Convergence wins opening event of Sail Banda 2010
by Indonesia Tourism on 5 Aug 2010
Sail Banda 2010 SW
The yacht Convergence skippered by Randolph Kent Repass (USA) has been declared the winner of the opening event of Sail Banda 2010.
On Tuesday night Repass was presented with the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister’s trophy by Maluku Vice Governor, Said Assagaff, at a ceremony held at Tantui Nusantara Fish Port, close to the mooring location of the yachts participating in Sail Banda.
Convergence was the first boat to arrive at Banda Island on Monday 26 July after being 'flagged off' at Darwin’s Cullen Bay, Australia, on July 24.
The second yacht to arrive in Banda was Pegasus, skippered by Jason Charles Lawrence (GBR), who won the Maluku Governor’s trophy.
Third home was First Light III skippered by Bernard John McGoldrick (AUS). Bernard received the Sail Banda Committee’s trophy.
The first three yachts were followed by six others, namely Catspaw (GBR) skippered by Peter Richard Whitby, Magnetic (NZL) by Trevor Clifford Clark, Erica (NZL) by Erick Frederik Gray, Umbra Luna (AUS) by Dale Lynn Clemons, and Miranda I (AUS) by Geoffrey Philip Rawlins Birch.
Sail Banda 2010, organized by the central government in cooperation with Maluku provincial administration, has 49 participants from five countries.
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