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27 January 2021


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Συγχαρητήρια Zorba777!!!
FELICIDADES rafa!! GRATULACJE WRmirekd!!!
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Several years ago, Sailonline’s boathouse received the addition of a splendid superyacht polar – born out of a desire to see how these boats actually perform and to provide racers with a glamorous vessel for races in/around some of the more exotic locations in the world. Unfortunately, those responsible for choosing the boats for our races didn’t favour this awesome and stunning looking piece of multi-masted sailing technology so the Race the Ditch 2021 event was only the fourth time that we have been fortunate enough to test her sailing performance. With a polar giving windward performance more akin to that of a multihull, our beautiful Falkun gave us an interesting and challenging race from Australia to New Zealand – a transit only previously raced directly in actual tall ships!

A decent fleet of 160 registered in the race, flying the flags of 33 different nations, and with a degree of fanning-out from the start, it was soon clear that more than one option might prove successful and by the time the leaders reached Cape Reinga it was clear that the approach to Auckland would be best effected by sailing NE away from New Zealand’s N Island! The race then became a totally different affair from the broad sweep of ocean racing, and turned into a ferocious inshore tactical battle.

Many congratulations to our podium who, had they been forming a parade of sail on arrival in Auckland couldn’t have timed their presentation to the city more accurately, with our winner arriving 15m ahead of his closest rival in second place, who was nearly 6m ahead of the third! Very well done guys!

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