Black Swan Racing in Russia for Sails of White Nights Cup

by Black Swan Racing on 9 Jun 2010
Black Swan Racing's Keith Swinton reports from St Petersburg.

Today we arrived in St Petersburg, Russia for the ISAF grade 1 Sails of White Nights National Congress Cup.

The regatta will be sailed on the three man 'Santa 760' yacht with an a-symmetrical spinnaker. These are difficult boats to sail as the hull shape is not optomised for great performance. The sailing area is a free flowing river refined by the shore on one side and a shipping channel on the other. Because of the many land influences the wind is shifty and quite unpredictable.

'Being an ISAF grade 1 event this regatta is important, as a good result will help us improve our world ranking. It’s going to be very testing with the venue and boats but I am confident we can pull it off' said Keith Swinton, helmsman Black Swan Racing.

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