What Fun! Fog, Glassy Calms, Mist, Gentle Swells(Marblehead, MA- July 22nd)- A 360 nm screaming reach? That's always the wish. But, who's complaining? Despite yet another light wind classic drifting match to Halifax, Peter Rugg's J/105 JADED wins the PHRF Doublehanded Competition.
The running of the 2009 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race (MHOR) is preceded by a long and prestigious history. The race began in 1905 as an informal competition among sailors from the Boston, Eastern, and New York Yacht Clubs. The race was run sporadically until 1939, when the Boston Yacht Club (BYC) joined with the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron (RNSYS) to formalize a biennial event. Since that time, the Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race has run regularly on alternate years from the Newport Bermuda Race, as one of the pre-eminent ocean races of the North Atlantic.
In PHRF 2, Eberle's J/130 CELISTA was second by only twenty five minutes corrected time. And, in PHRF 3 Petley-Jones's J/35 HARRIER won by a convincing two hour corrected time margin and the J/109 HEATWAVE raced by Weisberg cruised into fourth place a bit off the pace of the winners. For more info.
