Chris Dickson, on board Evolution Sails Limit, Alan Brierty's Reichel-pugh 62 footer, achieved line honours in the monohull division, finishing at 19:40:02. Wired finished as the second monohull some 48 minutes later.
Although the results are showing that Cosmic Cruz achieved a race record time, the monohull was not actually competing in the race, and used her engine to power up to Russell.
Behind TeamVodafoneSailing's multihull record (by about 4 minutes over Split Enz's time of fourteen years' earlier), Triple 8 was second to finish two and a quarter hours later, followed by Split Enz and Taeping, who finished within 26 seconds of each other after another 10 minutes.
Current overall handicap leader is Whio in Division 7. Finishing just after 2045, Whio has a corrected time of 08:58:31. With the light conditions, the tenth edition of the HSBC Premier Coastal Classic was a small boat race.
TeamVodafoneSailing (aka 'Big Red') Finishing off Russell
Image copyright Matt Buchanan.
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The Start in Auckland
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HSBC Premier Coastal Classic
