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Andy Schell of WCC welcomes the crew of PajaritoCaribbean 1500 rally yachts continue to arrive at Nanny Cay, 13 days after leaving Hampton VA. World Cruising staff are remaining on Nanny Cay to greet the crews and have organised a second prizegiving on Thursday to honor those participants still currently at sea. That will take place at 4pm at the PegLegs beach bar, with drinks and pizza and a few more special prizes. Unofficial results will be calculated and announced for those boats who did not make the official finish line by the time limit.
Arrivals last night were Kalista and Southern Cross. They were followed this morning by Pajarito, Gypsy, Mahalo, Wind Dancer and Swift. Meanwhile the crew of Defiant are slowly making their way south under emergency tiller. All three on board are safe and sound, if not a little tired, and expect to arrive on Tortola tomorrow afternoon, hopefully in time for the late arrivals happy hour and prizegiving on the beach.
Six yachts diverted to Bermuda after leaving Hampton – Ice Wars II, Wavelength, Emmy Kate, Surprise, Liberty and Cool Change. Of those, Wavelength, Ice Wars II and Surprise are back at sea, and have about 500 or so miles remaining to Nanny Cay. Ice Wars II is due tomorrow in time for the late arrivals party; Wavelength and Surprise are due in shortly thereafter and will without a doubt receive a hearty welcome from the Nanny Cay staff as well as the several rally boats still on-island.
The late arrivals prizegiving is set for tomorrow afternoon at the beach bar in Nanny Cay. Pizza and drink specials will be on offer and special prizes will be awarded. Unofficial results will be calculated and posted so that each yacht in the fleet may see how they fared against similar competition. The Open Class, non-competitive results will also be calculated. The official results from Monday evening’s event will remain.
