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Sunday, 07 March 2010 |
"Bob (Bell
- Project manager) described today as a £1,000 day, a day where you would pay
£1,000 to sail the boat," writes Brendan Hall, skipper of the Australian
entry. "The scene is Spirit of Australia speeding along under spinnaker
around the southern tip of Japan,
with off-lying islands to the south of us, rising out of the sea like vertical
spires of rock, the top of each shrouded in cloud. From here, mainland Japan looks
lush, green and verdant. The sun is out and the deck is festooned with damp
clothing, drying out. This is a day to enjoy and remember, especially after the
drenching rain and thunderstorms we had last night."
He and his crew were first around the waypoint to begin the next stage of their
mammoth race across the mighty Pacific Ocean
and on board they are feeling good.
"I am always amazed at how our moods become so closely linked to the
weather, and a glorious, sunny day lifts spirits tremendously."
That sunshine will be particularly welcome to the crew of Cape
Breton Island after an electrifying 24 hours on board.
Skipper Jan Ridd explains, "We spent most of yesterday sailing in light
winds. It built eventually to a comfortable Force 5 or 6 but the weather was
horrendous with torrential rain virtually non-stop, making time on deck very
uncomfortable. As we approached the southern tip of Japan we were treated to a
fantastic light show as truly spectacular lighting struck all around us
accompanied by the loud crash of thunder.
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Sunday, 07 March 2010 |
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(Photo Andrea Francolini)
 With the
Round 1 Audi IRC Australian Championship leader missing from Round 2 at the
Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta this weekend, the way was left clear for the other
thoroughbreds in Division 1 to make their mark at the Middle Harbour Yacht Club
hosted t event.
Stephen
Ainsworth’s Loki, a Reichel/Pugh 63 Loki (NSW), was first out of Sydney Heads
after getting off the Watsons Bay start line quickly at 11.30am, but it wasn’t
long before Bob Oatley’s Reichel/Pugh 66 Wild Oats X (NSW) had overhauled her
smaller rival, Richards sailing Wild Oats X up the left hand side of the
course, while the chasers headed right.
All was well until after the second windward mark rounding and Wild Oats
X seemed to flounder and retired from the race. Richards and his crew took the
boat back to Woolwich and it is believed they have suffered problems with the
mechanism that works the canting keel. All in all, a disappointing day for Wild
Oats X, which has Adrienne Cahalan, the around the world speed-breaking sailor,
aboard as navigator
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Sunday, 07 March 2010 |
It just arrived on a
yacht carrier in St. Thomas:
Austin and Gwen Fragomen's Judel/Vrolik 52' Interlodge, a newcomer to
the International Rolex Regatta,
which this year is scheduled for Friday, March 26 through Sunday, March 28. The
three-day event, hosted by St. Thomas
Yacht Club, has a track record - spanning 37 years - for delivering the goods
when it comes to racing and island-style hospitality.
"We thought it would be fun to try something different this
year," said Austin Fragomen, who is from New York,
N.Y., and plans to use the Caribbean event to
shake off the winter dust in preparation for a hard summer and fall of racing
in Europe. He will be joined by hundreds of
other sailors and their families migrating from the States and overseas in
search of quality "vacation racing" time in the islands.
"The thing I like is that there is more of a center point of
activity at this regatta," he added, noting that St. Thomas Yacht Club is
not only headquarters for the regatta but also "home" to which the
sailors return each afternoon after racing, with many of the competitors happy
to dock at or moor off the club, where it's mere minutes to and from the race
courses. Berthing for boats expands to Yacht Haven Grande and American Yacht Harbor
(compliments of Island Global Yachting) for those teams wanting full marina
facilities.
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