“Talking Sailing” From My Archives. 1986 Vasco Da Gama Race

Ilse, the line and handicap honours winner.

by Richard Crockett

This was another classic Vasco with both upwind and downwind conditions, nothing too strong though, but enough to sort the men from the boys!

‘Ilse’, the DB2, was skippered by Terry Clarence, who for the second time took both line and handicap honours, although being a relatively quick race, the entire fleet finished within 15 hours of the line honours winner, and half the fleet withing five hours.

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Pages from 1986 06 – SAILING Magazine – OCR

Pages from 1986 06 – SA Yachting – OCR

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