Sailing Magazine
by Richard Crockett
I was recently asked questions about the Southstar Race, a 3700nm singlehanded race in Miura’s from Cape Town to St Helena and back. It was generously sponsored by Stannic.
The first race was in 1986, and was won by Bertie Reed, who called it “the toughest race I’ve ever sailed”.
Reed predicted that the following race would see 15 – 20 boats on the start line. Sadly that level of support was never achieved and the race staggered for a while before disappearing into oblivion.
There now appears to be some interest in seeing it revived – let’s hope so.
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE: 1986 05 – SAILING Magazine – OCR
