Hamble men shine in Round Island race
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Your support makes all the difference.The sailing village of Hamble was celebrating yesterday as local yachtsmen engineered a clean sweep in the Hoya Round the Island Race. First of the 1,242, and winner of the Gold Roman Bowl, was Martin Moody's mini- tonner Shallot, with Malcolm Donald's Folkboat Celia Mary second and Peter and Carol Smith's Scorpion third. In addition, Andrew Webster was a class winner in Quencher and a crew from the Royal Southern Yacht Club worked hard to win the Old Gaffer class.
The race was staged in sparkling conditions, a 12-knot easterly giving the yachts a spinnaker start off the Royal Yacht Squadron line at Cowes. From there, they were playing the usual island game of tacking inshore to cheat the adverse tide, so, although the wind was increasing in strength, this was not a year for breaking records.
First to finish were two 26-foot catamarans, Harvey Bowden's Orion and Keith Bliss's Firebird followed by the largest yacht in the race, Mike Slade's 84-foot Longobarda, 57 minutes outside the record it set last year.
Meanwhile, the 16 yachts in the Round Europe Race, including one skippered by Tony Bullimore, postponed their start from Cherbourg to Rotterdam yesterday because of strong winds.
In Punta Ala, Italy, today Olympic silver medallists John Merricks and Ian Walker line up against a strong fleet in the Mumm 36 World Championships.
The 173-foot schooner Adela won the Atlantic Challenge Cup race from New York to the Lizard.
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