Racing

ROBERTSON’s GOLLY, sailed by Clare Francis, took part in the 1976 Observer Single Handed Trans Atlantic Race (OSTAR). This forms the basis of a well known book („Come hell or high water“) written by herself.

The ‚Golly‘ is now back into service and has her own website.
Clare Francis skippered "ACCUTREC“, a SWAN 65, as first female skipper in the 1977-78 Whitbread Round The World Race. She is a famous author of novels.

PAGEANT (US 2115) came in second in her class in the 1969 Bermuda Race. Her current name is SPARHAWK. As COPERNICUS she participated in the 98 Pacific Cup.

TYNAJE (US 2222) by Peter Ross and family has been sailed extensively on the US and Canadian East Coast. Her racing success is unmatched.



Melbourne age blow up

KALISANA
Her first Fastnet was 1969, when she finished 8th in Class 11(b) sailed by her owner R. Dreschfield with a corrected time of 119hrs 48min 55sec. She competed again in 1977  as a Royal Naval Sailing Association entry but failed to finish in Class 111. In the notorious Fastnet Race of 1979 (as HMS SULTAN) skippered by Cmdr Watson with a Royal Naval crew including three Australians, she finished 4th in Class 1V in a corrected time of 125 hrs 49min 06 sec. Here is the report from the Melbourne Age.




Title page of Palstek Magazine April 2007
SATURN (GER 1239) racing down the Flensburg Fjord pictured in the Palstek Sailing Magazine in 1997.














TATTLER (US 2114), sailed by Frank and Elizabeth Bohlen, won the 1993 Marblehead-Halifax Ocean Race. Yawl-rigged ELIXIR (US 2763), sailed by David C. Noyles won the 2000 David Pryor Sportmanship Trophy. ESPIRITU SANTO (USA) was sailed by John Silverwood and son Jack (15) double-handed to Hawaii.