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  1. Secret Mens Business 1

    The original Secret Mens Business, designed by Murray Burns Dovell, built by Peter Bolton yachts in 1996, known as Secret Mens Business 1.Over the course of its many successful race campaigns, Secret Mens Business 1 has competed extensively in eastern seaboard offshore races, including the Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore, and 10 Sydney Hobart races.

  2. Secret Mens Business

    David De Coster and Sally Armati bought Secret Mens Business (SMB) in 2018, when the MBD 42 was optimised and placed 63 rd in the 2019 Rolex Sydney Hobart, scoring a much improved 23 rd last year. The original SMB, she was first owned by Geoff Boettcher who had little luck with it in the race, retiring in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2001. She placed 18 th in 1997 and 20 th in 2003 before being sold ...

  3. Geoff Boettcher's Secret Mens Business wins 73rd Adelaide to Port

    CYCA Member Geoff Boettcher's Secret Mens Business is the overall winner of the 73rd Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race.. Secret Mens Business was the first monohull over the line, finishing the 160 nautical mile race in 15 hours, 20 minutes and 18 seconds.. The five 52-footers led the way in the overall standings (IRC), with Secret Mens Business first, ahead of Zen (CYCA Member Gordon ...

  4. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Sailing Yacht Secret Men's 3.5 Business

    Secret Men's Business was the 14th boat across the finish line in a race where just finishing was an achievement. Severe wind and weather conditions contributed to the retirement of twenty percent of the fleet this year. Boettcher was the second winner from South Australia in a row - and like last year's winner Andrew Saie's of Two True ...

  5. Secret Mens Business

    Secret Mens Business. The first event of the 2023 Australian sailing season could not have culminated in a better result for Adelaide local Geoff Boettcher and his crew onboard TP52 Secret Men's Business (SMB). The team are now the current IRC Australian Champions (Division 1) after a convincing win at the Port Lincoln regatta in February.

  6. The secret to Geoff Boettcher's success is Secret Mens Business

    The Sydney Hobart win in 2010 onboard Secret Men's Business 3.5, a Reichel Pugh 51, reinforced to Geoff that having the right boat and sails coupled with experienced crew leads to the success of the programme overall. Geoff says 'As a career highlight and testament to our long standing crew, SMB 3.5 was shipped to UK in 2013 for the Fastnet ...

  7. Triple crown for Secret Mens Business in Port Lincoln

    The Teakle Classic Lincoln Week Regatta doubled as the 2023 Australian Yachting Championships, meaning Secret Mens Business was crowned national champion in Division 1, followed by Zen and Another Hooligan. Secret Mens Business is the first South Australian yacht to win the Australian Yachting Championships.

  8. Secret Mens Business 1

    Secret Mens Business 1. The original Secret Mens Business, designed by Murray Burns Dovell, built by Peter Bolton yachts in 1996, known as Secret Mens Business 1 (SMB1). Over the course of its many successful race campaigns, SMB1 has competed extensively in eastern seaboard off-shore races, including Blue Water Series, and 10 Sydney Hobart races.

  9. Sydney Hobart winner Secret Mens Business 3.5 officially on the market

    by Secret Men's Business 3.5 team and Sail-World.com on 16 Mar 2011. Secret Men's Business 3.5, the overall winner of the 2010 Rolex Sydney to Hobart is now officially on the market. South Australian Geoff Boettcher and his crew, after some serious campaigning won the prestigious Tattersall's Cup, the overall Rolex Sydney to Hobart crown ...

  10. Secret Mens Business leads the TP52s in race 7

    Geoff Boettcher's TP52 Secret Men's Business from South Australia first to the top mark in race 7, Hooligan first on corrected time & SMB second in that...

  11. Murray 42

    Price: AUD $98,000 Now Reduced Secret Mens Business is a 1996 Murray 42 now listed exclusively for sale with YOTI Sydney Harbour. Designed by Murray/Burns/Dovell, she was built in Port Adelaide by Bolton Yachts and was the first in a long line of highly successful racing yachts built for Geoff Boettcher under the Secret Mens Business banner. Affectionately known as "SMB", she continues today ...

  12. Boat Of The Week

    Starting her life as 'Matador' and winning the 52 worlds championships in 2009, 'Secret Mens Busines's has had impressive results ever since. In immaculate condition, and with no expense spared by her owners, 'Secret Men's Business' still has the ability to compete in any regatta at the highest level.

  13. Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2024

    This is the former Matador, Team Beau Geste, and now named Secret Mens Business by third owner, Geoff Boettcher, who has owned a stream of boats by the same name. In last year's Gold Coast race, 'Boettch' sailed her to 15 th overall and sixth in Division O, just one place and 33 minutes on corrected time behind the best place TP52, Ichi ...

  14. Secret Mens Business Yachting

    Secret Mens Business Yachting. 2,974 likes · 1 talking about this. TP52 Race Yacht, based in Adelaide, South Australia.

  15. The secret to Geoff Boettcher's success is Secret Mens Business

    The Sydney Hobart win in 2010 onboard Secret Men's Business 3.5, a Reichel Pugh 51, reinforced to Geoff that having the right boat and sails coupled with experienced crew leads to the success of the programme overall. Geoff says 'As a career highlight and testament to our long standing crew, SMB 3.5 was shipped to UK in 2013 for the Fastnet ...

  16. Secret Men's Business takes line honours in the Teakle Classic Adelaide

    Geoff Boettcher's Secret Mens Business has again taken out line honours in the Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race, finishing well ahead of the 38-strong fleet. Boettcher and crew sailed strongly to lead all the way from Adelaide's Outer Harbour, down Gulf St Vincent and around Marion Bay, finishing in about 19 hours and 22 minutes.

  17. Secret Mens Business

    Secret Mens Business . Competitor Details. Yacht Name: Secret Mens Business: Sail Number: SA3300: Owner: G Boettcher: Skipper: Geoff Boettcher: Type: Reichel/Pugh 46: Designer: Reichel/Pugh: ... Shop the official clothing range of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in person at the Club in New South Head ...

  18. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024

    The boat was re-launched in Mornington by Hart Marine in late 2009 and is now known as Secret Mens Business 3.5 (SMB3.5). With a slightly larger sail plan and waterline length, SMB 3.5 placed eighth in IRC Division 1 of last year's Rolex Sydney Hobart and will prove to be very competitive with other 50 footers entered into this race. As SMB 3 ...

  19. Shark takes chunk out of Holden Secret Men's Business yacht to wreck

    Holden Secret Men's Business was the 12th yacht to finish the 68th Sydney-Hobart. The crew had high hopes of the yacht being a major player in the chase for overall honours before her mishap at sea.

  20. 2023 Australian Yachting Champions crowned in Port Lincoln as Teakle

    Geoff Boettcher's Secret Men's Business has officially got the monkey off the back, taking out the triple crown of the Adelaide-Lincoln race, the Lincoln Week Regatta, and the Australian Championship that combines results from the two events. ... Posted on 20 Feb 2023 Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race Secret Mens Business ...

  21. Secret Mens Business takes Adelaide to Port Lincoln line honours

    18/02/2018. Geoff Boettcher's Secret Mens Business has again taken out line honours in the Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race, finishing well ahead of the rest of the 38-strong fleet. Boettcher and crew sailed strongly to lead all the way from Adelaide's Outer Harbour, down Gulf St Vincent and around Marion Bay, finishing in ...

  22. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024

    Secret Men's Business 1. Secret Mens Business 1 was designed by Iain Murray and built in 1996 by Bolton Yachts in Adelaide for original owner Geoff Boettcher. It competed up and down the east and south coast of Australia with its best result being a third in division in the 2003 Rolex Sydney Hobart. SMB was overhauled in 2002 with a new MBD ...

  23. At least 5 Secret Service agents have been placed on modified duty

    At least five Secret Service agents have been placed on modified duty after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in July, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.

  24. Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2024

    Secret Mens Business #1 was designed by Iain Murray and built in 1996 by Bolton Yachts in Adelaide for original owner Geoff Boettcher. She competed up and down the east and south coast of Australia with its best result being a 3rd in division in the 2003 Rolex Sydney Hobart. ... Yacht Name: Secret Men's Business #1: Sail Number: 8300: Owner ...