ABW June 2019-1
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year’s regatta event, the racing classes I and II (IRC I and II)<br />
will be competing together in the 200 nautical-mile, led by<br />
veteran campaigner 75-footer and powerhouse Centennial<br />
III, skippered by Judes Echauz, Centennial III will again<br />
encounter last year’s inaugural race champion Geoff Hill’s<br />
Smith 72 Antipodes. Centennial came second over the line<br />
two minutes later in corrected time, while Ray Ordeveza’s<br />
Excel 53 Karakoa placed third.<br />
Other Centennial III challengers include Albert Altura’s<br />
Hurricane Hunter, Mills 43 Custom Misty Mountain of George<br />
Hacket, veteran local campaigner Selma Star of Jun Avecilla,<br />
Germany’s Emocean I helmed by Michael Raueber, another<br />
local entry Sabad of Bobby Benares, and Karakoa.<br />
For two consecutive years, Centennial III’s perennial rival in<br />
the Subic Bay to Boracay Regatta Race, Hong Kong’s Jelik<br />
of steel magnate Frank Pong, failed again to participate this<br />
year for unknown reasons. This race is not all about the big<br />
yachts battling over line honours; glory comes with victory in<br />
the Overall IRC handicap stakes.<br />
The wind forecast for Subic Bay this weekend is very light<br />
basically from the North East, picking up during the morning,<br />
but fading overnight and at first glance Antipodes inaugural
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