especially the protest against WILD OATS could have consequences, as it for the win line honors (And the Rolex clock) went. Both yachts were able to demonstrate in the protest negotiations that they had stopped taking the required RF messages. Well considered, but the warning shot of the race committee on compliance with the Sicherhietsvorschriften was unmistakable. took Mark Richards received the JH Illingworth Trophy, fifth for WILD OATS victory. Presented he was CYCA Commodore Gary Linacre. The name does not really much to the point, only the phonetic similarity to a football player that has not been world champion ...
the list into the finish is already 19 long boats, the beginning looks like this: first
WILD OATS XI
second INVESTEC LOYAL
third LAHANA
4th ICHI BAN
5th WILD THING
6th RAN
7th LIMIT
8th LOKI (with 1 minute 45 seconds behind)
photo by LOKI from the Organ Pipes: Rolex / Daniel Forster
LOKI and coast are a sensitive issue ended, but prior Stephen Ainsworth's Loki in Middle Sea Race 2007 on a Sicilian beach (Lobster One of 12 December 2008: phoenix from the ashes ).