Brooksfield

Brooksfield
Other names Nafta watch
Veliki viharnik
Yacht club Pirat[1] Portorož
Nation  Italy
 Slovenia
Class Volvo Ocean 60
Sail no SLO–031
Launched Venice, Italy, 1992
Owner(s) Dejan Kovačič
Fate active
Racing career
Skippers Guido Maisto
Dušan Puh
Specifications
Displacement 13 tons
Length 19.2 m (63 ft)
Beam 5.2 m (17 ft)
Mast height 28.0 m (91.9 ft)

Brooksfield is a Volvo Ocean 60 yacht. She finished sixth in the W60 class of the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Guido Maisto.[2]

Since 2000, the owner was Mobitel (Slovenian Telekom), who renamed it Veliki viharnik, but currently it is owned by Slovenian businessman Dejan Kovačič.[3]

Career

2nd Jadranska regata/Adriatic race (2008) Skipper Dušan Puh Position 1 Group MAXI Finish time 2.5.2008. 20:59:40 Sailed time 32:59:40

4th Jadranska regata/Adriatic race (2010) Skipper Dušan Puh Position 1 Group MAXI Finish time 1.5.2010. 01:00:41 Sailed time 38:00:41

5th Jadranska regata/Adriatic race (2011) Skipper Dušan Puh Position 3 Group MAXI Finish time 30.4.2011. 06:40:54 Sailed time 43:40:54[4]

Current status

After two years long-term storage at the Marina of Portorož, the yacht was moved to the Marina of Koper; the current main sponsor is the town of Koper. Brooksfield won the Diplomatic Regatta 2015 and Skipper Cup 2015, and was 2nd at the Jabuka Regatta 2015 and 3rd at Bernetti 2015.[5]

Brooksfield on YouTube

References

  1. Sailing Club Pirat Portorož
  2. http://www.kriter.tv/history/whitbread_history.pdf
  3. Article about Brooksfield on Delo's website
  4. Adriatic race results
  5. Nedeljski dnevnik No. 49, 9 December 2015, pages 26–27
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