Blyth victory
NZPA Newport. Rhode Island The British skipper. Chay Blyth. and his Brittany Ferries GB coasted through the fog to an easy victory on Saturday in the first ‘"Observer" double-handed transatlantic race. Blyth and his crewmate Rob James shattered the record for sailing from Europe to America with a crew of two or fewer, covering the 4282 kms from England to Newport in 14 days and 14 hours, more than
three days ahead of the previous mark. The 20 metre trimaran. ■ which showed no sign of damage, crossed the Brenton Reef light tower finish line! shortly before 9 p.m. on Saturday cruising at about 10 knots under full sail: some 322 kms ahead of the nearest i competitor. I Blyth became the first En-I glishman to win a trans-1 atlantic race since Geoffrey Williams captured the single-, handed event in 1968. - "
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