Race two, report six: strong performance in closing stages

The little Polish brigantine Kapitan Glowacki made the most of the freshening westerly winds in the final stage of her race and crossed the finish line today at 14:00:14 UTC. She is now placed first on Corrected Time (CT) in Class A in the provisional results. The racing in Class A has been particularly close for every minute of the race since the ships manoeuvred for the start of the race off Bergen, Norway on Monday (28 July).

Liv (Norway) is first in Class B and is also the provisional overall winner of Race Two, with Kapitan Glowacki in second and Jens Krogh (Denmark) in third places on CT.

All placings and results are provisional and are subject to change at this stage. They will not be finalised until all captains have handed in their Race Declaration Form on arrival in Esbjerg to the Race Committee.

Paul Bishop, Race Director, Sail Training International said, “Looking at the rate of advance at the back of the fleet, and the wind forecast due to back to the south west, south and then south east before Saturday, the Race Committee has decided to move the Time Limit forward to 14:00 UTC/GMT tomorrow (Friday 1 August) (14:30 Class B  14:45 Class C 15:00 Class D) –  originally set for 0200, Saturday 2 August. So any vessel not having crossed the Finish Line by that time will be given a placing using Sail Training International’ äóìFinish at Sea Routineäó.

“There is little benefit in the fleet racing any longer and it will give plenty of time for them to head into Esbjerg by midday on Saturday and start to enjoy the wonderful port festivities that have been arranged for them.”

Meanwhile – the three Norwegian vessels Sorlandet, Christian Radich and Statsraad Lehmkuhl are waiting just outside of the harbour enjoying a last barbecue at sea, before heading into Esbjerg.

The interim position report at 1600 shows:

Class A

1 Kapitan Glowacki (Poland)

2 Christian Radich (Norway)

3 Statsraad Lehmkhul (Norway)

Class B

1 Liv (Norway)

3 Jens Krogh (Denmark)

2 Rupel (Belgium)

Class C

1 St Iv (Estonia)

2 Wilhelmstad (Poland)

3 Black Diamond of Durham (UK)