Race One, Report Nine: Provisional Results published

Provisional results are now in for Race One of the SCF Black Sea Tall Ships Regatta. These results remain provisional until all vessels are in port and have submitted their race declaration forms to the race office.

The provisional placings are:

Class A

1st Nadezhda (Russia) – pictured arriving into Novorossiysk

2nd Mir (Russia)

3rd Mircea (Romania)

Class B

1st Adornate (Romania)

2nd Bodrum (Turkey)

3rd Johanna Luctretia (UK)

Class C/D

1st Sea Adventure (Bulgaria)

2nd Akela (Russia)

3rd Viking (Russia)

The race ended at 00.00hrs UTC for Class A ships and 00.30hrs UTC for Classes B, C and D. Some vessels had already crossed the finish line by this time, however Mircea, Kaliakra (Bulgaria), Rah Naward (Pakistan), Royal Helena (Bulgaria), Sedov (Russia) and Johanna Lucretia and Viking had not and so their positions at the finish time were recorded.

At the time of reporting, Johanna Lucretia, Atyla (Spain), Rah Neward and Sedov are around 100 miles away and are expected into Novorossiysk early tomorrow morning (9 May). Bodrum, Akela, Sea Adventure and Nadezhda are already in port and the remainder, including the Communications Vessel, Running on Waves, are expected later this afternoon.

Race Director Peter Newell commented “It has been a challenging race, mainly because of the strong winds, especially around the port of Novorossiysk in the last 36 hours which prevented some of the early finishers from coming into port. We congratulate the whole fleet for their endurance”.

The Race committee were correct in ending the race when they did, bourne out by the fact that the whole fleet will make it into port by tomorrow morning.

Final results will be announced at the prize giving on Saturday 10 May at 18.00 hrs local, following the crew parade through the town.

You can follow the remaining vessels at sea 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 have raced from Varna (Bulgaria) to Novorossiysk (Russia) before cruising to Sochi (Russia), from where they will race the final leg to Constanta (Romania).

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