SORC 1983 - Part 2

Kialoa IV (right), Windward Passage and Nirvana in a close tussle off the startline during one of the races during the 1983 SORC (photo Phil Uhl)

This post features photographs from the SORC 1983 series taken by Phil Uhl. For more about this series, see an earlier post and article here, and the regatta video here.

Brooke Ann, a Nelson-Marek 41-footer, just ahead of Glory and hard on the heels of Scarlett O'Hara, in close racing in Class D - Scarlett O'Hara would go on to finish second in class (and be top yacht overall), with Glory eighth (Peterson 42) and Brooke Ann 12th (photo Phil Uhl)

Leeward mark action in Class D during the 1983 SORC, with Locura leading Mea Culpa, Thunderbolt (US-31666) and Bright Finish (US-31177) (photo Phil Uhl)

Obsession, a S&S 46-footer, comes to grief in hard reaching conditions off Miami during the 1983 SORC, while chasing Secret Love (right) in the Class C division (photo Phil Uhl)

Fame, seen here to windward of Glory in a Class D start, likely the Miami-Nassau race (photo Phil Uhl)

Quest, a Rodgers 43-footer, to leeward of Glory (photo Phil Uhl)

The Peterson 45-footer Secret Love, to leeward of Avalanche, a Morgan 45-footer after a start in Class C - Secret Love went on to finish second in class (photo Phil Uhl)

Class B yacht Zero, a Frers 51-footer, in tight reaching conditions to leeward of Artemis (photo Phil Uhl)

The Farr 37 Migizi, top yacht in Class F, and 10th yacht overall (photo Phil Uhl)

A Maxi-fleet start (Class A), with Triumph seen here to windward of Nirvana, Kialoa IV and Windward Passage (photo Phil Uhl)

Quest in fresh downwind conditions (photo Phil Uhl)

Windward Passage in pre-start manoeuvres with Kialoa IV during the 1983 SORC - Kialoa IV went on to take overall honours in Class A, with Windward Passage second (photo Phil Uhl)

Stars & Stripes, a Nelson/Marek 39-footer, finished a lowly 16th in Class E (and 60th overall)

Alberta Bound, a Peterson 44-footer, finished 12th in Class C (photo Phil Uhl)

Another busy startline for the Maxis, with Windward Passage, Midnight Sun and Condor, and Nirvana visible to windward (photo Phil Uhl)

The peculiar looking 'rule beater' Cascade, a Milgrim 38-footer rating just 23.3ft, finished ninth in Class F (photo Phil Uhl)

At the St Petersburg Yacht Club marina, with Thunderbolt and Charisma V, in the foreground, and Windward Passage (photo Phil Uhl)

Part of the SORC 1983 fleet at the St Peterburg Yacht Club marina (photo Phil Uhl)

More photographs from this series can be seen here.

Article dated November 2024