Marie Tabarly rewrote historical past final night time, surpassing her well-known father’s report by taking line honours within the Ocean Globe Race, and within the days forward might probably win the OGR general.
‘We did it…We’ve got received in actual time… Nobody can beat us…This was all the time our goal,” mentioned Marie Tabarly, rejoicing together with her crew aboard her father Eric Tabarly’s yacht Pen Duick VI as they took line honours within the Ocean Globe Race.
The black-hulled, 73-foot Bermudan ketch, crossed the Royal Yacht Squadron end line in Cowes, UK, late night on 11 April, with nearly a two-day lead and 250 miles forward of nearest rival and former Whitbread winner L’Esprit d’équipe.
Tabarly (helming the 52-year-old yacht sailed by her father Éric within the 1973 Whitbread Around the World Race) completed in 12 knots of wind and robust tidal currents, enduring a ‘troublesome docking’ at Trinity Touchdown.
Victory within the epic round-the-world race eluded iconic sailor Eric Tabarly, regardless of three makes an attempt.
The French legend Pen Duick VI FR (14), skippered by the indomitable Marie Tabarly, has taken provisional line honours within the closing leg of the inaugural McIntyre Ocean Globe Race. Picture: Aïda Valceanu/ OGR2023
Coveted prize in sight
Don McIntyre, the race organiser, drew extra cheers, by telling her: ‘There could also be extra. Pen Duick might additionally win the race on handicap. Your nearest rival, the French Swan 53 Triana, is a few 1,400 miles behind and caught in no wind. If she doesn’t end inside 4 days you’ll have received each elapsed and handicap honours.’
Pen Duick VI presently sits in second place on the Total Race IRC leaderboard simply 19 hours behind Triana FR (66). However Triana nonetheless has 1,320 miles till crossing the end line she is now racing the clock. The forecast suggests gentle winds forward which can gradual her common pace. She should keep a mean pace of 4.9kt all the best way to the end to carry her IRC lead over Pen Duick VI. Any slower and it might permit Pen Duick VI to achieve the coveted OGR Total IRC Prize.
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Fourth on Leg 1 from Southampton to Cape City, and 2nd into Auckland, Marie Tabarly and her 10 blended crew, loved a detailed race to Cape Horn towards the then race chief, Translated 9, the Italian Swan 65 skippered by Marco Trombetti, rounding the Cape just some hours aside. However then Translated 9 suffered a severe leak forcing her crew to drag into the Falklands to make repairs and ending their marketing campaign to win the race.
Historical past-maker
Pen Duick dominated the ultimate leg from Punta del Este again to Cowes, her crew recovering from a man-overboard incident firstly, to forge by means of the fleet. Marie and her crew escaped the worst of the Doldrums, slipped across the Azores Excessive and rode a south westerly gale, browsing at 23 knots at occasions, to knock off a secession of 200-mile plus days throughout the Bay of Biscay and the western approaches. This stretched out a two-day benefit over their nearest rival, L’Esprit d’Equipe, skippered by Lionel Regnier.
Passing throughout the celebratory champagne, Don McIntyre was equally ecstatic: ‘Marie and her crew have achieved a dream and re-written historical past. Each entrant has a again story, however this one is just Wow! Bravo Marie! You have got been so inspirational in so some ways.’
For the ultimate leg Marie Tabarly’s technique was “to go quick, quick, quick and we speed up on the finish”. Clearly a successful technique! Picture: Tim Bishop/PPL
Tabarly spoke with equal ardour. ‘There have been so many stand-out moments. I bear in mind we have been going quick in 55 knots of wind and there have been dolphins leaping out of the waves round us. In 55 knots! Loopy. I bear in mind racing very carefully with Translated 9 and Maiden and having the ability to see them. Then all of the buddy chats, 4 occasions a day over the radio. I’m going to overlook that. There have been method too many wonderful moments.”
Observe the race reside on on the Ocean Globe Tracker.
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