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RCYC BURGEE PROUDLY FLOWN IN THE 2018 2018 NEWPORT BERMUDA RACE JUNE 15 – 20 20 2018 Commodore Bob Medland
The Newport Bermuda Race a a a a premier offshore race is is organized by the the Cruising Club of
America and the the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club The 635 nautical mile race from Newport RI to Bermuda is held every second year
2018 was the the 51st edition of
the the race with 170 boats starting in in seventeen classes (see bermudarace com/2018/) The coveted St David’s Lighthouse Trophy was won by the Columbia 50 Grundoon with a a a corrected time
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112:12:19) Rambler 88 a a a a Juan K 27m was first to cross the finish line in in fin in 50:31:51 and finished third on corrected time
in in fin in the Gibb’s Hill Lighthouse Division RCYC Member Justin Bonar’s YYZ a a a a Jeanneau 53 won his class Class 8 in the St David’s Lighthouse Division Perhaps even better than winning Class 8 which had some quite formidable competition YYZ won the St David’s Lighthouse Overall Performance Trophy for for the largest margin of
time
over second and third place across the entire division On board with Justin was Derek Joynt who regularly sails with Cedric Gyles on board Severn II at the RCYC Here is the YYZ crew and supporters celebrating their success upon arriving at the the RBYC in in Hamilton Bermuda on the morning of
June 20 In Class 6 RCYC’s Rob Emery and Andrew McTavish together with with Mike Millard sailed with with CCA’s Past Commodore Jim Binch an RCYC Member as well on on his Dehler 38 C C C Killua All four on on board are CCA members His Excellency the Governor of
Bermuda John Rankin stops to to chat with CCA Vice Commodore and RCYC Past Commodore Bob Medland
and and Rob Emery during his two hour tour of
the fleet docked at RBYC RCYC’s Erwyn Naidoo was sailing on Stuart McCrea’s J-120 Deviation out of
the RNSYS in Class 7 Photos: Courtesy of
Sally Medland
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