Sailing Magazine
By Richard Crockett
It seemed like just yesterday that Padda Kuttel and his crew were racing around the world in ‘Xargo II’, but it was in fact 44 years ago!
A favourite to win the first leg into Cape Town, windless conditions put paid to that.
This is how the Argus reported on their finish: “The Cape Town yacht ‘Xargo Ill’ – the only South African entry in the Whitbread-round-the-world race – tied up at its moorings at the Royal Cape Yacht Club this morning after ‘blowing its chances,’ according to owner-skipper Pete Kuttel.
“At one stage the yacht was reported second on handicap, but Kuttel said today, we got greedy and tried to improve our position and instead lost what we had.”
READ MORE HERE: 1981 10 13 – Argus – 002809 – OCR
