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Latitude 18 Halyard Challenge


Saturday 25 January 2025
The Latitude 18 Halyard Challenge first took place in 1997.

The winners roll-call since then reads:

Racing 1997 Anonymous
Arjan Stoof		 1998 Moorings J120
Robert Swain		 1999 Airgasm
Barney Crook		 2000 Airgasm
Barney Crook
Crusiing Hotel California
Steve Schmidt
Racing 2001 Airgasm
Barney Crook		 2002 Fastidiots
Eddie Brockbank		 2003 Pipe Dream
Peter Haycraft		 2004 Conchquerer
Andrew Waters
Crusiing Tikitas
James Bridgewater		 Tikitas
James Bridgewater		 Tikitas
James Bridgewater
Racing 2005 Conchquerer
Andrew Waters		 2006 Mistress Quickly 2007 Pipe Dream
Peter Haycraft		 2008 Pipe Dream
Peter Haycraft
Crusiing Hotel California
Steve Schmidt
Racing 2009 Luxury Girl 2010 Lime
Colin Rathbun		 2011 Pipe Dream
Peter Haycraft		 2012 Rushin' Rowlette
Kevin Rowlette
Crusiing Reba
Jon Charlton
Racing 2013 Did not take place
 2014 Fiona
Colin Rathbun
 2015 Rushin' Rowlette
Kevin Rowlette
 2016 Firewater
Danny Petrovic / Jason Putley
Crusiing Wildfire
John Hayes		 Kala
Richard Wooldridge
Racing 2017 Did not take place 2018 Did not take place 2019 Did not take place 2020 Whoop Whoop
Kevin Rowlette
Cruising 2021 Whoop Whoop
Kevin Wrigley		 2022 Island Hops
Mark Sanders		 2023 Ting a Ling 2
Chris Haycraft		 2024 The Flying Pig
Gilbo Simpson
Racing Wicked Winch
David Lake		 Wicked Winch
David Lake


The Flying Pig Wins 2024 Latitude 18 Halyard Challenge
The Flying Pig claimed another win at the 2024 Latitude 18 Halyard Challenge.
Ting a Ling 2 Wins 2023 Latitude 18 Halyard Challenge
The 2023 racing season got off to a flying start with the Latitude 18 Halyard Challenge.
Island Hops Wins 2022 Halyard Challenge
The 2022 Halyard Challenge saw 8 boats take to the race course on Saturday 29 January.  With light winds under 12 knots it was to be a challenging day for the six trimarans, scheduled for mixture of island racing and windward leeward courses.  
Whoop Whoop and Wicked Winch Win 2021 Edition
It was a sparkling BVI sailing day on Saturday 9 January and six boats took to the race course for the first regatta of 2021, the Halyard Challenge.
Whoop Whoop Wins - 2020 Race Report

Four trimarans took to the water for the first race of the 2020 calendar and it was Kevin Rowlette's Whoop Whoop who claimed line honours and the overall win.