David Pescud knows this stretch of water intimately having raced north to Southport and beyond many times including a non-stop circumnavigation of Australia for which the boat holds the monohull record.

The history of Sailors with disABILITIES and the Gold Coast Race are entwined with the crew of Aspect Computing sailing into the record books in the 1994 race for being the first disabled sailing team in the world to complete an ocean race.