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RACES & REGATTAS — Reviews —
CLIPPER ROUND THE WORLD YACHT RACE - LEG 7
CLIPPERTELEMED+ POPPED champagne
after finishing Leg 7 with a victory in Race 11
and leading the fleet into New York, although
the team finished second in Panama for Race
10 behind LMAX Exchange.
ClipperTelemed+crossed the finish line
in New York at 14:42 UTC on June 9 after
overtaking Garmin at night, followed by Visit
Seattle in third recording its first podium and
best result so far in the series.
“The team is ecstatic about winning the
race,” says ClipperTelemed+ Skipper Matt
Mitchell. “We’ve been putting in 110% every
minute of this race, coupled with good
decisions along the way. We have secured
victory for the first time since leaving London.”
The Leg 7 races had no lack of dramas:
During Race 10 the temperature went up to
mid-40 degrees due to a dearth of wind. A
complete reverse came later when the fast and
furious tropical storm Colin blasted on the
fleet. The teams survived with preparation
beforehand.
LMAX Exchange is still leading the Clipper
Race overall, with Derry~Londonderry~Doire
and Great Britain competing for the final title.
The final leg of the odyssey, New York to
London via Derry-Londonderry in Northern
Ireland and Den Helder in the Netherlands got
underway on June 20.
http://www.clipperroundtheworld.com PHOTOS: BEN SOLOMON / CLIPPER RACEHELD AT SUBIC BAY in Philippines, the 9th edition of the
Commodore’s Cup wrapped up after some fierce races (Mar 28-Apr 1).
Australian Skipper Nick Burns aboard EFG Mandrake took line
honours as well as the Racing Class title, Anthony Root’s Ker 42 Black
Baza settled on second overall. Ernesto Echauz’s Standard Insurance
Centennial III finished in third.
Local sailor Jun Avecilla’s Beneteau First 36.7 Selma Star won
every race in the Cruising Class and Viggo Lisson’s Beneteau First
31.7 Selma followed suit with second places. Garry Kingshott’s Fusion 40
catamaran Kerida came in third overall.COMMODORES’ CUP REGATTA
PHOTOS: ZED AVECILLAIn the Streaker dinghy class, Roel Batlagan came from behind to score
seven wins out of 12 races and proudly took the trophy home. Early leader
Boyet Magsanay finished on the podium in second overall. After a close
battle, Janno Dalanon claimed third place.
Eleven Optimists went head to head and enjoyed the outing. John
Pert Laud out-sailed the other sailors to post 10 wins in a row. Stringing
together mostly second and third places, Dazer Balangue wound up in
second place in front of his older brother Daven Balangue who took
third overall.
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