THE OYSTER PALMA REGATTA 2009
Within Class 1, two Oyster 655s, Heinrich Schulte’s Anabasis and the Russian
team on Solway Mist II, gave the Sotto Vento crew a determined run for their
money in this final encounter, and though Anabasis eventually finished 2nd across
the line behind Robert Gillespie’s mighty Oyster 82 Sarita, her 7-second lead
over Sotto Vento was reversed on corrected time. Solway Mist II also squeezed in
ahead of Sarita on corrected time to give her Russian crew, something to celebrate “
It is a credit to Oyster that as
owners of a ‘previously owned’
in this, their first Oyster regatta.
boat, you made us feel as much a
“
The prize-giving cocktail party and banquet at Cases de Sa Font Seca, a 17th century part of the Oyster family as the
manor house up in the hills above Palma provided a fitting finale to what proved
to be a great week, where friendly rivalry and a great social programme more than
owners of the brand new ones.
covered for any unplanned deficiencies on the part of the wind.
Debbie Goldie, Oyster 49, Zebahdy
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