Crossing the start line at Clover Point; Tom Kelly's J-122, “Anan Cara” and Richard Stewart's X-119, “Dominatrix.” Photo by Jan Anderson.


race, Neptune’s Car owner Paul LaMarche commented, “Thank goodness for new charting technology as it allowed us to sneak closer to the shore than we would have dared to do using paper charts.” Paul speaks of his decision to break


Swiftsure’s Publicity & Promotion Co-Chair Bob Bentham, “It was an absolute treat to witness the two 70 footers in a slow but technically challenging tacking duel within a boat length of one another and the rock piles, along the northern shore of Race Passage.”


This opportunity arose as a result


of light winds in Race Passage and a very adverse ebb tide. It was a dance in motion, and an error in either crew’s boat work would have resulted in a collision with the other boat or with the natural obstacles, often called rock piles. Recalling this dance, at the end of the


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out of the tacking duel with Icon as “a mistake”, where as Bob Bentham sees it this way: “Strum was able to pass the other two boats, who entered Race Passage about 20 minutes earlier, because by the time Strum caught up, the wind had filled in enough, and the adverse current had eased enough, and with Neptune’s Car deciding to break loose from the duel, with about five tacks Strum was able to manoeuvre through this section of the passage and squirt ahead of Neptune’s Car.” After disengaging from the duel,


and having both Icon and Royal Vancouver Yacht Club's Strum pass them, Neptune's Car fought back and managed to pass Strum, finishing second across the line, behind Icon (ultimately to correct


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