Team Profiles - Sonsie (2010)
Profile
Type: Southern Cross 39
Skipper: Chris Hui
Class: 2
Handicap Ranking: 9
Time Allowance: 160
Hailing Port: Victoria, BC
Hull Colour: Cream and blue
LOA: 41.0
Beam: 12.08
Draft: 5.33
Yacht Club: Waikiki Yacht Club
Designer: Thomas Gillmer
Builder: CE Ryder Corporation
Launch Date: 1985
Rig: Cutter
Sail Number: 57277
Status: ZZ-2010
Sailing for the Waikiki Yacht Club and skippered by Chris Hui, Sonsie is a cutter-rigged Southern Cross 39. This will be Sonsie's first Vic-Maui race. Chris hails from Sidney, BC, and in 2007 he completed a successful singlehanded voyage to Hawaii on a previous sailboat. Chris commented "What better way to get to Maui in a novel and fun way than to participate in the 2010 Vic-Maui race! Sonsie's team is eagerly anticipating the opportunity for self development, camaraderie, and adventure in this exciting ocean race".
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