David Doherty’s Matador took the win in a closely fought Act 1 of the Pallas Capital Gold Cup over the ten boat fleet this weekend, sailed from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.

The tight racing, mini-battles throughout the fleet, and great tests of boat handling were the perfect start to what is set to be a hard raced Pallas Capital Gold Cup with just six points separating the top six boats under the TPR rule.

The Pallas Capital Gold Cup kicks off this weekend with 10 out of 11 boats on the start line for Act 1 of 4, the first out of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.

SMB and Hooligan win won each in Port Lincoln.

Out on the water it was a tight tussle between the three high-profile TP52 class boats, ‘Hooligan’, ‘Secret Men’s Business’ and ‘Smuggler’ which won its division in the 2023 Sydney to Hobart.

Ultimately, it was Seb Bohm’s ‘Smuggler’ that was the overall winner on TPR.

Smuggler wins Hobart on IRC in Division 1.

Matador has done it again, winning three from three Acts in the Pallas Capital TP52 Gold Cup, a shortened Act 3, sailed these past three days, was held in conjunction with Sail Port Stephens and hosted by Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club from 5-7 May.