Race Update: July 12, 2015 Terry Halpin – Good evening sports fans – I’m normally a pretty quiet and reserved guy, but the boys have asked me to contribute to the Dorade blog, so I’m going to give it a shot. I’ll start with the facts: We are approximately 180 nautical miles from the finish …
Mike Giles, July 11, 2015, 11:30 a.m. EST – The last of these weather systems are over us now and have been for the past eight hours or so. The guys have all put in a huge effort to try and push Dorade as hard as possible, with the hopes of minimizing the mileage loss …
DTF = 0. For any distance racer, that is the sweetest possible combination of three letters, one symbol and a number. Congratulations to Lucky, owner Bryon Ehrhart and the entire crew for a fabulous race. They are the first boat across the line and a strong favorite for overall IRC honors. Distance sailed: 3,038.6 miles. …
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Michael Giles – It’s not often you get to do something this special. The past few days have provided us with some challenging sailing, interesting debates and great laughs. The winds have finally calmed down enough for us to open up the hatches, hoist all the sails and start the “downwind roll” (those that have …
(Thursday, July 9, 2015) – With a day and a half to go, the three-way battle to be first home in the Transatlantic Race 2015 has changed complexion, with Bryon Ehrhart’s Lucky taking the lead on the water. Yesterday afternoon the Reichel/Pugh 63 finally passed the giant schooner, Mariette of 1915, a vessel twice her …