[2][1] After the 1988 World Championship, he retired from International Canoe Federation (ICF) events and concentrated on adventure racing.

Jacoby won the event with the same lead over Steve Gurney, in a time of 12:02:59 hours.

He narrowly missed out on winning a NZ$35,000 Ford Laser TX3 Turbo, which was the price for the first competitor to break the 12-hour mark.

There was a rockfall that killed fellow competitor Nigel Aylott; the same rock hit Jacoby at the leg and put him into hospital.

[9][10] In August 2015, Jacoby and fellow adventurer Brian Freeman paddled across the Bass Strait within 60 hours unsupported from Wilsons Promontory in Victoria to Little Musselroe Bay in Tasmania.