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MH20

Keelboat · Sydney 38 · 2001 · fibreglass

Peter Sorensen · Middle Harbour Yacht Club

IRC 1.101IRC SH 1.101ORCcAP 1.189ORCcWL 0.975ORCcNSAP 1.1262ORCcNSWL 0.9102

Won the last race in Series 4 - Pacific Rigging Wednesday Non-Spinnaker 2025/26 ORC Pointscore on ORC.

Races
68
in the last 12 months
Wins
14
11 IRC · 1 ORC · 8 PHS · 8 Scratch
Podiums
29
43% of starts
Avg finish
4.3
on PHS · 5.3 scratch
Best finish
1st
on PHS
10 series · 68 races
Race
Date
ORC
Scr
Pts
Race 7
15 July
1
4
1
Race 6
8 July
4
7
4
Race 5
1 July
5
7
4
Race 4
24 June
DNC
DNC
10

did not start · dropped from pointscore

Race 2
10 June
DNC
DNC
10

did not start

Sydney 38 · 6 of 6 sailed

Closest rivals

Gusto 6006 · 5th in Division 1
ahead 31 of 68
Toybox 2 MH4 · 1st in Division 1
ahead 32 of 76
Jambo MH66 · 8th in Division 1
ahead 33 of 64

Boats this one meets most often, by official race points this season.

By breeze

Planned

Average finish by wind strength. Example only: clubs rarely publish wind per race, so this needs a new data source.

Certificates

ORC · valid until 30 June 2027IRC · endorsed · expires 31 May 2027 Compare boats
12 kn
3kn6kn9kn52°75°90°110°135°150°windbeat 37°gybe 158°

Predicted speed by true wind angle from the ORC velocity prediction program (IRC publishes no predictions). Diamonds mark upwind and downwind VMG.

GPH 564.3 s/miCDL 10.683IRC crew 10
MeasuredORCIRC
Length (m)ORC LOA / IRC LH11.7911.78
Draft (m)2.602.63
Weight (kg)ORC sailing trim / IRC boat weight6,5965,534
Crew weight (kg)743850
P (m)mainsail hoist15.4015.40
E (m)boom5.505.50
J (m)foretriangle base4.504.50
Sprit (m)ORC TPS / IRC STL0.00-
Biggest headsail ()37.537.6
Biggest spinnaker ()130.3129.8

IRC rates the boat as SYDNEY 38 2.69, carrying max 2 headsails · 3 spinnakers. The IRC rating (TCC) is shown from club records in the header above.

Sources: ORC certificate 03020004UH8 view · IRC boat data 11551 view

Club record

owner-entered dimensions - certificate figures above are measured and can differ, displacement especially (certificates weigh the boat in sailing trim)
LOA
11.73 m
Beam
3.76 m
Draft
2.64 m
Displacement
5561 kg
Mast
15.95 m

Official results via SailSys · boat profile synced 14 July 2026