Steinlager 2 was voted "Yacht of the Year" by the Yachting Magazine in 1990.

Her Race history is as follows:-

• 1st place Fastnet 89 (unofficial entrant)
• 1st place Whitbread 89/90
• 1st place Europe Tour UAP
• 1st place World Circuit (Maxi Division)
• 1st place Transat des Alizees
• 1st place Boston -New York
• 1st place Nioularge
• 1st place Ostende-Helgoland

She has recently been under private ownership, and based far away from New Zealand shores. Under this ownership her race history carried on...

• 1st ship home Roma per tutti 2005
• 1st ship home Roma–Carthago 2005 (race record)
• 1st ship home Palermo-Montecarlo 2005 (race record)
• 2nd ship home Rolex Middle Sea Race 2005
• 2nd ship home Palermo-Montecarlo 2006
• 1st ship home Palermo-Montecarlo 2007

Now she is heading back to New Zealand, and the challenge of the Trust is to create a sustainable home berth for her to be a part of the NZ Sailing Trust.

For more info about Steinlager 2's return, contact us