Yacht hits Manly Ferry, what do you know about this?
by Rob Kothe and the Sail-World team on 4 Mar 2015
Barcelona World Race 2014-15, Chemineees Poujoulat (Bernard Stamm, Jean Le Cam) Gilles Martin-Raget / Barcelona World Race
Sunday afternoon squall on Sydney Harbour and a Manly ferry is blasting its horn as an apparently out of control yacht, with sail number 1152 was in danger of colliding with the ferry.
No reaction from the yacht, its headsails and main luffing it continued on an altered path and does hit the stern of the ferry. Thankfully it seems without major damage or crew injury.
Was the yacht rudderless? Broken steering cables, the helmsperson, the only sailor on the boat, with a non-sailing crew injured or overboard??
Please watch the video!! Can you shed any light on this odd incident? Please tell us what you know at editor@sail-world.com
BTW Sail-World has over 8,000 Australian yachts in its databases, the only 1152 is SM1152 from Victoria, and this is not the boat.
A major figure from the Australian sailing scene, John Harrison, died over the weekend.
John was the Australian Olympic Team Section Manager for Sailing at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games. His contribution to Australian sailing continues to this day, as you will read below...
Sydney Harbour Regatta - With numbers down from its halcyon days, but still a big regatta, As entries breach the 180 mark, organisers at Middle Harbour Yacht Club are busily preparing and counting down the days to the 10th anniversary, to be held this weekend, March 7 and 8.
On the world scene -
Sail-World covered the Auckland arrival of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet in great detail, we are gearing up for the inshore race and the start of Leg 5 to Brazil in less than two weeks.
Meanwhile the leaders in the nonstop two handed Barcelona World Race that started on December 31st, Cheminées Poujoulat Bernard Stamm and Jean Le Cam passed under 5,000 miles to the Barcelona World Race finish line and today also crossed over their own outbound track
They have sailed 21,080 nautical miles averaging 14.6kts. They hold the highest 24hrs run at 482.8 NM’s on 11th February, the highest 4 hours speed gun average at 21.1kts on that same date. They have lead continuously since 16th January, taking over from the dismasted Hugo Boss.
Lots more news from Australia and the world below,
Enjoy the news and we await any updates on Sail number 1152
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