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Hitchhicker, KA R 303
Last update: 2024
1980 Plan Frers, built by Edgerton, en kevlar klegecell

1981 April "Offshore",

August, Admiral's Cup: dnf - 31 - 2 1 - 12 - Fastnet 28 = ?e/48, Australia Team: 6e/16, rating 31.2'
12 septembre, Two Tonner Cup, Costa Smeralda: 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 4 = 1er/17, Noel ROBBINS
Rating remonté à 32.0' en augmentant la grand voile
November "Course Au Large",

"Sydney-Hobart Official Programme",

December, Southern Cross Cup: ?e/?
including: 26 December, Sydney-Hobart: 31e/159 corrected time 4d01h57', TCF 0.8162

1982 August, Clipper Cup, Hawaï: ? - dismasted - 3 - ... = ?e/? Class D
26 December, Sydney-Hobart: 16e/119 corrected time 2d22h24', TCF 0.8171

1983 Prétendant à la sélection Australienne pour l'Admiral's Cup, rating 31.5'
August, Admiral's Cup: ?e/45, Australian Team: 4e/15, rating 31.5';
Photo Gilles Le Cossec, Archives de la revue "Bateaux",

"Sydney-Hobart Official Programme",


December, Southern Cross Cup: 2e/6 Nouvelle Galle du Sud Team
including: 26 December, Sydney-Hobart: 14e/173 corrected time 3d01h41', TCF 0.8111

1984 Hamilton Island Race Week: 1er/?? IOR

1985 26 December, Sydney-Hobart: 68e/178 corrected time 3d12h45', TCF 0.8064, P. BRIGGS

2004 December "Seahorse",


Same boat? Picture from Facebook 2020,

2008 Hamilton Island Race Week: ?e/??

2013 Hamilton Island Race Week: ?e/??

2023 November, from Facebook Ronald "A nice shot of Hitchhiker R-303 on the Swan River this afternoon!"

2024 April, For Sale FRERS 40, AU $40,000, Length 40' - 12.19m, Location Perth WA, Launch Year 1980, Hull Material Composite; Description: Frers 40 *We would really love this boat to go to a good home, if you are that person please feel free to get in touch for a chat or feel free to make an offer* Weekends on the Swan just wouldn't be the same without seeing the RPYC fleet on the river with the distinctive red and white striped hull of Hitchhiker invariably in the leading group. After 43 years, Peter Briggs' Hitchhiker is looking for a new home. Hitchhiker was designed to win the 1981 Admiral's Cup for Australia. The design established the reputation of young South American designer German Frers who went on to become one of the elite designers of the 1980s and 1990s. Construction of the yacht was overseen by Bill Edgerton with experienced shipwrights Phil Bate and Colin Beashel working on the project in a shed at the Brookvale industrial area in Sydney. State-of-the-art materials of the time were used: a sandwich construction of Kevlar and a Klegecell sandwich foam. The yacht took 17 weeks to build, and it contested the Dunhill Selection Trials to decide the team for the 1981 Admiral's Cup. Hitchhiker was the only Australian yacht to be built for the trials with Kevlar sandwich technology. Hitchhiker emerged as the form yacht in the trials and earned the top-ranking. The crew was joined in the Australian team by Alan Bond's Apollo V and Syd Fischer's Ragamuffin. They had high hopes of repeating the success of the 1979 Admiral's Cup which was won by Australia. After leading the event they eventually came home seventh. Later in the year, Hitchhiker was modified to meet Two Ton Cup regulations and won the World Two Ton Cup at Porto Cervo in Sardinia. Returning to Australia, Peter Briggs and his crew sailed to fifth in the Sydney-Hobart yacht race and second in the Southern Cross series. Hitchhiker was shipped back to Australia and won the inaugural Hamilton Island Race Week in 1984 (returning for race weeks in 2008 and 2013). A veteran of two Admiral's Cup campaigns, two Hawaiian Clipper Cup series, the World Two Ton Cup Championship and three Sydney-Hobarts, Hitchhiker has continued to be a part of the competitive local sailing scene after her retirement from international regattas. The yacht won most of the offshore races upon its return to Western Australia including the first West Coast Offshore series. LOA. 12.35 Beam. 3.88 Draft. 2.46




April, from Facebook "Stopped by today to see the legendary Frers 40 Hitchiker I in the flesh for the first time at Royal Perth YC, a member of the Australian Admiral’s Cup team in 1981. I was very surprised to see her in need of some real TLC. I googled her and see she is currently up for sale"