Friday, 12th December – Race 4
Timoneer wins the Antigua Super Yacht Cup!
The course for the final race was the same as on the first day, but the wind was a little lighter; about 15 to 18 knots. The handicaps were tweaked a little and this resulted in us starting last, twenty six minutes behind the first starter, Signe and two minutes behind Kalikobass.
A close fetch out to the first buoy five miles south of the island saw us arrive neck and neck with Kalikobas. We gybed at the mark for the broad reach down to Curtain Bluff. Our foredeck crew did a fantastic job getting not only the spinnaker set, but also the mizzen staysail up and drawing several minutes before Kalikobass was able to get her spinnaker pulling. This allowed us to sail through their lee into third place at the bottom mark.
Luckily for us, the breeze picked up to around 20 knots, and we soon caught and passed Tenacious on the beat. Although we closed on Signe, we could not catch her and she crossed the line a few minutes ahead of us.
However, our second place was enough to give us the overall win for the regatta, so we were all happy with that and enjoyed a great prize giving party held at the Copper and Lumber Hotel here in Nelson’s Dockyard.
