Heartbreaker arrives in Canada for the Canada's Cup.
09/24/2003 -
Bob Hughes and MBYC supporters. Photo Anne Gamache
Heartbreaker arrives in Canada for the Canada's Cup.
Toronto, Canada - With the Canada's Cup just days away the Heartbreaker
Sailing Team is now in Toronto preparing for themselves for a hard fought
battle ahead. Bob Hughes' has charter another Farr 40 to help his team
practice for the final three days before the Canada's Cup. He has also
brought in Jes Graham-Hansen to drive the boat.
The first day of practice on Wednesday was in 15-25 knot winds which made
it tricky to set a starting line out on the lake. So the teams improvized
and set up inside the Harbor. This also allowed Canada's Terry McLaughlin
and Andy Horton the ability to come out and watch their campetition prepare
as they watched the entire practice session from a powerboat. So close to
the action that the two boats circled them in prestarts more than once.
With the windy conditioned the teams were at full speed most of the time
and didn't hold back and needed to fend off a couple of times to avoid
damaging the yachts. Breakdowns still did occur due to the big breeze
which meant extra time working on the boats after sailing. Two more days
of sailing before the event starts. Don't forget to log onto
canadascup.org to see live updates from the water.
Ed Furry
sailhead.com
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