with modern racing fleets which nowadays are mostly larger boats specifically designed for IRC racing.