Worried but not panicked, Considine guided VELOCE 2 through the last few puffs and coasted past many larger boats. But with just one boatlength to go, the boat came to a COMPLETE stop. One last little zephyr and a lot of patience allowed her to cross the line and win the last race and the regatta. Congratulations to UK-Halsey customers Andres Baptista and Ernesto Amtmann on BANDIDO. A special thanks goes to Ernesto Amtmann for organizing such a great regatta.
Class D was won by the Roberto Vulling’s well-sailed Peterson 40 PIET HEIN, which has been tearing up the competitive Acapulco fleet the last few years. At MEXORC, the crew’s goal was to win their division and see how well they could do overall in fleet. PIET HIEN was in the hunt for the overall prize much of the regatta, but because of the light air races ended up fourth in fleet.




PIET HIEN is a Peterson 40 that Vulling built himself in 1979 in his backyard in Mexico City. At the time Doug Peterson was at the top of the game in designing winning IOR boats. The boat is named after the 17th century Dutch Admiral/Pirate Piet Hien who battled with the Spanish Fleet in the Caribbean and conquered a fleet of Spanish ships carrying silver from Mexico in 1628. With the boat’s winning ways, history is repeating it self as the boat PIET HIEN is winning Mexican silver practically every time she races.
PIET HIEN crewmember Jeff Baker said, “We had a great crew and a fun series. The boat and crew were both well tuned and very fast. Although there are very few symmetrical/dip pole boats that are still competitive, PIET HIEN is still able to keep the fleet on their toes.”
Third in Class D was taken by the all-woman crew sailing the Capri 37 DREADNOUGHT from Acapulco.