Sailing Magazine
By Richard Crockett
Seven of the Royal Cape Yacht Club’s crack yachts crossed the start line as the noon gun fired yesterday on the 703 nautical mile haul to Walvis Bay in the Macs Shipping Southern Star race.
This was the first race between these two ports, so expectations were high that it may become a regular feature on the sailing calendar, but tough conditions, cold water, currents and fog no doubt curtailed future enthusiasm for the race.
However, in the last year or so there has been a race from Port Owen, so maybe this is a race taking time to become established.
READ MORE HERE: 2008 03 11 – cape times – 674 – OCR
