Rosebud blooms

Roger Sturgeon leads TransPac 52s into Bermuda

Roger Sturgeon and his Rosebud crew led a new group of TransPac 52s into Bermuda first by two hours to post the best corrected time within the entire IMS Racing Division thus winning the Gibb’s hill Lighthouse Trophy. Richard Breeden’s Bright Star the second Trans Pac 52 also took second overall in the Racing Division.

Rosebud’s crew included Australian navigator Adrienne Cahalan and tactician Kevin Miller.

With the winds dying overnight and remaining light for much of the morning today, the time set by the Swan 45 Alliance owned by Dominick Porca, which finished at 2:08am EDT today, is looking increasingly secure to win the St David’s Lighthouse Trophy.

The only yachts still able to beat her time are some of the smaller boats that were within 100 miles of Bermuda at the 08:00 roll-call today. These include Emily and Sinn Fein racing in IMS C/R Class 1 which are sailing in on with a building breeze in the forecast and need to reach the finish during the early hours of Wednesday morning to snatch the coveted prize from Alliance.

Class winners include:
Class 10 – Hasso Plattner’s MORNING GLORY
Class 9 – Roger Sturgeon’s ROSEBUD
Class 8 – Skip Sheldon’s ZARAFFA
Class 7 – Frederick Stelle ACE
Class 6 – Dominick Porca’s ALLIANCE