"In my first Women's Keelboat Regatta in 2017 I trimmed the mainsail for the first time on a keelboat.
McManus has been honing her sailing skills through the Australian Women's Keelboat Regatta (AWKR) in Victoria and regards that event as one of the most influential in her sailing development. "If you had asked me ten years ago if I thought I would sail a 37-foot yacht from Townsville to Thailand and compete in three Indonesian regattas, I'd have said you were crazy," said McManus. We competed in the nine-day Raja Muda Selangor Regatta in Malaysia followed by the Phuket Kings Cup in Thailand," said McManus. I did the delivery from Townsville to Darwin, competed in the Spice Islands Darwin to Ambon Race, then delivered the same boat from Ambon to Bali, from Port Dickson to Port Klang in Malaysia, then from Langkawi Malaysia to Phuket, in Thailand. "My first Bass Strait crossing was a delivery on a TP52 from Hobart to Sydney and I've done several other deliveries up and down the east coast. The modest, Hobart-based sailor considers herself a relatively inexperienced offshore competitor compared to her crew mates on Twitch, and while she may not have a lot of offshore races under her belt, she is certainly building her blue water miles. McManus moved from the NS14 into a 13-foot Hawke catamaran in her youth, but it was some years later before she set foot on a bigger keelboat, crewing for Ian Johnston on his Doven 30, and she has never looked back. So, what drives this calm and quiet achiever and how does she rate her team's chances in the upcoming Launceston to Hobart Race? Wind the clock forward to 2020 and McManus is lining up for her fourth Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race on Twitch. Sandy McManus started sailing an NS14 with a neighbour as a 12-year-old from the Lauderdale Yacht Club.
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