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Design 62 (Jenny H) cut-away hull profile (Farr Yacht Design) |
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Jenny H on launch day at Westhaven Marina |
Jenny H also entered the Southern Cross Cup trials, to select the New Zealand three-boat team that would compete for the Southern Cross Cup to be held in Sydney at the end of the year. In a mixed boat fleet Jenny H had a close tussle with other centreboarders that dominated the results. Jenny H held off The Red Lion to make the team, joining the Half Tonner Swuzzlebubble and Smir-Noff-Agen for the trip across the Tasman.
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Jenny H shows her upwind form in the 1977 One Ton Cup |
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Jenny H in fresh reaching conditions during the 1977 One Ton Cup with her small spinnaker set |
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Jenny H is pulled out of the water before the final offshore race after an over-enthusiastic spectator craft damaged the stern after the yacht's win in race 4 of the One Ton Cup. |
Jenny H leads Smir-Noff-Agen triumphantly through Sydney Heads at the end of the middle distance race (photo DB Yachting Annual) |
They went into the Sydney Hobart race finale with a massive 130 point advantage over the second placed New South Wales team. Atrocious conditions in the Sydney Hobart meant, however, that this points buffer became the New Zealand teams' lifeline as Smir-Noff-Agen retired with damage for'ard after falling off a large wave, and then Swuzzlebubble also withdrew after Ian Gibbs and his crew decided that the conditions were too extreme for a small Half Tonner. Jenny H continued on, though not without their own problems with another failure in a for'ard frame. Haslar and his crew nursed the boat through the worst of the storm and managed to finish in fifth place, and securing the Southern Cross Cup for New Zealand and finishing as the top yacht overall.
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Jenny H sails on through Sydney Heads during the 1977 Southern Cross Cup (photo DB Yachting Annual) |
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Scalawag during the 1978 One Ton Cup |


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Scalawag arrives in Newport for the 1979 North Americans and One Ton Cup regattas |
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Scalawag returns to the dock after sabotage to the upper shroud saw her rig collapse at the start of the 1979 North American One Ton series (photo Paul Mello) |
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The police are brought in to investigate the sabotage to Scalawag's rig (photo Paul Mello) |


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Scalawag sails to the weather mark behind Pendragon during the 1979 One Ton Cup (photo Paul Mello) |

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Azzurra after a repaint in 2014 |
Enjoyed reviewing your excellent blog. Thanks for very comprehensive background for IOR and these early Farr sailboats.
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