What a brilliant day to go sailing down to Port Elizabeth’s Algoa Bay Yacht Club (ABYC). The Vasco Da Gama race started at 12:00 midday on Thursday 27 April 2017.
The 2017 Vasco Da Gama Ocean Sailing race will go down in history as THE RACE when EVERY SINGLE yacht competing finished within the record time set by Nicholas Mace on Gumption in 2015. That record was 2 days, 6 hours and one minute.
#abycpe #durban #sailing #oceanracing – Taken by the Editor whilst wandering aimlessly about pretending to be in the know.
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Alan Straton
Chief Cook, Bottle Washer and Broom Mechanic at MyPE
Passionate about Port Elizabeth and definitely NOT packing for Perth.
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