Sydney Swans champion Jude Bolton nervous ahead of debut Sydney to Hobart aboard supermaxi Perpetual Loyal A number of athletes from other sports are competing in the Sydney to Hobart and most of them are onboard supermaxi Perpetual Loyal, including former Sydney Swan Jude Bolton. HE was a fearless leader of the Sydney Swans but retired champion Jude Bolton has admitted he is decidedly nervous ahead of his maiden Sydney to Hobart yacht race. But there is a very special reasons the man who scored his final goal for the Swans in September is heading south - his little daughter Siarra, two in January. Like fathers around the world high on Bolton's wish list is to make his daughter proud. "She's a little young right now but hopefully my little girl will be proud of her dad one day," said Bolton whose wife Lynette will fly to Hobart to meet him at the end of the race. Former Sydney Swans AFL player Jude Bolton with his wife Lynette and daughter Siarra at Rose Bay in Sydney, ahead of his debut Sydney to Hobart aboard Perpetual Loyal. The former Swan is part of the celebrity crew aboard Anthony Bell's supermaxi Perpetual Loyal heading to Hobart to help raise funds and awareness for the Loyal Foundation charity. Bolton has admitted his stomach is already fluttering at the prospect of big waves in Bass Strait, one of the most notorious stretches of water in the world and being down below on the 100-footer Perpetual Loyal. "I hear being below is the worst if you are seasick," Bolton said. Bolton said joining a different sporting team for a new challenge is helping him adjust to life after elite sport after his retirement in the Swans preliminary final match against Fremantle. "To walk into something which is as competitive and challenging like this has been great," he said. I'm just hoping to contribute to the team in any way I can. Most of the time that's lugging the sails which are incredibly heavy and being ballast on the side of the boat. TV personalities Karl Stefanovic and Larry Emdur are both back for another tilt at the Sydney to Hobart line honours in support of the Loyal Foundation with round the world sailor Jessica Watson the only female aboard the supermaxi. Bolton and chef Guillaume Brahimi are both making their Hobart debuts this year on the yacht which is hoping to spoil Wild Oats' bid for a record seventh line honours victory in the 628 nautical mile race to Hobart.