Race One, Report Eight: Regatta draws to a close
As Race One of the SCF Black Sea Tall Ships Regatta draws to a close, it was decided earlier today (Tues 7 May), due to the prevailing wind conditions, to shorten the race by 24 hrs and change the time limits as follows:
Class A 08 May at 0000hrs UTC
Class B,C, D 08 May at 0030 hrs UTC
This will enable all ships to get into Novorossiysk, Russia by the required time of 1200 noon local time on 9 May.
The provisional placings as of this evening’s communication schedule are as follows:
Class A
1st Nadezhda (Russia)
2nd Mir (Russia)
3rd Rah Naward (Pakistan)
Class B
1st Adornate (Romania)
2nd Johanna Lucretia (UK)
3rd Bodrum (Turkey)
Class C/D
Results have remained consistent over the last few reports:
1st Sea Adventure (Bulgaria)
2nd Akela (Russia)
3rd Viking (Russia)
Nadezhda, Mir, Adornate, Sea Adventure and Akela have all crossed the finish line and Bodrum is about to finish. Adornarte and Sea Adventure are both now at anchor and waiting to come into port along with the rest of the fleet who are expected to arrive into Novorossiysk tomorrow.
The wind remains strong at the back of the fleet NNE 20-25 knots veering and decreasing NE to 10 – 15 knots over the next 12 hours. By midday Thursday the wind is expected to reduce further to 5-10 knots predominately northerly before veering again to NE by Thursday evening.
Positions given are provisional until all vessels have arrived in port and submitted their race declaration forms to the race office.
You can follow the fleet on the Yellow Brick system by clicking on this link.
Twenty nine 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 raced from Varna (Bulgaria) to Novorossiysk (Russia); before cruising to Sochi (Russia), from where they will race the final leg to Constanta (Romania).
Pic: Sedov, Nadezhda and Kruzenshtern approaching the start line
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