Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2017: Will Oxley - Navigation 001
by Bow Caddy Media 31 Dec 2017 21:55 GMT
31 December 2017
Will Oxley at the Tattersall Cup Presentation © Crosbie Lorimer
Appropriately enough, the name Ichi Ban in Japanese means 'No 1' and if you were looking for an ocean racing navigator to get you to No 1 in the race to Hobart, you'd be hard pressed to go past Will Oxley.
In this conversation with Will, shortly after Ichi Ban was presented with the Tattersalls Cup here in Hobart, he explains just how challenging navigation can be on a TP52 in heavy airs and why any amount of technology will not help you with some decisions that must still be calculated in the head or plotted on a paper chart.