Rally Portugal - Cruising rally departs Plymouth heading for Portugal

1:35 PM Mon 31 May 2010 GMT

'Rally Portugal leaves Plymouth' Andy Sinclair Click Here to view large photo

Rally Portugal crews had the weather gods behind them this year as they blew away earlier rain and south-westerly winds, to bring sunshine and a comfortable west-north-west 15 knot breeze for the start yesterday (Sunday 30 May 2010). There were 19 yachts on the start line off Plymouth Hoe as the gun went to sound the start of leg one of the rally and skippers pointed their yachts south-west and headed out of Plymouth Sound. West Country sailor Neal Ward from Exeter was keen to make an impression on the start line, in what are his home waters, and was ...

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by World Cruising Club