Boxing Day Race
Submitted by she on Sun, 26/12/2010 - 20:16
With temperatures below freezing, the annual Frostbite and Icebreaker Trophy Races lived up to their names. The traditional Boxing Day racing always attracts a good turn out of boats and supporting club members to cheer them on. This year a turnout of 17 boats ventured out into the cold.
The winning cruiser was Ricky Bruton in Sapphire, second was Phil Hedley in Spindrift and third was Joel Howard Wood in Excalibar. In the Squib fleet Dave McCune and Edwin Page in Inky Finger managed to hold their lead despite going aground in the harbour, and were closely followed by Iain Jones and Vernon Taylor in Speculator.