Ray Roberts’ DK 46 has enjoyed an extraordinary summer of sailing including winning the IRC division of the 2005 Rolex Trophy and finishing a close second at Sailing South Race Week in January, as well as a top ten placing in the Rolex Sydney Hobart.

He also won the Scotchman’s Hill Series at Skandia Geelong Week and with his winning crew, took out last year’s Kings Cup in Thailand on IRC and the Langkawi Cup this year.

Roberts and his core crew of Steve McConaghy, navigator Brian Northcote, Stuart Broom, Scott “Scooter” Hinton, Marcus Jones and Aaron Linton are favoured to again place strongly on IRC honours in this event.