Southeast winds propel start of Swiftsure races; crowds line waterfront
The 78th Swiftsure Lightship Classic race got off to a spinnaker start Saturday morning under sunny skies, southeast winds and lumpy progressing to whitecap waves as crowds gathered on Clover Point off Dallas Road to cheer on the sailors.Southeast winds at the start line changed to westerly towards Race Passage requiring spinnakers to come down “and they just had a great sail through” putting them on their way to turning marks in Juan de Fuca Strait.
All five races included Vancouver Island boats with about 70 per cent of the approximate 119 entries coming from the United States. The race has yet to regain the pre-pandemic level of 140 entries in 2019. Ned Baess, who took media out on his boat The Bird on Saturday, took in all the races up close and was keenly interested to see Hay Tor, skippered by Stephanie Bacon of the Victoria Yacht Club, in the inshore racing division. That local boat was rebuilt by the yacht club after the keel was sheered off after running onto rocks close to Chatham Island about five months ago. “It launched two days ago,” said Baess.
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