“Talking Sailing” From My Archives. Voortrekker Just 16 Miles From Leader

By Richard Crockett

Back in the old days vessel tracking was something one just dreamt about, so aircraft were used to find vessels close to shore.

On 26 June The Star reported as follows: A Royal Canadian Air Force plane spotted the ‘Sir Thomas Lipton’, crewed by Briton Geoffrey Williams, and ‘Voortrekker’ about 300 miles out from the finishing point at Newport, Rhode Island.

From Newport, the “Daily Express” correspondent reports that it is becoming increasingly obvious that the first yacht across the finishing line may not be the winner of the race.

READ MORE HERE:  1968 06 26 – Star – Bruce Dalling Archives – S&A – 002667_Redacted – OCR

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