Thursday, 16 August 2007
11pm update: Grand Welcomes
Exabyte 3 and Jaguar Logic are home!
Two large noisy welcome parties assembled on the pontoons of Queen Annes Battery Marina this evening to welcome home the first of the two Sailing Logic boats that completed the Rolex Fastnet Race 2007. Exabyte 3 finished at 1737 in 10th place in IRC Class Zero and a fantastic 21st place over all. It was a relieved group of friends and relatives that greeted the crew of 12 and joined them in celebrating their finish. The guys are tired but well and are now enjoying a crew meal at the Royal Western Yacht Club. Plenty of champagne will be consumed tonight.
Jaguar Logic arrived just under four hours later assisted by Puma Logic as they were without
power to run their engine. The crew of Endeavour who arrived just after Exabyte 3 joined the welcome party. Together, they created more noise than any welcome yet. Jaguar fought all the way for 1st place in class with Scarlet Oyster but finally was placed 2nd in IRC 1. The owner of Scarlet Oyster said - the skipper of Jaguar Logic really put up a fantastic fight. Jaguar in fact beat Scarlet Oyster to the Rock but at the end of the downwind leg home they discovered they had battery problems and did not have enough power to use any instruments onboard. Without flying the kite at night Scarlet Oyster slipped further into the lead.Bol the first mate shares her thoughts of the race: It was quite breezy and a little bit damp but it was absolutely awesome – an understatement - a tough ride up and a fantastic sleigh ride home.
It is a jubilant crew that are now celebrating in the beer tent at QAB Marina: its going to be a big night here for the Sailing Logic team and a long one as many fight sleep and stay awake to welcome Bongani in who is now approx. 45miles away and making an average of 6.7knots. We should see them here shortly after 5am. Sidney will also be with us roughly 5 hours later. We’ll keep you posted …
posted by Sailing Logic at 11:21 PM
