Sailing Magazine
By Richard Crockett
Most yachties will remember competing in at least one Crystic Ocean Challenge/NCS Regatta back in the day? It was a warm regatta where shorts and T-shirts were the order of the day, and where the inlanders and Southern Capies came to warm their frozen bones.
The 1990 event took a nasty turn when some injuries and man-overboard incidents occurred after the day started with perfect conditions, but deteriorated very quickly when a strong wind came up from nowhere. Two fell overboard and one broke several ribs.
READ MORE HERE: 1990 07 03 – mercury – 389 2 – OCR
