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sy Timoneer

45m luxury ketch-rigged sailing superyacht

March 28, 2009 | Author admin

TIMONEER AT THE ST BARTH’S BUCKET
FRIDAY MARCH 27TH 2009

The boats are all here and the weather is fantastic. There are 35 boats in this regatta with a waiting list to participate. The boats range from Maltese Falcon at 289 feet down to Wild Horses at 80 feet, big classic schooners (Adela) to modern ones like Meteor from Huisman’s yard in Holland. There are flat out speed machines (Leopard) and grand old ladies like the Perini Navis. Timoneer slots in somewhere in the middle and is the the Grande Dames class while the racing boats are in the Gazelle class.

The racing is in the pursuit format. We all start at different times and if the organisers have the numbers correct then in theory we should all finish at the same time. the first boat to finish then wins the race. The theory of course never works as there are so many variables but they are getting very good at handicapping these huge machines which are all so different.

We started the 27 mile course (counter clockwise around ST Barths) in about 14 knots of breeze, and our start was 28 minutes behind the first boat. We had a really good start and soon clawed our way past a lot of the boats ahead of us by staying high close to the island. We tacked to lay the eastern part of the Island and we were looking good and feeling smug. However we failed to make the corner and had to tack to clear the land which was a disaster and cost us a lot of time. Once we were back in the hunt again we then had a problem getting past the boats ahead of us who blanketed us with spinnakers and we only managed to get back a few places as we rounded Isle Fourche at the western end of the course. Lots of boats around, close to the rocks and some exciting moments for all. The photographers were probably having a field day.

It was a straight run from there back to the finish and we were doing Ok until the huge Maltese Falcon rolled over the top of us and stole our breeze. At the time we looked certain to overtake two other boats before the finish but this was not to be when we lost our speed.

We ended up finishing 11th overall and 8th in our class.

Tomorrow is another day!!

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