TIMELINE |
EVENT |
TIME |
DETAILS |
1959 |
Commission of Stormvogel Design |
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Cees Bruynzeel 60 years old |
1960 |
Build Stellenbosch, South Africa |
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1961 |
April, Launch |
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Construction period, Stellenbosch SA. 10 months |
1961 |
Departure from Cape Town to Dartmouth |
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Gordon Webb, First Skipper |
1961 |
Fastnet Race |
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Erivale Cup -First yacht home, Elizabeth McCaw Trophy-first around Fastnet Rock |
1961 |
Fastnet Race |
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13th Class 1 Channel Race. 6thClass 1 Fastnet Race |
1961 |
Mediterannean |
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Via Suez Canal |
1962 |
Mozambique – Durban – Cape Town |
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John Goodwin joins boat as skipper |
1962 |
Cape Horn – Buenos Aires |
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1962 |
Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro Race |
7d-23-37- 0 |
First to finish |
1962 |
Caribbean-Bahamas-Chesapeake-Newport-RI |
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Cruise / delivery |
1962 |
Rode Island, Newport to Bermuda Race |
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2nd overall to Northern Light |
1962 |
June, Bermuda-Azores-Plymouth |
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1962 |
RORC racing season, Channel Race |
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1962 |
Regatta Cowes – San Sebastian Agostso |
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1962 |
Race to Spain |
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1962 |
San Sebastian to Bel Isle, France, Sept. |
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1962 |
Southampton, Winter |
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Laid up |
1963 |
Shaw Race |
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First to finish |
1963 |
Hook Race |
23hrs 19min |
Harwick & Hook 220nm |
1963 |
Gotland Runt |
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Klass I RORC |
1963 |
Fastnet Race |
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Finish second |
1964 |
Bermuda Race |
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1965 |
Transpac Race |
9d-13-56-50 |
Second across the line, Ticonderoga first, boom replaced |
1965 |
New Zealand |
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Peter Lindeberg joins boat as skipper |
1965 |
Sydney Hobart |
3d-20-30-09 |
Line Honours |
1966 |
China Sea Race |
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Line Honours |
1966 |
Cuarta Regatta, L.A. to Mazaltan |
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Los Angles – Mazaltan, Nov. 1966 |
1966 |
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Bowsprit installed |
1966 – 67 |
Toba Pearl Race |
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First Home Nippon Ocean Racing |
1967 |
California Cup |
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1967 |
Transpac Yacht Race |
11d-4-10-56 |
Line Honours |
1967 |
Chile, Ancud, December 13th |
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1967 |
Cape Horn, December 31st to Jan 2nd |
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1968 |
Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro Race |
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Ondine wins, windward race |
1968 |
Newport to Bermuda |
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1968 |
Bermuda to Travemunde, Baltic Sea |
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Ondine wins |
1968 |
Middle Sea Race |
146hrs-09-45 |
First Yacht Home |
1968 |
Malta |
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Malcolm Horsley joins boat as skipper |
1969 |
Middle Sea Race |
129hrs-16-22 |
First Yacht Home |
1973 |
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Collision with whale |
1978 |
Med to Caribbean |
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1980 |
Sail Amsterdam 6 -12 August |
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