Skipper: Masaru Matsuura
Profile: He participated in Tokyo - Guam Race 3 times, Auckland - Fukuoka
Race last leg in 1989 and SAIL OSAKA '97 totalling 13,000 n.m.
Co-Skipper(CS)/Crew: Hideto Takimoto (36)
Profile: He has delivered
"Naniwa" from Japan to Melbourne
| Name of Yacht: Naniwa | Type: |
| Sail No.: JPN159 | Nation: Japan |
| Date of Launching: Mar. 1995 | Designer: Ron Holland |
| Builder: | Rig: Sloop |
| LOA(m): 12.60 | DISP(kg):14,800 |
| Sail Area (m2): 78.00 | Beam Max(m): 4.05 |
| Draft(m): 2.30 | Mast Height(m):15.90 |
| Hull Colors: White | Radio Call Letters: JG3HJH |
| 406MHz EPIRB ID: B5E9034D755400 | Hailing Port: Tannowa, Japan |
| Yacht Club:Tannowa Yacht Club | Sponsorship: |
Finished
at 01:16:35JST May 27
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