Vic-Maui Yacht Race - Westerly comes in to complete the Trio
by Vic-Maui on 22 Jul 2016
Westerly - 2016 Vic-Maui Yacht Race Vic-Maui -
2016 Vic-Maui Yacht Race - After Valkyrie's smashing run to the finish and a new elapsed time record and Kinetic chasing her all the way in to be in position of a possible overall win, Westerly completed the trio of boats beating the old record with a finish at 1:32 am HST.
Stuart Dahlgren's Santa Cruz 70, sailing for Royal Victoria Yacht Club completed the course in eight days, seventeen hours and thirty-two minutes, about five hours ahead of Grand Illusion's 2000 run. In a year without TP-52s, the whole story would be on Westerly great race to Maui.
It was nice to the family and local LYC greeting party enthusiastically welcome Westerly into Lahaina harbour about 2:30 am. But it was a nice touch for some of the crew from Kinetic and Valkyrie - Brothers and Sisters in Adventure - staying up to greet the Westerlies and share the stories of the shared wild ride of 2016.
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