“Talking Sailing” From My Archives. 1982 Vasco Da Gama Race

The crew of Take Five a Farr 38.

By Richard Crockett

Always known to be a tough race, this was one of the tougher ones as it was a beat all the way from start to finish!

But a special mention of Siggie Eicholz and his crew who beat all the way from East London to the start, arriving mere hours before the start, then turning round and beating all the way back again! That’s over 500nm of beating!

How many yachties today would do that?

Today I will share the magazine articles plus Dave Cox’s “Comments” in Yachtsman RSA mag.

Enjoy these 3 “reads” and please feel free to SHARE and COMMENT.

READ THEM HERE:

Pages from 1982 06 – SA Yachting – OCR

Pages from 1982 06 – Yachtsman RSA – OCR

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