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Kinetic is the Third Boat, and first Beneteau to Finish

by Richard Ballantyne, July 20th, 2012



David Sutcliffe's Kinetic finishes her fourth Vic Maui race with an unofficial elapsed time of 12 days, 10 hours, 18 minutes, a couple of hours faster than her fast race in 2010. A Beneteau First 47.7 hailing out of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, crew aboard Kinetic noted that while the race had its share of high winds, the last few hours were quite a challenge as 15 kt winds north of Maui, built to 20+ in Pailolo Channel and up to 30 kts as they hit the finish line. While nothing major broke during the high wind periods, other than a spinnaker that just decided time was up, there were a fair share of interesting moments. The Race Committee noticed that at the finish, the crew had the decency to fly the pink umbrella that went missing after the send-off dock party in Victoria.

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