Race One, Report One: Fleet making slow progress to Waypoint one

As of this morning’s communication schedule, it is clear that the weather is not helping the Class A ships, with the smaller vessels making better progress towards the first waypoint, south of Crimea, en route to Novorissiysk.  

Positions (all on corrected time) are as follows:

Class A

1st  Nadezhda (Russia)

2nd  Mir (Russia)

3rd  Kaliakra (Bulgaria)

Class B

1st  Bodrum (Turkey)

2nd  Adornate (Romania)

3rd  Johanna Lucretia (UK)

Class C/D

1st  Sea Adventure (Bulgaria)

2nd Akela (Russia)

3rd  Viking (Russia)

1st Overall on corrected time is Sea Adventure.   The battle for Class A honours is being keenly fought between Mir and Nadezhda who are currently neck and neck.  

The current easterly wind is due to veer to a more southerly at 10-15 knots in the next six hours and remain that way for the rest of the day.  This could effect the current fastest placings – Akela making 5.8k, Sea Adventure making 5.3k and with Viking and Bodrum both currently making 5k.

You can follow the fleet on the Yellow Brick system by clicking on this link.     

29 sail training vessels entered the SCF Black Sea Tall Ships Regatta, with 17 having arrived in Varna to take part, including one Ukranian and seven Russian ships.  Most of them are racing from Varna (Bulgaria) to Novorossiysk (Russia) before cruising to Sochi (Russia), from where they will race the final leg to Constanta (Romania).  

Pic: Akela crossing the start line

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