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Blue Yankee
wins inaugural Baltimore to Key West Race
Key West to Baltimore
in 95 hours…
Bob Towse's 66 foot Reichel Pugh-designed Blue Yankee was first to
finish and was confirmed as the overall winner of the Storm Trysail
Club's inaugural Key West to Baltimore Race for the Hemingway Cup.
This new 1,000-mile ocean race started from Key West on 23 April and
Blue Yankee set what is now the course record elapsed time of only
95 hours to finish at Baltimore's inner harbor just before noon on
Thursday 27 April.
The race was extremely challenging and featured gale winds and severe
squalls which caused the two fastest yachts - Zephyros II and Chessie
Racing - to be dismasted. The gale winds were caused by two developing
low pressure systems which combined South of Cape Hatteras to create
storm conditions. The thunderstorms spun off a warm front and battered
the fleet with winds over 50 knots. Several hours later a cold frontal
passage brought in strong and chilly north winds.
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