ORCV Melbourne to Vanuatu (M2V)

Turbo Crosses Finish Line.

Turbo crossed the line in Port Vila at 12:11:33 AEST. "We're All OK and really delighted with the result", said Skipper, Bill feore. As well they should be too. IRC and PHS in the bag. M2V Race Director, Bob Tanner, was also thrilled. "They've sailed magnificently and it is such a good result for them. Bill Feore has been ocean racing and cruising in a succession of boats since the 1970's. There was Pur Sang (Savage 42), Fantasea (Adams Carina 44) and currently Turbo (Adams 11.9). You'll see his name mentioned regularly in Westcoaster (M2HW) and Melbourne to Devonport results during the 80's. In the early 1990's, he and wife Barb, took their young family around the world on board Fantasea, which they sold on return to Melbourne, subsequently purchasing Turbo, to use in club and offshore racing. In 2003, Bill and Kim Girdler (one of the 2010 M2V crew) competed in the Melbourne to Osaka Two-Handed Race, which was the same race George Shaw and Robyn Brooke did with BOOTS (By Order of The Secretary, george's previous boat). Turbo pipped The Secretary at the post to win Line Honours and IRC in the 2008 Melbourne to Launceston (M2L) race for the prestigious Rudder Cup, which is the oldest ocean race in Australia and fifth oldest around the globe."

Turbo - well done crew. Well done. Turbo was designed by Joe Adams and has a new keel by Graham Radford. Pic © Steb Fisher.

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By John Curnow