Estate Master, with Martin Hill at the helm, has won the Farr 40 section of the Rolex regatta today in Sydney. The 3-day regatta was sailed inside and outside Sydney Harbour in mostly moderate winds.

Second was Kokomo, skippered by Lang Walker and third was Transfusion steered by Guido Belgiorno-Nettis.

Estate Master featured a revised line-up including tactician Hamish Pepper, main trimmer Darren Jones and trimmer Scooter Hinton. Coach for the regatta, Malcolm Page said the boat was going great upwind.

‘What a great day, but we had to fight every inch of the way,’ Hill said. ‘The lead changed between the three top boats – it was very tight – you couldn’t let your guard down,’ he added.

Aside from the Farr 40 nationals next March, the crew are working hard towards the Worlds in the Dominican Republic in April next year.