Fastnet 2019 Troubadour – The Final Tally
I was surprised that we had finished the race in time to attend the prize giving party, although it poured with rain as a gale swept in for the weekend. It was a good party and a time to reflect on achievements of competing in the worlds largest race.
I had to leave early in the morning by coach to return home and as I waited for a Taxi, the final yacht arrived, the smallest in the race a Contessa 32, their final hours battling a growing gale. They received a prize for being the final yacht to make it home.
So how did we do.
Troubadour finished in 5 days, 1 hour, 17 minutes and 12 seconds
33rd in IRC 3A
65th in IRC 3
272nd in IRC
298th in Line honours
This was our best finish for the year and we beat a number of boats who had always beaten us including Volunteer the RNR yacht who we caught in the final hours of the race.
Would I do it again ? probalbly not due to cost and time commitment to training
David Ogden Trimmer and Helm
2019 Fastnet Finisher – Troubadour
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