Newport Bermuda -Speedboat leads the Thrash



5:58 PM Sun 20 Jun 2010 GMT
'Speedboat - Newport Bermuda Race 2010' Barry Pickthall/PPL &copy
Newport Bermuda 2010 - The race leaders entered the Gulf Stream at around sunset Saturday, heading upwind into a moderate south-westerly wind with as much as four knots of favorable current in the long, hot meander that they have been steering for since the race start on Friday afternoon. Alex Jackson's Speedboat, at 100ft the largest yacht in the fleet, was making more than 12 knots over the bottom. The earlier 'champagne conditions' were behind them as they pounded into big, square, confused seas. ...


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