2021 ORCV Melbourne-Apollo Bay Race Review

The results are in for the 2021 (68th) ORCV Melbourne to Apollo Bay race.

Congratulations also to the following skippers and crew:
AMS
1st 🏆 Alien R880 2nd 🥈 How Bizarre S13 3rd 🥉 Arcadia S17
ORCc
1st 🥇Patriot SM133 2nd 🥈 Vagabond S477 3rd 🥉 RMS Cole Walker SM2024
IRC
1st 🥇How Bizarre S13 2nd 🥈 Arcadia S17 3rd 🥉Patriot SM133
PHS
1st 🥇Goggo G7007 2nd 🥈 Alien 880 3rd 🥉Vagabond S477 4th How Bizarre S13

Another ORCV Apollo Bay race has been run and won, with Alien (R880) claiming victory as overall race winner, based on AMS with the most entrants. They beat How Bizarre (S13) by just on 5 minutes over the 10 hour race.
How Bizarre (S13) beat Arcadia (S17) by just 1 minute 22 seconds to win the IRC category.

The fleet of 41 enjoyed a cool but sunny day on their run to Apollo Bay, with a breeze that turned fickle in the closing stages of the race. Whilst many yachts enjoyed a smooth run to Cape Patton, only a few managed to escape the wind shadow of the Otways, and make it to Apollo Bay before dark.

Goggo managed to claim line honours at 5:40pm, just beating Extasea and Cadibarra 8; with the following few hours seeing yachts jostling to make it around Mark AB and across the finishing line. With the fleet being split by those who followed the wind predictions and opted for the rhumb line drag race, and those who ventured further out and turned for Apollo Bay much later; the race was decided in the final 10 miles, when it all came down to who could find the breeze.