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2003 Darwin Bali
Yacht Race Summary
14
August
The
Race Presentation was held at the Bali Marina the Cruising Award were
first Pegasus sailed by Austin and Kathleen Royle who sailed 1000 miles
to within 10 miles of the finish, and when confronted with having to
spend another night in the Lombok Strait pushing against 4 - 5 knots of
current and no wind decided to motor to the finish, Second place was
taken by the Swiss entry Batida skippered by Walter Fleisch and third by
the yacht Star.
13
August
Rogue
Wave and Phoenix have finished the race and arrived safely in Bali.
The
provisional race results announced on 10th August can now be
confirmed. Congratulations to all placegetters.
11
August
Zepherus
arrived in Bali at 15:37 Sunday, Swan II arrived 08:00 this
morning. Rogue Wave is the only yacht still sailing and is
expected in Bali sometime Tuesday (hopefully in time for the full moon
party!).
10
August
Provisional
results for this year's race are as follows:
1st
Australian Maid with a corrected time of 146 hours 8 minutes
2nd
Contessa with a corrected time of 176 hours 53 minutes
3rd
Reve with a corrected time of 200 hours 45 minutes
All
boats have now arrived with the exception of Zepherus, Swan II and Rogue
Wave. Zepherus are at the harbour entrance, and are expected to
finish later tonight. Swan II and Rogue Wave are expected tomorrow.
Adriatica
and Skua have arrived after the Kupang event, with more Kupang yachts
expected tomorrow.
A
full moon party is planned for Tuesday night, and presentations will be
on Thursday.
9
August
The
fleet made up a lot of time yesterday with several boats expected to
finish this afternoon. Batida and Ultimate Warrior have an ETA of 1500
hours today, Star and Pegasus are expected at 1600 hours and Free
Radical is due in at 1800 hours.
Duetto
has an ETA of 0800 hours Sunday.
Contessa,
Damischa Rida, Reve and Revision II are all about 160 miles from Bali.
Phoenix,
Swan II and Zepherus have about 190 miles to go.
Seas
are 10 - 15 knots SSE with calm seas.
8
August
Quest
finished at approximately 1800 hours on Thursday evening, 7th August.
As
at 0745 this morning, the majority of the fleet was some 200 miles
from Bali, and includes Batida,
Damischa Ridda, Duetto, Eupolonia, Free Radical, Pegasus, Reve, Revision
II, Star and Ultimate Warrior.
Swan
II, Contessa, Zepherus and Phoenix have another 300-400 miles to go.
Winds
are still 12 - 15 knots SSE with calm seas.
7
August
Australian
Maid crossed the finish line at 14:08:54 Australian CST today -
congratulations to Jon and all crew members.
At
16:15 this afternoon, Quest reported her position at 08°53' 115° 31'
and gave an ETA of 18:30 today.
The
majority of the fleet is about 300 miles from Bali, and includes Batida,
Damischa Ridda, Duetto, Eupolonia, Free Radical, Pegasus, Reve, Revision
II, Star, Ultimate Warrior and Zepherus.
still have some 480 miles to go.
Rogue
Wave was sighted at noon today, but a position report is not available.
Winds
are 12 - 15 knots from the south east and seas are calm
6
August
Australian
Maid reported her position at 09° 37' 117° 59' at 1615 hours today,
which puts her about 185 miles from the finish.
Rogue
Wave has been out of contact, but Australian Customs Coastwatch service
radioed a sighting of her at midday today at 12° 38' 125° 13', which
puts her some 300 miles out of Darwin.
Contact
was also made by Reve today, their position this morning was 10° 53'
123° 01', putting her about 485 miles from Bali.
The
fleet has spread out further since yesterday - there are now
approximately 390 miles between the lead yacht and the back of the
fleet.
5
August
As
of 1600 today, Australian Maid was maintaining her lead and was located
at 10° 55' 121° 58', approximately 360 miles from the finish, with an
average speed today of 7 knots.
The
field is spread out over about 300 miles, and the boats in the back of
the fleet include Phoenix at 11° 39' 126° 15', Revision II at 11° 34'
125° 37', Swan II at 11° 50' 126° 23', and Zepherus 12° 15' 125°
55'.
Australian
Maid's estimated time of arrival in Bali is Thursday lunchtime.
Boats
have reported a light easterly breeze of 6 knots.
4
August
At
1600, Australian Maid had covered 62 miles since the morning sched and
is located at 10°47' 123°59'.
Other
positions included Batida: 11°37' 126°21', 262 miles from
Darwin; Contessa: 11°45' 126°22', 260 miles from Darwin;
Duetto: 11°43' 126°35', 248 miles from Darwin; Eupolonia: 11°33'
126°02', 281 miles from Darwin
The
yachts are spread out over 180 miles with Zepherus at 12°17' 126°57'
Yachts
reported ENE breeze of 5 knots.
At
0800 hours, Australian Maid was 346 miles from Darwin, located
at 11°14' 125°07'. Since the last sched at 1600 on 3 August,
Australian Maid covered 135 miles overnight, averaging 9
knots. She has averaged 7.5 knots since leaving Darwin, and at the
current rate of progress, will be in Bali on Friday.
Reve
was 227 miles from Darwin, located at 12°05' 126°59',
covering 85 miles since the last sched - an average of 6
knots.
Other
positions included Eupolonia: 11°46'
127°39', 252 miles from Darwin; Quest: 11°53' 125°32', 314 miles from Darwin; Revision II: 12°04' 127°17', 210
miles from Darwin; Star: 11°52' 127°09', 221 miles from
Darwin; Swan II: 11°46' 127°38', 194 miles from
Darwin; Ultimate Warrior: 11°42' 126°56, 302 miles from
Darwin.
Yachts
reported a 10 knot easterly breeze and flat seas.
3
August
At
1600 hours today, Australian Maid was stretching her lead over the
fleet, and was located at 11°49' 127°12', some 211 miles out
of Darwin.
Other
positions included Pegasus: 11°55' 128°17', 175 nautical miles from
Darwin, Free Radical: 12°18' 128° 24', 160 nautical miles from
Darwin, Damischa Ridda: 12°02' 128°39', 150 miles from
Darwin, and Contessa: 12°00' 128° 21', 167 miles from Darwin.
Yachts
reported SE winds calming to about 10 knots, with lumpy seas.
At
0800 hours Australian Maid was leading the fleet, located at 11°47'
128°34', 129 miles from Darwin.
Eupolonia
was in second position at 12°03' 129°05', 107 miles from
Darwin. Back markers in the fleet were Swan II and Rogue Wave, 78 miles from Darwin.
Yachts
reported a quiet night, with SE winds picking up to 15-20 knots in the
morning.
2
August
At
1600 hours today the Australian Maid was located at 12° 19' 130° 02' ,
53 miles from Darwin followed by Pegasus and Reve 11 miles behind with
Duetto and Phoenix a further 12 miles behind them.
The
Rally was started at 11 am in perfect conditions from the Darwin based
converted pearl lugger Anniki . The yachts quickly left the harbour in a
following southeast breeze of 15 - 18 knots. First across the start line
was the Darwin yacht Australian Maid skippered Jon Wardill followed by
Ultimate Warrior, Contessa and Pegasus.
2003 Darwin Bali
Kupang Rally Entrants
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