Class
40 Fleet finishes their Marblehead to Halifax Race
Tuesday, June 10 2008
The seven boat fleet of the
Class 40 offshore
sailboats finished the first North American race for this
exciting new boat. They sailed in steady winds as a close group
across the Gulf of Maine and turned the corner at Brazil Rock in
a bunch. Along the coast of Nova Scotia variable conditions
separated the fleet somewhat, but the spread of finish times of
less than seven hours was much tighter than in usual in the
Marblehead to Halifax.
Pictures...
The winner was Cheeky Too - Novedia,
skippered by Tanguy De Lamotte, second place was Custo Pol with
Halvard Mabire, and third 40 Degrees with Miranda Merron. The
awards ceremony at the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron featured
guest speaker Sir Robin Knox-Johnson, who sailed and won the
first solo nonstop circumnavigation in 1969.
Most of the fleet had previously completed
the single handed Artemis Transat and were next moving to Quebec
City for the start of the Quebec to Saint Malo transatlantic
race back to Europe.
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