Mimosa stormed to victory in this year's Yare Navigation Race. The crack (sic) crew of Andy Gordon, Dave Valentine, and YC worked hard for their victory. The race is 32 miles long, with an out and back course along almost the whole length of the river Yare. The idea is to take the tide down to the mark on Breydon, then the flood back upriver to the finish at Coldham Hall.
Mimosa managed it spot on, hitting the Breydon mark at slack water. In the end we won by several minutes once the handicap had been taken into account. Skipper Andy "I don't have a competitive bone in my body" Gordon was not at all pleased with the result, and Dave Valentine definitely didn't celebrate with any beer whatsover.
The YNR is a big race (over 50 boats were entered) and all the top racing yachts (Mimosa included, naturally) were there. YC has just one word to sum it up - Mimosatastic!
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| the winning crew |
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| Dave & Andy on Mimosa |