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| 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.
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| Fame, seen here to windward of Glory in a Class D start, likely the Miami-Nassau race (photo Phil Uhl) |
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| Quest, a Rodgers 43-footer, to leeward of Glory (photo Phil Uhl) |
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| 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) |
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| Class B yacht Zero, a Frers 51-footer, in tight reaching conditions to leeward of Artemis (photo Phil Uhl) |
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| The Farr 37 Migizi, top yacht in Class F, and 10th yacht overall (photo Phil Uhl) |
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| A Maxi-fleet start (Class A), with Triumph seen here to windward of Nirvana, Kialoa IV and Windward Passage (photo Phil Uhl) |
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| Quest in fresh downwind conditions (photo Phil Uhl) |
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| 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) |
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| Stars & Stripes, a Nelson/Marek 39-footer, finished a lowly 16th in Class E (and 60th overall) |
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Alberta Bound, a Peterson 44-footer, finished 12th in Class C (photo Phil Uhl)
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| Another busy startline for the Maxis, with Windward Passage, Midnight Sun and Condor, and Nirvana visible to windward (photo Phil Uhl) |
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| The peculiar looking 'rule beater' Cascade, a Milgrim 38-footer rating just 23.3ft, finished ninth in Class F (photo Phil Uhl) |
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At the St Petersburg Yacht Club marina, with Thunderbolt and Charisma V, in the foreground, and Windward Passage (photo Phil Uhl)
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Part of the SORC 1983 fleet at the St Peterburg Yacht Club marina (photo Phil Uhl)
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More photographs from this series can be seen here.
Article dated August 2024
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