Shetland Round Britain & Ireland

Shetland Round Britain
& Ireland Race 2006


	Class 2 Finishes Class 2 monohulls concluded their battle for first place last evening. The two leaders ran into Plymouth under spinnakers on the easing sea breeze. Sunbeat III finished at 1743, and then waited tensely for Jager to appear at the breakwater. This she did, to finish at the RWYC line by 2006, saving her time allowance to win the class. Zelda followed very early on Thursday 6th to take third place. Jager's win was all the more surprising as disaster had overtaken her off Dover when Dick Koopmans fell down his own fore-hatch when working to set a spinnaker. His injuries were serious and he could not move after the fall. Leslie Irvine decided immediately to put in to Dover so that Dick could receive medical treatment. He was admitted to Dover Hospital, where he remained with a broken rib and other problems. Leslie spent the rest of the night searching for a way to continue the race, eventually locating a friend in Penzance of sufficient experience to satisfy the Race director. After eight hours travel the new co-skipper arrived at Dover, sailing immediately. Jager had now been out of the Race for some fifteen hours. The "never give up" ethos of the Round Britian Race came to the fore yet again, with sheer dogged persistence winning the day for Jager. Leslie Irvine is the only Shetland man in the race - they will be pleased in Lerwick.

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