Fastnet 2019 Troubadour - The Final Tally

I was surprised that we had finished the race in time to attend the prize giving party, although it poured with rain as a gale swept in for the weekend. It was a good party and a time to reflect on achievements of competing in the worlds largest race.

I had to leave early in the morning by coach to return home and as I waited for a Taxi, the final yacht arrived, the smallest in the race a Contessa 32, their final hours battling a growing gale. They received a prize for being the final yacht to make it home.

So how did we do.

Troubadour finished in 5 days, 1 hour, 17 minutes and 12 seconds

33^rd in IRC 3A

65^th in IRC 3

272^nd in IRC

298^th in Line honours

This was our best finish for the year and we beat a number of boats who had always beaten us including Volunteer the RNR yacht who we caught in the final hours of the race.

Would I do it again ? probalbly not due to cost and time commitment to training

David Ogden Trimmer and Helm

2019 Fastnet Finisher - Troubadour