Susan Hood Trophy Race Results



3:10 PM Mon 6 Jun 2011 GMT
'Umi Taka crosses the finish line under gray skies' Guy Perrin Click Here to view large photo
Soaked crews made it back to PCYC after experiencing the full gamut of conditions in the 2011 Susan Hood Trophy Race. Many abandoned the race after hours of drifting near the Burlington Weather Mark; PCYC's Simon Hampson on Kawabonga explained when I saw him on the docks at 5:30 AM: 'Despite the light winds at the start, we still managed to get to within two miles of the Burlington mark in three hours, then we spent the next three hours drifting towards the mark in the slow current with no wind in the sails. We were still a half-mile away ...


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by Guy Perrin





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