THREE-PEAT FOR HERBERT

July 18, 2019
|In Racing
|By Boating New Zealand

Seventeen-year old Sean Herbert has made history by becoming the first person to win the New Zealand Starling Nationals three times in a row.

Sailing for RNZYS, Herbert pulled off the three-peat in a regatta that came right down to the final race at the Taipa Sailing Club.

Will he try for four in a row? He thinks his size might be a limiting factor for the small class of boat: “I think the oldest competitor this year was 61 so you can stay in it as long as you like, but I’m over sixfoot now and weigh 60kgs, so I’m on the brink of being too big.”