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Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Governors Cup, Farier F9AX trimaran 'Banjo' breaks own race record set by Frans Loots in 2010

From the following article on the Governors Cup website:

http://governorscup.sh/banjo-breaks-south-african-governors-cup-race-record/

Kevin Webb, Sarel van der Merwe, and Brad Stemmett sailing Banjo, a Farrier F9AX trimaran, have broken the 1,750-mile Governor’s Cup Race record from Simon’s Town to St Helena with a time of 9 days 13 hours and 36 seconds.

Webb, van der Merwe and Stemmett arrived in Jamestown, St Helena at 01.53.36 today in just enough time to shave off five hours from Banjo’s previous race record of 9 day,18 hours and 59 minutes set by Frans Loots in 2010.

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