Celestial is a well campaigned Rogers IRC 46 owned by Sam Haynes that is sponsored by Sydney Animal Hospitals. Celestial finished second overall and first in PHS in the 2011 CYCA Bird Island Yacht Race and performed solidly throughout the 2011/2012 Blue Water Pointscore. The crew also performed well in last year’s Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race finishing 14th over the line and fifth in IRC Division 1. Late in 2010, Celestial took the PHS Divisional win in the Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship.

Previously owned by Rob Hanna and raced as Shogun, she achieved a divisional win and placed second overall on IRC in the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2007, and finished 16th across the line in the Rolex Sydney Hobart that same year. In 2008, she also achieved a line honours win in the Melbourne Hobart race.

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