MOTORBOAT II
| Design | Elliott 10.5 |
| Sail Number | 6419 |
| Length overall | 10.50m |
| Length waterline | 10.4m |
| Beam | 4.05m |
| Draft | 2.6m |
| About the boat: | Motorboat II was second on both elapsed and corrected time in the #RNZ2019 and used this race as part of their warm-up for the 2020 Evolution Sails NZ #RNI2020. Sailed by Damon Jolliffe & Josh Tucker, Motorboat II is an Elliott 10.5 by legendary designer Greg Elliott and has arguably the best sound system in the fleet! |
| Home base | Westhaven |
| Motorboat |
DAMON JOLLIFFE
| Name | Damon Jolliffe |
| Age | 37 |
| Relationship to Co – Skipper | Mates, done a little bit of yachting together |
| Have you done an RNI before? | Valium with Gary Kirkland-Smith – 2011 Sunfast 3600 Racing with Josh Tucker – 2017 RNZ on MOTORBOAT II with Josh Tucker – 2019 |
| Yacht Club | RNZYS & SSANZ |
| Is anyone else in your family doing the race? | My Brother Garry Jolliffe on Urban Cowboy. |
| Tell us a little about your sailing history/ background | Went sailing a couple of times, liked it, carried on doing it, now suffering from an incurable addiction. |
| What appeals most about doing the RNI | It’s the pinnacle of New Zealand Yacht Racing. |
| What are your essential food items during the race? | Hot Sauce. |
| What will your meals be like during the race? | The Michelin Star restaurant Motorboat II boasts nothing but the finest cuisine with breath taking waterfront views, aka bacon, bacon wrapped in bacon, with bacon on the side. |
| What do you like most about the boat you are sailing on? | It’s ours. |
| What sound system do you have on board? What’s likely to be playing? | The biggest one – Fusion head unit, twin amps with a cooling fan and capacitor feed power supply, 3 sets of 8.8″ signature range speakers and a 10″ sub. BOOM BOOM! |
JOSH TUCKER
| Name | Josh Tucker |
| Age | 42 |
| Relationship to Co – Skipper | Co-Owner |
| Have you done an RNI before? | RNI 2008 on the T850 Waka, 2014 on the R930 Pepe and 2017 on the SunFast 3600 Racing |
| Yacht Club | RNZYS |
| Is anyone else in your family doing the race? | Brother Sam Tucker on Gale Force. |
| Tell us a little about your sailing history/ background | Quite a bit of sail boating. 150,000 nm offshore sailing. pretty much invested my whole life to the sport. |
| What appeals most about doing the RNI | All of it. |
| What are your essential food items during the race? | Bacon. |
| What will your meals be like during the race? | Sausages wrapped in bacon. |
| What’s your favourite point of sail and why? | 3 sail reaching with the FRO (fractional code zero), Staysail and reefed main. Fast and easy. |
| What do you like most about the boat you are sailing on? | It’s mine and its pimped. |
| Describe your skipper/co-skipper in 5 words | All over it on every level. |
| Tell us about the training and buildup that you have been doing for this race both on and off the water? | Every long race possible. |
| What’s your favourite drink and why? | Rum. It’s nice. |
| Will you be taking any luxury items on the race? – If so, what is it and why? | Beanbags. Bacon. Beer. In that order. |
| What’s your biggest fear when you think about the RNI? | Breaking something. zero fear of the race itself or conditions, just a fear of failure. |
| Who’s your biggest opposition and why? | Actually not sure, not something we really talk about. |
| Tell us about your biggest supporters | Wife Sara – always there for me, allows me to invest so much time and money into the race programmes. |
| What’s most exciting/challenging about this race for you? | We really are putting everything into it, leaving no stone un-turned in our boat prep. Exciting to go into a race like this feeling that you really have done all you can in the prep and it’s down to how hard you push on the water. |
| What sound system do you have on board? What’s likely to be playing? | Fusion, pretty obnoxious. A real mix of music from electronic (when we are trying to test the base), rock, classic rock, and some downbeat chill stuff. We really do have play lists for everything. |
| It’s the night before the big race – how do you get your head in the game? | Weather analysis. |