BOAT NAME: Salacia
BOAT TYPE: J/160
CLASS:
SKIPPERS: Stephen & Cynthia Everett
CLUB: RQYS
BUILT: 2001
PURCHASED: 2009

RECENT RESULTS:
None. Yacht not raced before.

ABOUT THE BOAT:
J/160. "Heavily" fitted out for cruising (even has washer/dryer and air conditioning). Previoulsy known as "Syren" Not raced before.

ABOUT THE CREW:
Stephen and Cyndy Everett have raced extensively in Aust with a J44 "Phoenix" and J130 "Ragtime". 3 more Australians are flying from Australia for the race. Well known local sailors, Jeff Brown, John Gladstone, Eric Rogers and Kyle Clark are joing Salacia for the race.

WHAT'S IN A NAME:
In ancient Roman mythology, Salacia was the female divinity of the sea, worshipped as the goddess of salt water who presided over the depths of the ocean. She was the wife and queen of Neptune, god of the sea and water. That Salacia was the wife of Neptune is implied by Varro, and is positively affirmed by Seneca, Augustine and Servius The god Neptune wanted to marry Salacia, but she was in great awe of her distinguished suitor, and to preserve her virginity, with grace and celerity she managed to glide out of his sight, and hid from him in the Atlantic Ocean. The grieving Neptune sent a dolphin to look for her and persuade the fair nymph to come back and share his throne. Salacia agreed to marry Neptune and the King of the Deep was so overjoyed at these good tidings that the dolphin was awarded a place in the heavens, where he now forms a well known constellation Delphinus. Salacia was the personification of the calm and sunlit aspect of the sea. Derived from Latin sal meaning "salt", the name Salacia denotes the wide, open sea, and is sometimes literally translated to mean sensational.

RANDOM:
This is Stephen and Cyndy's third "J boat". The race to PV is a shake down voyage for their planned trip to Australia via Galapagos Islands,French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu etc.