Round White Island Race, Team Vodafone Sailings ORMA60 home but well outside record time due to fluky wind conditions

From the following article on livesaildie:

http://livesaildie.com/team-vodafone-sailing-finishes-round-white-island-race/

A tired crew on board Team Vodafone Sailing crossed the finish line at Orakei this afternoon at 17:49:17.

After crossing the finishing line the crew admitted to being very thirsty for a beer, definitely well deserved for the regulars who are led by skipper Simon Hull.

“It was a frustrating day we thought we would get back a bit quicker. There wasn’t a real highlight, just a lot of little lowlights. Once again, it would seem that the wind bill hasn’t been paid!” joked Hull.

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