Thursday May 11 0600 AST
After trailing the Tod Slyngstad’s HH 66 catamaran Nemo by approximately 50 miles on Wednesday, Stefan Jentzsch’s Botin 56 Black Pearl NS’s Black Pearl has pulled ahead by 3 miles as of 0600 AST Thursday morning. Both are just past the halfway point in the race.
Black Pearl leads the CSA fleet on corrected time ahead of Peter Blunden’s Life of Rilley by approximately 1 ¾ hours. Following ½ hour behind is the sister entry from the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron Ray Rhinelander’s Bella J.
A Clean Start Good Breeze and they are Off
Canadian Peter Blunden’s Life of Rilley led the way across the start line of the 4th Antigua Bermuda Race in brisk East winds. A fleet of 6 boats will make their way up the 935-mile course to Bermuda. The scratch boat in the monohull divisions is Stefan Jentzsch’s Botin 56 Black Pearl, the second-place finisher in this season's RORC Transatlantic Race. The likely boat for line honours is Californian Tod Slyngstad’s HH 66 catamaran, Nemo. Others in the fleet include Nova Scotian Ray Rhinelander’s Bella J, and repeat competitors Kevin McLaughlin’s Rye and Richard Dumas sailing Tim Wilson’s El Oro.
After a three-year Covid hiatus, the fourth edition of the Antigua Bermuda Race will start from Antigua May 9th 2023. The 935nm oceanic race is managed by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club in association with Antigua Sailing Week, and supported by the Bermuda Tourism Authority and Goslings Rum. The race is designed to suit a wide range of yachts and crew, with memorable parties both in Antigua and Bermuda.
After leaving Antigua the fleet pass Barbuda and will be out of sight of land until the finish in Bermuda. The race is an experience of about 1,000 miles of tropical Atlantic sailing - a true blue ocean adventure. Sailing in the deep, competitors will experience reaching conditions in warm oceanic swell and a magical night sky.
Canadian Pogo 12.50 Hermes II has raced in all previous editions of the Antigua Bermuda Race.
"Every year I look forward to the Antigua Bermuda Race and I think Hermes does too," smiled Meg Reilly. "She gets to stretch out her legs and surf some real ocean waves.
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