The leaping ‘Gherkin’: Jack Rooklyn’s maxi, Apollo, affectionately known as ‘The Gherkin’, bursts through a wave during the inaugural Hamilton Island Race Week in 1984. (Image: Sandy Peacock)

The leaping ‘Gherkin’: Jack Rooklyn’s maxi, Apollo, affectionately known as ‘The Gherkin’, bursts through a wave during the inaugural Hamilton Island Race Week in 1984. (Image: Sandy Peacock)

February 18, 2013

Written by Zuzana Bednarova

This image is featured as part of the article Historic photos from inaugural Hamilton Island Race Week held in 1984.

The leaping ‘Gherkin’: Jack Rooklyn’s maxi, Apollo, affectionately known as ‘The Gherkin’, bursts through a wave during the inaugural Hamilton Island Race Week in 1984. (Image: Sandy Peacock)

The leaping ‘Gherkin’: Jack Rooklyn’s maxi, Apollo, affectionately known as ‘The Gherkin’, bursts through a wave during the inaugural Hamilton Island Race Week in 1984. (Image: Sandy Peacock)

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