The Lloyd’s Register-sponsored event attracted a record number of entries but, for all the huff and puff, many contestants were beaten by adverse weather conditions: near-perfect calm on the Aegean!


 

(Click here to view a WebTV video of TradeWinds' valiant efforts at this year's Posidonia Cup.)



Of course TradeWinds is just getting its excuses in first as, having once again entered a competent team, the mixed crew was unable to finish as they spent much of the race going about as fast as a capesize newly arrived at Australia’s Newcastle port.



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