What a blast! After an absolutely amazing delivery and a clear win of the Friday night party, which concluded with a ride home from some random Irish guys, and a stealthy return to the boat, we awoke to incredible wind and sunny, warm weather. We were expecting the race to last 20 hours or so, imagine our surprise when we finished in around 10!! We had a great battle with most of the Ross 930s and the other Hotfoot 31s, we were almost cut in half by the Hobie 33 Por Favour at one point, though fortunately we were able to evade a collision. We battled with the custom Hotfoot 31 Bigfoot x for much of the race, often trading positions. In the last few minutes of the race, when we had assumed all was lost and Bigfoot X had beaten us, we were hit by a surprise wind shift and managed to sneak past them and finish with 4 seconds between the boats! WOOT!
Quote of the Race:
Eimear (whilst waking up): "Ummmm guys... where... where are my pants?"
On to Victoria for the 2014 Swiftsure International Yacht Race!
Quote of the Race:
Eimear (whilst waking up): "Ummmm guys... where... where are my pants?"
On to Victoria for the 2014 Swiftsure International Yacht Race!