A powerful S&S 47 footer under Ray Kirby and veteran selling master Peter Green, Patrice III is well sailld and will give a good account, especially in fresh headwinds. 7th 1976 was her best performance:  she represented NSW in the 1975 Southern Cross Cup and under charter sailed for Ireland in 1979. Built by Trevor Gowland in aluminium, she was launched in 1974 and has only missed one year since then. She could suffer in light airs.