“Talking Sailing” From My Archives. 1987 Double Cape Race

by Richard Crockett

As another Double-Cape race finished over the weekend, it’s appropriate to recall some history of this great race.

Sadly today the race is a shadow of it’s former format as it takes in just two of the rounding marks, and not the four from days of yore. In those days there were rounding marks in Cape Town, Hout Bay, Simons Bay and Gordon’s Bay.

While bemoaning this fact, I am more than happy that the race still exists and that a handful of yachties are getting experience in distance ocean racing – and more importantly still get to “double the Cape”.

The 1987 race attracted 58 entries, with the newly launched maxi yacht ‘Panther’ turning heads and being the favourite for line honours and even the race record.

READ TWO REPORTS HERE TO FIND OUT WHO WON:

Pages from 1987 11 – SA Yachting – OCR

Pages from 1987 11 – SAILING Magazine – OCR

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