Saturday 9th October 2004
Race 3 of the SuperYacht Cup in Palma de Mallorca.
WE WON!!!!!! Not only did we win today’s race but we won the whole regatta! The crew are exstatic and tonight we go out to celebrate after the prize giving which will be at the black tie ball at the Yacht Club.
The wind obeyed the forecaster and we started on time with about 16 to 18 knots of breeze. It was a good beat up to the first mark, Isle de Sec, and we rounded in second position close behind the first boat. By the time we got to the next mark with the spinnaker we were in first position and looking a little shaky with the schooner Windrose coming up fast behind us and Bristolian on our hip. Being much lighter than us, Bristolian passed us close to the mark as we tried to get 300 tons moving again but once we got the momentum going we sailed gracefully through their lee and back into the lead. Our next worry was Windrose, a faster boat in these conditions, but we managed to cover her well and she was unable to get through our wind shadow and we reached across the finish line at 13 knots with Windrose a boat length behind. Lots of horns, cheers and whistles.
Tmoneer will now stay in Palma until the end of the month and then down to the Canaries and across to the Caribbean for Christmas. Long term plans are to go through the Panama Canal and up to Alaska for next summer.
Regards = PHil