RSHYR 2024 | 50 Footers Band - Race Start

The 50 footer band in this year’s race south enjoyed the fast running of Day 1. Seb Bohm’s TP 52 clocked up more than 24 knots of boatspeed at one point, while Michael Firmin’s Infiniti 52 Zeus made for a fine site from the air with her metallic blue hull and yellow DSS foil, the latter throwing up explosive bursts of water from time to time. Congratulations to Max Klink and team for Caro’s IRC Division 1 win, to Seb Bohm for Smuggler’s second place IRC Div 1 (not forgetting winning the Blue Water Points score overall as well) and to Annika Thomson, skipper of Ocean Crusaders J-Bird and record third time winner of the Jane Tate Memorial Trophy for first female skipper to finish.