After anchoring in foul tide just 4.8 miles from the finish line, Arthur Bugs Baer and William Hubbard III�s 80-foot (24.4m) ketch Tempest reached the Solent to take the handicap win in the Rolex Transatlantic Challenge�s Performance Cruising class 2.
"We could see it right there, but we couldn�t do anything," commented Baer, adding that it could have been a lot worse. �With the clock ticking, the anchor was only down for 27 minutes.� Tempest corrected over the Swan 80 (24.4m) Seleni by a comfortable margin. (left picture)
Baer put the boat�s success down to taking a huge sail inventory with them. "We had more sails than probably any other boat in the race." Campaign Manager and crewmember Eric Camiel wrote to UK- Halsey�s Andy Halsey and John Brinkers saying, �Thanks for your help in making Tempest a winner in the Trans Atlantic Race. We couldn�t have done it without you. I really appreciate all the work and time you devoted. The main is great and the big chute was fast and worth the rating hit.�(right picture)
SUMURUN, the 1914 94-foot Fife-designed ketch owned and skippered by Robert Towbin, won the Classic Division using a full inventory of UK-Halsey sails. SUMURUN also won the Atlantic Challenge Cup -- this race''s 1997 predecessor.
Before diverting to Newfoundland to off-load a seriously injured crew member, Peter Harrison�s 115-foot (35m) Farr-designed ketch SOJANA was leading Performance Cruising 1 Division. Once she restarted 24 hours later, she was unable to regain the lead. SOJANA had several UK-Halsey sails in her inventory.
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