Geoff Thorn

Age at start of race: 69

Yacht Club: Lowry Bay Yacht Club

Hull Category: Monohull

Design: Beneteau First 45

LOA: 14m

Race Number: 22

Sailing CV: Numerous coastal races out of Wellington, NZ, most of which involved Cook Strait in all its moods. Delivery trips and races to the South Pacific and three trans-Tasman trips, including the Solo trans-Tasman race in 2018. Numerous double handed coastal races including the Two-Handed Round North Island race in 2020.

Personal Goal / Quote: “The Solo trans-Tasman is the ultimate sailing challenge. The memory of that first challenge has never left, and it keeps calling me to do it again.”