Perie Banou II Crew

Jon Sanders AO, OBE, CitWA

• Double and triple solo non-stop unassisted circumnavigation
• Fellow of the Australian Institute of Navigation
• Master Class 5 - Commercial Ticket
• Australian Yachting Federation - Yacht Masters Ocean, AYF Yacht Masters Offshore
• Sydney Hobart in Perie Banou and Perie Banou II, five times (1977 3rd place in Division, 1978, 1984 3rd place overall, 1989 and 1994).
• UK to Australia in the Parmelia Race, 2nd place overall winner in the open division, 1979
• Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro, divisional placing, 1976
• Transited the Indian Ocean 13 times, the Atlantic Ocean ten times, and the Pacific Ocean ten times
• Transited the Panama Canal four times, and the Suez Canal four times
• Navigated the Australian seaboard, west-east, east-west, 39 times
• Cleared Cape Horn five times and the Cape of Good Hope eight times

David Dicks OAM, CitWA

• Youngest solo non-stop circumnavigation

Sailing Experience:

• Total 59,525 nautical miles and 717 days logged on sailing vessels.

Ocean Passages (commencing age 14) - deliveries with Jon Sanders:

• Portland, Vic – Sydney, Perie Banou II (age 16)
• Fremantle – Cocos Islands, 55ft Roberts (age 17)
• Albany – Fremantle, 34ft sloop (age 14)
• Albany – Fremantle, 40ft yacht
• Fremantle – Sydney, 40ft sloop (age 15)
• Fremantle – Sydney, 65ft yacht
• Mooloolabah – Sydney, 40ft yacht
• Dampier – Carnarvon, 40ft catamaran
• Sydney – Maldive Islands, 43ft sloop
• Brisbane – Fremantle, 45ft catamaran

Ocean Passages (commencing age 14) - other deliveries:

• Esperance – Adelaide, 58ft Roberts
• Esperance – Bunbury, 30ft yacht
• Ceduna – Adelaide, 34ft Duncanson sloop
• Fremantle – Sydney, 80ft yacht
• Carnarvon – Geraldton, 53ft ketch
• Geraldton – Fremantle, 43ft sloop

Offshore Racing:

• Fremantle Sailing Club Valmadre Series

Ocean Racing:

• Sydney Hobart 1994, Perie Banou II

Occupation & Business Info:

• Sailmaker
• Contractor – Approved Austel cable installer
• Motivational speaker
• Professional yachtsman – yacht deliveries

Derek Baxter

Ocean Racing:

• 1986 – 1987 -Summer Series Blue Water Ocean Races
• 1989 - Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Perie Banou II
• 1990 - Fremantle to Bali Yacht Race (first and fastest)
• 1991 to present - Regularly competing in all types of yacht races

Ocean Passages

• 1986 - Perth – Sydney Return (Sea Trials for Parry Endeavour)
• 1988 - Numerous Mediterranean crossings from Greece to Turkey
• 1991 - Bali – Cocos Island, Cocos Island – Mauritius, Mauritius – Reunion, Reunion – Cape Town

Occupation & Business Info:

• 1987 - Charter Skipper for Sunsail Greece
• At present - Own and Manage a Telecommunications Company Specialising in Fibre Optics and Broadband Technology.

Ben Punch

Ocean Racing:

• 3 x Albany Race
• 4 x Geraldton
• 4 x Naturalist Race
• 6 x West Coast Ocean Racing Seasons
• 3 x Indian Ocean Race
• 1 x Bali Race (Cat 1)
• 1 x Sydney Hobart Race, 1989 Perie Banou II

Ocean Passages

• 3 x Fremantle-Sydney (2 winter)
• 1 x Bali-Cape Town
• 1 x Darwin-Cairns
• 1 x Airlie Beach-Brisbane

Occupation & Business Info:

• Boatbuilder 15 yrs
• Owner Fibrelite composite trailerboats - www.fibreliteboats.com.au
• Charter skipper
• AYF Sailing Instructing

Other:

• AYF Inshore Instructor
• AYF Offshore Yachtmaster
• USC Coxswain
• 2 x WA Boat of the Year Awards winner 2006-2008
• Finalist, Australian Boat of the Year Award

Murray Barwick

Offshore Sailing (From 1992):

• Racing of Fremantle Valmardre series
• Fremantle to Bunbury Return
• Fremantle to Mandurah Return
• Fremantle to Geraldton
• 1994 Sydney to Hobart, Perie Banou II (racing as Arina 2000)
• 2001 and 2003 Fastnet
• RORC offshore 2000 to 2003
• 2007 Sydney to Hobart

Inshore Sailing (From 1992):

• Australian Match Racing Championships 1993 to 2000
• Endeavour State Championships
• Viking 30 State Championships
• Regattas 2000 to 2003
• Australia II 2003
• High Voltage AC Jubilee 2003 Mid Bow
• Etchell States 2007 Main

Other:

• Fremantle to Singapore
• Fremantle to Sydney (twice)
• Townsville to Fremantle
• Mooloolabah to Fremantle
• Charter skipper 42 foot Farr Phase 4. Eighteen months taking four day adventures around the Whitsundays
• Owner 42 foot Flybridge Cruiser

Occupation & Business Info:

• Business owner of "Starpak", fibreglass boatbuilding and industry manufacture, operating from 2,500 sqm premises in Henderson.

Michael Foster

Ocean Racing:

• 1988 Fremantle – Bali, Finistere
• 1990 Fremantle – Bali, Sojourn (skipper)
• 1993 Fremantle - Lombok, Nyari
• 1994 Sydney Hobart, Perie Banou II (racing as Arina 2000)
• 1989 Sydney Hobart, Perie Banou II
• 1992 Sydney Hobart, Christine
• West coast ocean racing, 8 yrs

Ocean Passages

• Perth – Singapore
• Perth – Sydney (x 2)
• Hobart – Perth

Occupation & Business Info:

• Business owner, Fos Marine, located in Fremantle.
• Shipwright and boatbuilder for 30 years.

Neil Rock

Ocean Racing:

• Fremantle-Bali 1990, Christine
• Fremantle-Lombok 1993, Nyari (navigator)
• Fremantle-Albany, 1990
• Fremantle-Geraldton x 4, Nyari (skipper x 1)
• Fremantle-Naturaliste race x 2
• West coast ocean racing seasons, pre-1997

Ocean Passages

• England-Caribbean via Canary Islands, 1996
• Caribbean-Mediterranean, 1997
• Lombok-Fremantle, 1993
• Mooloolabah Queensland-Hobart 1992 (navigator)
• Exmouth-Fremantle, 2002

Occupation & Business Info:

• Business owner, Eezi-link Contracting, with ten years experience in industrial, commercial and residential construction work.
• Skilled and experienced in fabrication, demolition, jetty construction, dam lining, marine maintenance, retail.

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