Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Congratulations to the Sailing Logic team on Quokka 8, a Grand Soleil 43, who won the recent RORC St Malo race by a huge margin!
The team have finally tasted the victory that they have been training so hard for. The season didn't start so well when boat damage forced them to retire from the Myth of Malham/Eddystone Race in May just on the final approach to the finish line. The next race was the Morgan Cup Race to Cherbourg, which was the really windy one in June, had its own set of challenges and whilst the team finished (which in itself was a hugh acheivement as only half of the fleet did finish) they were well down the leaderboard.
The recent St Malo race proved the ideal opportunity for Quokka to show the rest of the fleet just what they were capable of. Great team work, perfect sail choices and fantastic tactics by skipper Philippe meant saw the team cross the line over 40 mins ahead of the nearest yacht, and the team were moored up enjoying dinner whilst half of the fleet were floating just outside of St Malo in the wind hole! A really fantastic result for the team and very much deserved after so many near-misses!
These races have all been part of the qualifiers to the prestigious Rolex Fastnet Race taking place in August - good luck to Philippe and the crew in the remaining qualifier, the Channel race and of course for the Fastnet finale!
There will be prizes issued on Tuesday 2nd August 2011 at 7.30pm at the RORC Clubhouse (20 St James St, SW1A 1NN) - all are welcome to attend, if you'd like to pop by and say hi to some of our crew!
